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Lithuanian president accepts letters from ambassador of Honduras
President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from Honduran Ambassador Roberto Flores Bermudez, the presidential press service said. […]
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Lithuanian president receives letters of credence from Japanese ambassador
President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from Japanese Ambassador Toyoei Shigeeda. The president and the ambassador discussed relevant issues concerning bilateral and international cooperation, the presidential press service said. […]
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Minister Linkevičius: Lithuania’s solidarity in refugee crisis shouldn’t be questioned
There are no reasons to doubt Lithuania’s solidarity in the efforts to deal with the migrant crisis in the European Union (EU), Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has stated. […]
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Lithuania opens third honorary consulate in Belgium
Lithuania opened its third honorary consulate in Belgium in the premises of the Chamber of Industry and Trade in the city of Charleroi on Monday. […]
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Lithuania and Israel hold bilateral consultation on Eastern European partnership
Tuesday, September 1, 2015, bilateral discussion and consultation on Eastern European partnership between Lithuanian and Israeli experts will be held in Vilnius, according to a press release by the Embassy of Israel. […]
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Lithuanian president welcomes new ambassador of Denmark
President Dalia Grybauskaitė last Friday accepted letters of credence from the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark, Dan E. Frederiksen. During their meeting, the President and the Ambassador discussed cooperation between Lithuania and Denmark in the fields of security and economy, as well as bilateral and international relations. Migration and refugee relocation, which are matters of importance to the European Union, were also addressed. […]
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Indonesia interested in Lithuania’s experience in renewable energy
Lithuania’s Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius, who is paying an official visit to Indonesia, says that the country is very interested in Lithuania’s renewable energy sector. […]
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Lithuania’s consul general appointed in Saint Petersburg
Dainius Numgaudis has been appointed Lithuanian consul general in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg and will assume office on Friday. He previously served as chancellor of the Ministry of Education and Science. […]
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Government okays new ambassador to China
Lithuania’s government on Wednesday gave its approval to the designation of diplomat Ina Marčiulionytė as the country’s new ambassador to China. […]
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Diplomat to represent Lithuania in military parade in China
Charge d’affaires of the Lithuanian Embassy to China will represent the country in a military parade in Beijing next week, the Foreign Ministry said. […]
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Grybauskaitė gets invitation to Davos Economic Forum
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has received an invitation to the next year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, the President’s Office confirmed to BNS on August 25. […]
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Lithuanian parliament speaker urges NB8 to promote faster ratification of treaties with Ukraine
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė urged her colleagues at the Nordic-Baltic (NB8) meeting in Stockholm to take more responsibility in urging European Union (EU) countries, particularly Greece, Cyprus and the Czech Republic, to ratify EU-Ukraine association and free trade agreements. […]
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Lithuanian president congratulates Afghanistan on Independence Day
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday congratulated Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on the country’s Independence Day. […]
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Israeli Knesset’s director general to come to Lithuania
The Israeli Knesset’s Director General Ronen Plot will pay a visit to the Seimas of Lithuania this week. […]
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Polish president picks Estonia for his first visit, snubbing Lithuania
Poland‘s new President Andrzej Duda is going to Estonia for his first foreign visit and is later scheduled to visit Berlin, London and New York. […]
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Lithuanian, Belarusian and Ukrainian foreign ministers meet in Odessa
The Lithuanian, Belarusian and Ukrainian foreign ministers have met in the Ukrainian southern city of Odessa, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius told BNS on Friday. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister going to Ukraine
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius is on Thursday going to Ukraine for a two-day visit and is scheduled to meet with the country’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and other officials. […]
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Lithuanian parliament speaker meets Saakashvili in Odessa
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė has met with Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and now the government of the Ukrainian Odessa region, and said local people hope for a breakthrough that would open up a new stage in the country’s history. […]
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Lithuania should expand circle of friends in Russia, says Ambassador Ušackas
The European Union‘s Ambassador in Moscow Vygaudas Ušackas says that Lithuania should work to expand its circle of friends in Russia, possibly through more active involvement cooperation among universities. […]