Lithuania’s Social Democratic Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has rejected criticism levied on him by his concervative predecessor Audronius Ažubalis, who said that during its presidency in the UN Security Council Lithuania failed to initiate an appeal to the International Court of Justice over Russia‘s annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea. […]
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). […]
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. […]
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). […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution initiated by Lithuania on the protection of journalists in conflict situations. […]
Lithuania’s new Ambassador to Ukraine Marius Janukonis has handed credentials to the country’s President Petro Poroshenko, the Foreign Ministry said. […]
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. […]
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 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. […]
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. […]
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