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A bit of Hollywood glamour with Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius and actress Ruta Lee

Lithuanian Consulate General feted in Ronald Reagan Library in California

June 3, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

The memory of former American President Ronald Reagan loomed large over the ceremony celebrating Lithuania’s opening of a Consulate General that was feted on Monday, 1 June 2015. Hosted by John Heubush, the director of the Ronald Reagan Library, the celebration took place in the presence of the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevičius, and the Lithuanian Ambassador to the USA, Žygimantas Pavilionis, a large number of diplomatic representatives, dignitaries and friends of Lithuania, including the former movie star Ruta Lee and Albinas Markevicius. […]

Lithuania expects invitation to begin OECD accession talks Wednesday

June 2, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On Wednesday Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is leaving for a formal visit to Paris, were he will participate in a high-level Ministerial Council Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). […]

Jurevičienė appointed Lithuanian ambassador at Council of Europe

June 1, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday signed a decree oappointing diplomat Laima Jurevičienė as the country’s new ambassador to the Council of Europe. […]

Location of new Lithuanian Consulate General in Los Angeles on Wiltshire Blvd Photo Ludo Segers

New Lithuanian Consulate General inaugurated in Los Angeles

June 1, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

Following a very busy Sunday of activities with the Lithuanian community in Los Angeles, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevičius, formally opened the new Lithuanian Consulate General in Los Angeles. […]

Lithuanian General Consulate to open in Los Angeles

May 31, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

On 1 June, the Lithuanian Government is to open a Consulate General in Los Angeles, CA. During a ceremony that will take place in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevicius, will officially open the third Lithuanian Consulate General in the USA. […]

Linas Linkevičius at UN Security Council

UN Security Council calls to step up efforts against extremist fighters

May 30, 2015 BNS 0

Presided by Lithuania, the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday urged member-states to be more active in their efforts against foreign fighters joining extremist organizations in Syria and Iraq. […]

Lithuanian spying suspect to get Russian state-appointed lawyer

May 29, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it has contacted the Lithuanian citizen who has been arrested in Moscow on spying charges, Aristidas Tamošaitis. According to the ministry, the Lithuanian national is feeling well and does not want his Russian state-appointed lawyer replaced. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister to preside over UN Security Council meeting on extremist fighters

May 29, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius will on Friday preside over a meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council on instruments against foreign fighters joining extremist organizations, such as the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. […]

Lithuanian diplomat allowed to see spying suspect in Russia

May 28, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s consul to Russia should on Friday meet with the Lithuanian citizen detained in Moscow on spying charges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed. […]

UN Security Council adopts Lithuania-initiated resolution on journalist protection

May 28, 2015 BNS 0

The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution initiated by Lithuania on the protection of journalists in conflict situations. […]

Lithuania’s new ambassador takes office in Ukraine

May 27, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s new Ambassador to Ukraine Marius Janukonis has handed credentials to the country’s President Petro Poroshenko, the Foreign Ministry said. […]

Human rights organization visits Lithuanian spying suspect in Moscow prison

May 27, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian citizen held in custody in Moscow on the suspicion of spying has received a visit from human rights organizations. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister to preside over UN Security Council debates

May 27, 2015 BNS 0

In the framework of the Lithuanian presidency over the United Nations (UN) Security Council, the country’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius will preside over two Security Council debates in New York this week – on journalist safety and on foreign terrorist fighters. […]

Last Belgian ambassador leaving Vilnius

May 26, 2015 ELTA EN 0

As Belgium is closing down its embassies in the Baltic states, the country’s last ambassador residing in Vilnius, Peter Lescouhier, bid farewell to Lithuanian officials on Tuesday. […]

US senator in Vilnius: Russia would be “foolish” to attack Lithuania

May 26, 2015 BNS 0

It would be “foolish” of Russia to attack Lithuania, given that NATO countries are committed to defending each other in case of external aggression, US Senator Richard Durbin said in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]

Lithuania celebrates Independence Day of Georgia

May 26, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 26 May, at noon, school children at Vilnius Cathedral square held a giant Georgian flag, surrounded by Lithuanian flag in the shape of heart, to mark the Independence Day of Georgia. The event commemorated the 26 May 1918 adoption of the Act of Independence, which established the Democratic Republic of Georgia after the collapse of the Russian empire. […]

Lithuanian politicians congratulate Andrzej Duda on victory in Poland

May 25, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian politicians have congratulated Andrzej Duda, who has claimed victory in Sunday’s run-offs of the Polish presidential election, and expect for improvement in Lithuanian-Polish relations. […]

Lithuanians have high expectations for new Polish president

May 25, 2015 BNS 0

Andrzej Duda, who won presidential runoffs in Poland last Sunday, is expected to adopt a tougher anti-Russian stance, but political changes in the neighbouring country might slowed down because his party is now in parliamentary opposition, says Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University. […]

Rimantas Vaitkus awarded for contributing to relations between Lithuania and Japan

May 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On May 22, 2015, at the residence of the Ambassador of Japan Kazuko Shiraishi, Mr. Rimantas Vaitkus, former director of Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant, was conferred with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon for his contribution to promotion of mutual understanding, and economic and technical exchanges between Japan and Lithuania. […]

President Grybauskaitė signs decrees on appointment of ambassadors to Georgia and Turkey

May 24, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed two decrees on appointment of new Lithuanian ambassadors to Georgia and Turkey. […]