Linas Linkevičius
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Baltic and Benelux countries back expanding Russia sanctions, Lithuanian foreign minister says

The Baltic and Benelux countries agree on the need to expand the existing sanctions against Russia by including more people into the blacklist. They also backed the introduction of new sectoral sanctions, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linkevičius said on Wednesday after meeting with his Baltic and Benelux counterparts in the Estonian capital of Tallinn. […]

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Lithuanian diplomats ask Norwegian authorities to allow to see child that was taken from mother

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway has promised Lithuanian Ambassador in Oslo Izolda Bričkovskienė to put every effort to officially confirm that a seven-year-old Lithuanian boy who was returned from Sweden is indeed in Norway. The boy’s mother attempted to take her son out of Norway, where the two lived. Swedish diplomats have said that Lithuania was not informed about the return of the child because his place of residence has not been declared in Lithuania. […]

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Lithuania’s conservative propose Hague Tribunal prosecution for civilian attacks in Ukraine

The opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats political group in the Lithuanian Seimas has proposed a resolution that would commit the Lithuanian parliament to seeking prosecution of people responsible for attacks on civilians in Ukraine in the Hague Tribunal. […]

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Lithuanian president tops Ukraine’s list of international friends

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė leads the annual rating Top-10 Ukraine‘s Promoters in the World 2014 presented by the Institute of World Policy, the President’s Office said on Thursday. […]

From left to right, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Department Deputy Director Malgorzata Kazmierski, Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist and ambassador Eitvydas Bajarūnas
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Lithuania transferred NATO Contact Embassy in Sweden functions to Poland

On 28th January 2015, the Embassy of Lithuania in Sweden and the Embassy of Poland in Sweden jointly hosted the event to mark the transfer of duties of the NATO Contact Point Embassy from the Embassy of Lithuania to the Embassy of Poland. Event took place at the Residence of the ambassador of Lithuania. Lithuania held NATO Contact Embassy in Sweden functions in 2013-2014. […]

Vygaudas Ušackas
Foreign affairs

“Basketball diplomacy” puts Lithuanian diplomat under fire

With tensions flaring up again in eastern Ukraine after Russian-supported separatists attacked Mariupol, killing 30 civilians, policymakers and observers in Lithuania are particularly touchy when it comes to relations, or lack thereof, with Russia. Their ire can even fall on someone from their own team if he or she is as much as suspected of sympathies for Russia. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
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Lithuanian PM calls for closer cooperation with Georgia in agriculture and food

During an official visit to Georgia, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has called on his counterpart Irakli Garibashvili to develop closer bilateral cooperation, especially in the areas of agriculture and food technology. […]