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Lithuania expects that ‘uncertainty period’ in Estonia won’t last long

Lithuanian experts say that the pro-Russian Centre Party may come to government in Estonia after Prime Minister Taavi Roivas on Wednesday lost a confidence vote in parliament. Lithuanian politicians, meanwhile, expect that the government crisis in the Baltic country will be resolved soon. […]

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Gorbachev’s spokesman gives no comment on court’s move to question

Spokesman for the Soviet Union‘s former president Mikhail Gorbachev has refused to comment on the Vilnius court’s ruling to question him in the January 13 attempted coup trial. […]

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ForMin calls ban on Russian lawyer to go to event in Vilnius ‘a political move’

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Russia‘s decision to ban Mark Feigin, a lawyer and human rights defender who was to take part in an opposition event in Vilnius, from leaving the country appears to be “a political move”. […]

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Lithuania’s embassy to act as NATO contact point in Ukraine for 2 more yrs

Lithuania’s diplomatic mission in Ukraine will continue to carry out the functions of NATO‘s contact point embassy for another two years, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. […]