Foreign affairs
Around 2,500 football fans cross Lithuanian border en route to Kaliningrad
Around 2,500 football fans crossed the Lithuanian border on Friday night, going on special trains to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian formin meets with Russian journalist Babchenko in Ukraine
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, currently on a visit to Ukraine, on Thursday met with Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko whose murder has been recently staged. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president to attend Estonia’s centennial celebrations
Lithuania President Grybauskaitė is leaving for Tartu on Friday to congratulate the people of Estonia on the centennial of their state’s independence. […]
European Union
Lithuanian finmin says not sure about benefit of common eurozone budget
Lithuania is not sure about the benefit of a common eurozone budget that Germany and France agreed to set up this week, Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka said. […]
Foreign affairs
Irish president, in Vilnius, calls on EU to defend multilateralism
Irish President Michael D. Higgins, on a visit to Lithuania, on Wednesday called on the European Union to defend multilateralism, describing efforts to undermine it as the biggest present-day challenge. […]
Foreign affairs
Irish president receives honorary doctorate from Lithuania’s Vytautas Magnus University
Irish President Michael D. Higgins accepted his Honorary Doctorate from Vytautas Magnus University in a ceremony in Lithuania’s second-largest city on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian government works to avert EU fine over privies
The Lithuanian government is making every effort to avoid a fine from the European Commission for too many people in the country still using outdoor toilets, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Ireland turns its eyes upon Baltics due to Brexit
As Britain is set to leave the European Union, Ireland is seeking closer ties with the Baltic and Nordic states, Irish President Michael D. Higgins said in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
New US defense attaché accredited to Lithuania
Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Mcvey was on Tuesday accredited as the United States‘ new defense attaché to Lithuania, the Defense Ministry said. […]
Foreign affairs
Irish president’s visit to Lithuania: 3 key topics
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with her Irish counterpart, Michael D. Higgins, in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Irish president says Lithuanians ‘are very welcome’
Irish President Michael D. Higgins says that the Lithuanian community is “very welcome” in Ireland. […]
Foreign affairs
Baltic, Nordic, Visegrad Group foreign ministers to meet in Sweden
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday will take part in a meeting of foreign ministers of the Baltic, Nordic and Visegrad Group countries in Sweden. […]
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Foreign affairs
Ireland’s president to visit Lithuania
Ireland‘s President Michael D. Higgins is coming on a two-day official visit to Lithuania on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Astravyets NPP’s safety info doesn’t match reality – Lithuanian formin
The published information on the safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus does not match reality, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Foreign affairs
Eight Lithuanian MPs, Landsbergis meet with Dalai Lama
Eight members of the Seimas and Lithuania’s first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis met with the Dalai Lama in Vilnius on Thursday morning. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania abstains in vote on UN resolution condemning Israel over Gaza violence (Updated)
Lithuania abstained from voting in the UN General Assembly on a resolution condemning Israel for Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip. […]
Foreign affairs
Romanian PM coming to Lithuania to discuss EU, NATO agenda
Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila is coming to Lithuania on Thursday to discuss the EU and NATO agenda. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president thanks Dutch king for support in security, energy
President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday thanked King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands for his country’s support to Lithuania in the areas of security and energy. […]
European Union
PM says EU commission’s Ignalina funding proposal insufficient
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the European Commission‘s proposal to provide 552 million euros for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) decommissioning in 2021-2027 is insufficient and Lithuania will continue to negotiate for more funding. […]