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Lithuania concerned over Astravyets N-plant plan B – daily
Officials of Lithuanian institutions intend to hold discussions in early December on preparations for the threats of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) under construction in Belarus, as the factual status of the project shows that the power plant may be completed, Verslo Žinios daily said on Wednesday. […]
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Transparency International’s Russian rep sees Magnitsky Act as merely symbolic
The Magnitsky Act adopted in Lithuania on the black list of Russian officials is merely a symbolic gesture with no benefits for efforts against corruption, says a representative of the Russian division of the counter-corruption non-governmental organization Transparency International. […]
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Lithuania should look at Pilsudski’s merits, mistakes on anniversary – Landsbergis
Lithuania should openly look at the merits and mistakes of the interwar Polish leader, Juzef Pilsudski, Lithuania’s former head of state Vytautas Landsbergis said on the 150-year anniversary of Pilsudski in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
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Free Russia Forum closes in Vilnius
Vilnius hosted a two-day annual Free Russia Forum organized by the team of Russian chess legend and opposition activist Garry Kasparov. […]
European Union
Minister of finance off to Brussels to discuss euro zone national budgets, banking union
Lithuania’s Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka will be in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday to attend meetings of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) of the euro group and the European Union (EU). […]
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Ukrainian president coming to Lithuania
Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko is coming to Lithuania this week. […]
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After the European Court of Human Rights ruling – call for release of imprisoned former Prime Minister of Georgia Ivane Merabishvili
The Chairman of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) Gabrielius Landsbergis and members of the TS-LKD Andrius Kubilius (former Prime Minister of Lithuania), Algirdas Saudargas (Member of the European Parliament), Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė (former Member of the European Parliament), Mantas Adomėnas, addressed today the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili, the Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Members of the Parliament of Georgia, calling for immediate release of imprisoned opposition politician Ivane Merabishvili, former Prime Minister of Georgia, a TS-LKD public press release states. […]
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Lithuania, Russia conclude talks on diplomatic buildings – daily
Lithuania and Russia have concluded lengthy negotiations on properties used by their diplomatic missions in Vilnius and Moscow, including a building in the Lithuanian capital’s Turniškės neighborhood close to former President Valdas Adamkus‘ residence, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Thursday. […]
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Lithuanian defence minister to attend Reagan National Defence Forum in US
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis is on Thursday leaving for the United States to attend the Reagan National Defence Forum. […]
European Union
At Lithuania’s initiative, Israeli PM gets historical invitation to Brussels
At Lithuanian diplomats’ initiative, the EU‘s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a historical visit to Brussels, EU officials said on Wednesday. […]
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Lithuania establishes diplomatic relations with Madagascar
Lithuania has established official diplomatic relations with Madagascar, an East African island country that is best known to Lithuanians because of a utopian idea by Kazys Pakštas, a 20th century geographer, to set up a Lithuanian colony there. […]
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Lithuanian president invites women leaders to conference in Vilnius
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday invited women politicians to an international conference on equality to be held in Vilnius next summer. […]
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Lithuania sends note to IAEA over radioactive leak in Russia
After an extremely high content of radioactive substances, which was nearly 1,000 times above the usual radioactive pollution level, was registered in the Russian Chelyabinsk region in September, Lithuania sent a note to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). […]
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Lithuania initiates historical visit by Israeli PM to Brussels
Lithuania has initiated a historical visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Brussels to meet with EU foreign ministers, diplomats confirmed on Tuesday. […]
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EU sends clear signal to Belarus over Astravyets N-plant – Lithuanian president’s adviser
The European Union has expressed solidarity with Lithuania over a nuclear plant that Belarus is building close to the border, thus sending an important and clear message to Minsk, an adviser to President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuanian president off to Iceland for women leaders’ conference
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will pay a two-day visit to Reykjavik on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet with her Icelandic counterpart, Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson, and deliver a speech at a high-level conference of women political leaders from around the globe. […]
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Lithuanian, Croatian PMs discuss possibility of direct flights
The Lithuanian and Croatian prime ministers discussed the possibility of a direct air service between the two countries, the Lithuanian government said after Monday’s meeting between Saulius Skvernelis and Andrej Plenkovic in Budapest. […]
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Lithuania to speed up issuance of visas, residence permits to foreign business people
The Lithuanian Centre of Registers and the Migration Department have signed an agreement aimed at speeding up the issuance of temporary residence permits and visas to foreign business people. […]