Foreign affairs
Lithuania opens five new visa centres across China
Lithuania‘s embassy in Beijing has this month expanded the Schengen visa centre network into China‘s five major cities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuania ‘won’t compromise interests of its citizens for better relations with Israel’ – Minister Linkevičius
Lithuania will not compromise the interests of its citizens for the sake of better relations with Israel, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has said after a Lithuanian national was detained in a Tel Aviv airport. […]
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Second Afghan interpreter pleads for Lithuania’s assistance on Youtube
A second Afghani refugee has made plea for asylum in Lithuania via a youtube video. The country’s defence minister says, however, that not all Afghanis who worked with Lithuanian troops deserve to be relocated. […]
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Syrian refugee family arrive in Lithuania under EU resettlement programme
A Syrian family of five have arrived in Lithuania from Turkey under the European Union‘s (EU) resettlement programme. […]
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Grybauskaitė to sign Paris climate change agreement in NY
At the United Nations headquarters in New York, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will sign the Paris climate change agreement today. […]
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Merkel says Germany will help defend Baltic States
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has assured Lithuania’s President that Germany will contribute to the defence of the Baltic States after a meeting between the two leaders. […]
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‘EU can’t force solidarity on its members’ – Grybauskaitė in Germany
President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is visiting Germany this week, says that Lithuania sticks to its position that the European Union cannot force its member-states accept refugees against their will. […]
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Europe needs Merkel more as German chancellor than as UN leader – Grybauskaitė
Angela Merkel is more needed in Europe as the German chancellor than the leader of the United Nations (UN), Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in an interview to the German radio Deutschlandfunk. […]
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French PM to visit Lithuania in September
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is expected to pay a visit to Lithuania in September, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said after meeting with his French counterpart on Monday. […]
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Children’s rights and discrimination against minorities a problem in Lithuania – US report
Children’s rights and non-discrimination of minorities are the weakest points in Lithuania’s human rights record, according to a report by the United States Department of State. […]
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Ukraine’s new prime minister receives Lithuanian foreign minister’s support
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius believes that the goals of Ukraine‘s new Prime Minister, Volodymyr Groysman, are correct and should be given the opportunity to become reality. […]
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Lithuania could become EU entry point for migrants – new interior minister
Lithuania could become the new entry point for migrants coming to the European Union and the country’s authorities must prepare for the potentiality, says the new minister of the interior. […]
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Lithuanian government simplifies visa process for foreign workers
The government has approved a proposal to simplify the procedures for granting temporary residence permits to foreign workers moving to Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian sentenced to 13 years for spying in Russia
A court in Russia‘s Kaliningrad region has found Yevgeny Mataitis, a dual Lithuanian-Russian citizen, guilty of high treason and sentenced him to 13 years in prison, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday. […]
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Poll: Should Lithuania grant asylum to army interpreters?
The story of Abdul Basir Yoususi, an Afghani interpreter who used to work with Lithuanian forces in Ghor Province but had to flee his country for fear of the Taliban’s retribution, introduced a new angle into the refugee debate in Lithuania. […]
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Crimean Tatars ‘the new enslaved people of Europe’, says Landsbergis
Tatars of Crimea are “the new enslaved people in today’s Europe”, says Lithuanian statesman Vytautas Landsbergis. […]
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Lithuanian parliament website suffers cyber attack ahead of Crimean Tatar broadcast
The Lithuanian parliament’s website cannot be reached by foreign users due to a cyber attack, the Seimas office said on Monday morning. […]