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FLTR Ambassador Pavilionis, his wife Lina, Artūras Vazbys, Liana Vazbienė and Vida Vasiliauskaitė. Photo Ludo Segers
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Long goodbye of Ambassador Pavilionis

June 29, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

This week marked the first step in the departure from the United States by the present Lithuanian ambassador to the USA, Žygimantas Pavilionis. After five years of serving his country in the USA there have been a number of farewell ceremonies for Ambassador Pavilionis over the last few weeks in the US capital. During a ceremony earlier this week, a large number of well-wishers, including several ambassadors came to bid the chief diplomat goodbye. Several members of Ambassador Pavilionis staff will also depart this summer for their home country and they too honoured for their time and role promoting and supporting Lithuania in the USA. […]

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Some 80 Lithuanian tourists are in Tunisian resort of Sousse

June 27, 2015 BNS 0

Some 210 tourists from Lithuania are currently in Tunisia and 80 of them are in the town of Sousse, where nearly 40 people were killed in a terror attack on Friday, the tour operator Novaturas said on Saturday. […]

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Lithuanian ambassador in Moscow: Balancing political estrangement and cultural closeness

June 26, 2015 Linas Jegelevicius 0

With the creepy chill in the Lithuanian-Russian relations, the aftermath of the geopolitical square-off between Moscow and Western powers, the trade, amazingly, has taken the beating until this year quite well. “Quite paradoxically, the scope of Russia-bound Lithuanian export rose throughout 2014, while Russia was already gripped by Western economic sanctions,” Remigijus Motuzas, Lithuania’s ambassador to Russia, tells the Lithuania Tribune. This year, bilateral trade has started taking a hit, however. The Lithuanian Embassy in Moscow nevertheless keeps bustling as visitors are unfazed by the roughed up relations. […]

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Lithuanian leaders convey condolences over flooding in Georgia

June 15, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian leaders on Monday conveyed condolences to Georgia over the flooding in the country’s capital Tbilisi. […]

Lithuanian Ambassador Pavillionis Photo Ludo Segers
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Ambassador Pavilionis’ plea for US energy support

June 12, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

Lithuanian Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis used a farewell speech at Energy Allies, one of the US energy associations, to review the long struggle of Lithuania to gain energy independence. The ambassador who is returning soon to Lithuania after five years of diplomatic service in Washington, DC, evaluated current energy policy trends and their impact on global politics in front of an audience of company representatives, energy lobbyists, diplomats, politicians and Congress cabinet staff. He urged for more US energy exports to re-balance the current geo-political situation. […]

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Lithuania doesn’t want confrontation with Russia, Linkevičius says

June 9, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania does not want confrontation with Russia, but Moscow must stick to agreements, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]

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Lithuania opening official OECD membership talks

June 3, 2015 BNS 0

A delegation headed by Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius left for Paris on Wednesday to open membership negotiations with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). […]