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Children taken in Norway ‘may be brought to foster homes in Lithuania’
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, currently on a visit in Norway, says that children taken from Lithuanian migrant families in the country could be brought to foster homes in Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanians ‘more open’ about Holocaust – President Grybauskaitė
Lithuanians are starting to face the Holocaust more openly, which facilitates friendlier relations with Israel, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday after an event honouring Jewish victims World War Two massacre in Molėtai. […]
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Lithuania considers suing Belarus over Astravyets nuclear plant
Lithuania is considering filing a lawsuit against Belarus over the unfair and extremely cheap construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis says. […]
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Lithuania and Poland ‘share understanding of geopolitical challenges’ – Grybauskaitė
Lithuania and Poland understand the geopolitical challenges in the same way, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite said on Thursday after her first bilateral meeting with her Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda. […]
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Lithuania to keep its honorary consul in Crimea
Lithuania does not intend to follow the example of other countries and give up its honorary consul in Crimea, says Foreign Vice-Minister Mantvydas Bekešius. […]
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Lithuania’s Linkevičius: Turkey is a country you need to know how to talk to
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius was the first government official from an EU and NATO country to visit Turkey after a failed coup in July. Many Western countries have criticized the Turkish government for measures it took against alleged supporters of the coup, but Linkevičius says one needs to engage with Ankara in language other than lecturing. […]
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Lithuanian and Polish presidents to have first face-to-face meeting
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is scheduled to have a face-to-face meeting with her Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, during a regional event in Croatia on Thursday – it will be the first conversation in the format since Duda was elected to the post in August 2015. […]
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Seimas speaker says persona non grata list should be made public
The list of individuals banned from entering Lithuania should be made public, says Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė. […]
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Lithuanian president meeting US Vice-President Biden in Riga
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is scheduled to meet with United States Vice-President Joe Biden and other Baltic leaders in Latvia on Tuesday, with plans to address US military assistance to the region on mutual grounds, not just in the NATO format. […]
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Lithuania’s Linkevičius first EU and NATO minister to visit Turkey after coup
Monday’s visit to Turkey made Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius the first foreign minister of a European Union (EU) and NATO country to come to the country after a failed coup in mid-July. […]
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Lithuania’s most wanted fugitive to be handed over from Vietnam this week
Vietnam is to hand over Sergey Rachinstein, a businessman sentenced for tax fraud, to Lithuania on Thursday, the Prosecutor General’s Office said. […]
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Russian singer denied entry to Lithuania
Oleg Gazmanov, a Russian pop singer known for his glorification of the Kremlin and the Soviet Union in his songs, was not allowed to enter Lithuania on Wednesday.
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Trump no longer thinks NATO is useless
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he would work with NATO allies if he wins the White House, apparently backing down from his earlier suggestions the United States might not meets its obligations to NATO allies. […]
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Russia’s accusations against Ukraine ‘as old as KGB handbook’ – Linkevičius
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Russia‘s accusations levied at the Ukrainian government of plotting acts of sabotage in Crimea are reminiscent of KGB methods when the victim is falsely accused of crimes which is used as a pretext for attack.
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Lithuanian foreign minister expresses support to Turkish government under EU criticism
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has expressed firm support to Turkey‘s government which has come under severe criticism from European Union (EU) officials for purges of suspected participants and supporters of the recent coup.
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German convoy in support of friendlier ties with Russia crossing Lithuania
A group of several hundred Germans are crossing Lithuania in a drive from Berlin to Moscow to express support to Russia and dissatisfaction with Western policies towards Moscow.
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