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US Senate report confirms Lithuania hosted CIA prison, lawyer says

A report issued by the US Senate confirms that the United States operated a detention facility for suspected terrorists in Lithuania in 2005-2006, lawyer of a former prisoner, Saudi Arabia-born Palestinian national Abu Zubaydah, told the European Court of Human Rights. […]

Presentation of credentials by Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis of Greece. Official photos by Robertas Dačkus
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Lithuanian president accepts letters of credence from Greek ambassador

President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from Greek Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis on Tuesday. The president and the ambassador discussed cooperation between Lithuania and Greece within the European Union as well as other topical bilateral issues, the presidential press service said. […]

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Polish government representatives have no issues with ethnic minority education in Lithuania, vice-minister says

Poland‘s Education Vice-Minister Eva Dudek was briefed in Vilnius on Thursday on the performance of Polish-speaking students in the Lithuanian-language examination. […]

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Lithuanian PM going to Israel

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius will on Monday pay an official visit to Israel where he is scheduled to discuss economic cooperation and cooperation with the Jewish Community of Lithuania. […]