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EU Budget Commissioner Oettinger to visit Vilnius this week
Guenther Oettinger, the EU commissioner in charge of budget and human resources, is to come on a visit to Lithuania on Thursday. […]
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PM off to Finland to meet with Nordic, Baltic counterparts
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is on Tuesday leaving for Finland to take part in an annual meeting of the Nordic and Baltic prime ministers in which Lithuanian government officials expect to reach agreements on energy projects. […]
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Lithuania opens honorary consulate in Istanbul
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday opened a honorary consulate in Istanbul, which became the country’s 5th honorary consulate in Turkey. […]
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Lithuania’s president off to UAE to agree on exports certificates for meat, eggs
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has left for an official visit to the United Arab Emirates, saying that the main aim of the visit will be to finalize exports certificates for meat and eggs. […]
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Lithuania’s ambassador to Russia pays tribute to victims of Soviet repressions
On the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions in Russia, Lithuania’s Ambassador to Russia Remigijus Motuzas paid tribute to the victims in Moscow. […]
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Lithuania expects agreements on energy projects at meeting of Baltic, Nordic PMs
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is leaving for Finland this week for an annual meeting of Nordic and Baltic prime ministers, which Lithuania’s government representatives expect to result in agreements on energy projects. […]
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Lithuanian conservative takes part in unifying global alliance of youth organisations
After more than 5 consecutive years of division in the International Young Democrat Union (IYDU), unification has finally taken place. […]
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Lithuania’s ‘Magnitsky act’ makes headway in parliament
Lithuania’s Magnitsky legislation banning entry to foreigners involved in large-scale corruption, money laundering or human rights violations is making headway in the parliament. […]
Culture
Journalist wins competition for Lithuania’s culture attache to New York
Gražina Michnevičiūtė, journalist and editor-in-chief of the magazine Moteris, has won a competition for Lithuania’s culture attache to New York, the Culture Ministry said. […]
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Lithuania didn’t provide Turkey with ByLock user data
Lithuania never received a Turkish request for legal assistance on user of ByLock app and did not provide any data, says Julius Sabatauskas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee for Legal Affairs. […]
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Government okays closure of embassy to Switzerland
Lithuania’s government has endorsed the idea of eliminating the country’s embassy to Switzerland from August 6, 2018. […]
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Ireland, Netherlands joining Baltic-Nordic meeting in Brussels
Leaders of the Baltic and the Nordic states have for the first time invited their Irish and Dutch colleagues to join the traditional meeting in Brussels ahead of the European Union (EU) summit. […]
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Seimas panel probing if Lithuania could provide ByLock consumer data to Turkey
The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee for Legal Affairs is working to establish whether Lithuania could have provided Turkey with information about uses of ByLock chat app. Ankara maintains the app had been developed specifically for mobilization of coup supporters, and having it on a mobile was a sufficient reason for arrests. […]
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Lithuania condemns attack in Somalia
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned Saturday’s terrorist attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, which claimed nearly 300 hundred lives. […]
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Landsbergis awarded Lithuanian Diplomacy Star
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Thursday awarded the ministry’s sign of honor, the Lithuanian Diplomacy Star, to Vytautas Landsbergis, the chairman of the country’s Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas who is often titled as the first-post independence state leader. […]
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MP Zingeris loses election to high Council of Europe post
Lithuania’s conservative MP Emanuelis Zingeris on Tues day lost the race for presidency of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to a parliamentarian from Cyprus. […]
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