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PM leaves for Warsaw
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Monday evening is leaving for Warsaw to meet with his Polish and Baltic counterparts. […]
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Lithuania wants to boost trade as EU-Ukraine agreement enters into full force
Lithuanian and Ukrainian officials announce their intentions to increase bilateral trade as Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, continues his visit to Ukraine. […]
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Seimas speaker to visit Ukraine’s region bordering Russia-annexed Crimea
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, on Friday will visit Ukraine‘s Kherson region just north of the border with Crimea. […]
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Lithuanians’ ‘Marshall plan for Ukraine’ initiative making its way to Europe
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, and his Ukrainian counterpart discussed a proposed plan for EU financial aid for Ukraine, dubbed as “the new Marshall plan”, as they met in Kiev on Thursday. […]
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New Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty transmitter launched in Lithuania
A new radio transmitter was formally launched in Lithuania on Tuesday for rebroadcasting the Russian and Belarusian-language services of the US Congress-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). […]
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Seimas speaker meets with US congressmen
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, underlined the importance of maintaining sanctions against Russia as he met with four Republican members of the US Congress on Tuesday. […]
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Portuguese president meets with his country’s troops in Lithuania
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, accompanied by Lithuanian and Portuguese defense ministers and chiefs of defense, on Tuesday met with Portuguese rotational troops stationed in Tauragė, in western Lithuania. […]
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Trump reiterates US position on Baltic region’s defense – Lithuanian formin
Donald Trump only reiterated Washington’s position on protecting the Baltic region, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Tuesday, commenting on the US president’s words that the United States is “very protective” of the Baltics. […]
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Lithuania, Portugal face similar security challenges – Grybauskaitė
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė underlined after meeting with her Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on Tuesday that the two NATO member states face similar challenges. […]
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Lithuanian, Portuguese presidents to meet in Kaunas
President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday is to meet with her Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who comes to Lithuania to visit Portuguese troops deployed in the country. […]
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Portuguese president to visit his country’s troops in Lithuania
President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday will meet with her Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who is coming to Lithuania to visit Portuguese troops deployed in the country. […]
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Steinmeier to visit German troops stationed in Lithuania
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to visit German troops stationed in Rukla, in the central Lithuanian district of Jonava, on Friday, the second day of his official visit to Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian’s Jews appreciate German president’s attention to Holocaust victims
As German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday plans to pay homage to the Holocaust victims in Paneriai, outside Vilnius, the leader of the Jewish Community of Lithuania (JCL) says that they highly appreciate such attention. […]
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Ukrainian president awards Lithuania’s ex-PM Kubilius
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has honored Andrius Kubilius, a former Lithuanian prime minister, with a high state award, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Thursday. […]
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Government to keep up pressure on Belarus over N-plant, to seek good economic ties
Members of the Lithuanian Cabinet agreed on Thursday to keep up the pressure on Belarus over the safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant, but at the same time to seek to develop good economic relations with the neighboring country, an advisor to Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said. […]
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Call for applications for the Vilnius Young Leaders Meeting
Young professionals from the Baltic states, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine – including scholars, journalists, civil activists, and others with knowledge of and practical involvement in developing analytical and quality media content, deconstructing propaganda, myths and disinformation, and educating society, are invited to apply for the 1st Vilnius Young Leaders Meeting (VYLM) to be held on September 25-29, 2017 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The meeting is organized by the Eastern Europe Studies Centre (EESC) in cooperation with DELFI, the main Lithuanian news portal, and with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy, the Swedish Institute, and the Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius. […]
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