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President Grybauskaitė’s visit to Switzerland to focus on security and innovation
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is going on an official visit to Switzerland on Tuesday, 6 October, at the invitation of Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga. […]
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PM’s advisor lambastes Lithuanian president’s UN speech
Raimundas Lopata, political scientist and advisor to Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, has slammed the foreign policy of President Dalia Grybauskaitė, saying in an interview published on Friday that her recent speech at the United Nations was “sterile”. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister: Veto right is responsibility, not privilege
On 30 September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius took part in a high-level event, which was co-hosted by France and Mexico on the restraint of the veto in the Security Council in situations of mass atrocity, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Lithuania actively supports the initiative that was proposed by France and Mexico, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]
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Lithuanian leaders congratulate China on national day
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has extended congratulations to President Xi Jinping of China on the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. […]
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India’s minister visits Lithuania to unveil monument for Gandhi
India’s Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr Mohanbhai Kundariya, arrived in Lithuania to represent the Government and the people of India at the historic unveiling of a sculptural composition of Mahatma Gandhi with his Lithuanian friend Hermann Kallenbach. […]
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Croatia to open embassy in Lithuania
Croatia is to open an embassy in Vilnius by the end of this year, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. […]
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Lithuanian ambassador receives Sweden’s royal couple prior to state visit
In preparation for their visit to Lithuania, the Swedish royal couple, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, dined at the Lithuanian ambassador’s residence in Stockholm on 29 September. […]
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Minister Linkevičius: UN Security Council failed to respond to Syrian crisis
The United Nations Security Council has failed to adequately respond to the Syrian crisis, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said during a debate on the Middle East conflicts organized in New York on Wednesday. […]
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Lithuanian diplomat awarded prestigious Palmer Prize in New York
Lithuania’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Petras Vaitiekūnas, has received the Community of Democracies’ Mark Palmer Prize, which is awarded to diplomats for their merits in advancing democracy and peace in the world, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. […]
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Lithuanian president: Reform of United Nations unavoidable
In her address to world leaders at the UN General Assembly, President Dalia Grybauskaitė underlined that the United Nations was not adapted to the challenges of today and needed immediate reform. […]
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Lithuanian president says Putin’s speech at UN ‘neo-Stalinist’
Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s speech at the United Nations (UN) is “neo-Stalinist” and characteristic of celebration of last century’s dictatorships, says Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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West will not renounce Ukraine in exchange for Russia’s help with ISIS, Grybauskaitė’s adviser says
The West will not renounce its commitments to Ukraine in exchange for Russia‘s help in fighting the Islamic State, an adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who’s attending UN events in New York, said on Tuesday. […]
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Russia’s sincerity in UN ‘very hard’ to believe, Lithuanian president says
In light of the situation in Ukraine, it is “very hard” the believe the sincerity of Russia‘s statements about peace initiatives in the Middle East, says Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė attending events of the United Nations (UN) in New York. […]
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Lithuanian parliament speaker to go to Germany to discuss refugee situation
A delegation led by Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė will go to Germany in October to discuss the refugee situation. […]
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France opens consulate in Kaunas
Remigijus Žaliūnas, rector of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, has been appointed as the French honorary consul in Kaunas. […]
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Lithuania should look for new export sectors in China, president says
Despite a growing trade turnover, Lithuania should look for new export sectors in China, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday after presenting credentials to the country’s new Ambassador to China Ina Marčiulionytė. […]