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Georgia deserves to join NATO, says defence minister in Vilnius

September 14, 2015 BNS 0

Georgia deserves NATO membership because of its reforms and participation in the Alliance’s operations, Defence Minister Tinatin Khidasheli said in Vilnius on Monday. […]

Danish Crown Princess Mary urges to focus on vaccination and women’s safety

September 14, 2015 BNS 0

Denmark‘s Crown Princess Mary, currently on a visit in Vilnius, urged the international community on Monday to be more active with vaccination programs and shift the focus to women’s safety. […]

Georgian defence minister coming to Vilnius

September 14, 2015 BNS 0

Georgia‘s Defence Minister Tinatin Khidasheli is visiting Lithuania on Monday. […]

The e-Residency presentation at the Estonian Embassy in Vilnius Photo Ludo Segers

e-Residency, Estonia’s idea for a borderless world

September 11, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

On Wednesday afternoon, the Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania invited Ott Vatter of the Estonian e-Residency for their season’s opening event in the Estonian Embassy in Vilnius. […]

Foreigners' Registration Centre in Rukla

Third Ukrainian-Lithuanian family arrives in Lithuania

September 9, 2015 BNS 0

A third Ukrainian family of Lithuanian descent has arrived in Lithuania on Wednesday. The Lithuanian government has offered to resettle Ukrainians with Lithuanian ancestry from war-hit Donbass region. […]

Ukraine’s economy minister keeps Lithuanian citizenship

September 8, 2015 BNS 0

Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavičius has retained his Lithuanian citizenship, although the law says that citizenship is lost when a person works for a foreign country’s civil service without permission. […]

Ukraine’s Supreme Court chairman thanks Lithuania for aid in reforms

September 7, 2015 BNS 0

Ukraine‘s Supreme Court Chairman Yaroslav Romaniuk has thanked Lithuania for its support to Ukraine with reforms. […]

Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas

Baltic ministers meeting in Lithuania to discuss water protection and climate change

September 7, 2015 BNS 0

A meeting of the ministers of environment of the Baltic Council of Ministers is starting near Lake Plateliai in western Lithuania on Monday. […]

How Lithuanian-Polish feud and Baltic Entente played into Soviet hands

September 7, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Between the two world wars, Lithuania was an enthusiastic new nation state caught in a precarious international situation. Trapped between two expansionist powers, Germany and the Soviet Union, Lithuania tried to strengthen its security, but the main handicap was its feud with Poland over Vilnius. One diplomat tried to change that but it was too late. […]

Second family from Donetsk moving to Lithuania

September 7, 2015 BNS 0

The second family of Lithuanian origin is moving to Vilnius from the Ukrainian Donetsk region. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister to go to Georgia

September 7, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius will pay a visit to Georgia where the shock replacement of the foreign minister last week has raised doubts about the government’s transparency. […]

Kremlin’s millions: How Russia funds NGOs in Baltics

September 4, 2015 0

With one hand, Kremlin strangles non-governmental organizations in Russia. With another, it generously supports the defenders of its interests in the Baltics. […]

NATO chief calls for using ‘fresh opportunity’ to ensure ceasefire in Ukraine

September 3, 2015 BNS 0

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, currently in Lithuania, says Ukraine‘s decentralization reform and the agreement to stop truce violations as of September is a new opportunity to ensure peace in Ukraine. […]

Russia criticizes Lithuania’s move to refuse entry to Latvian activists

September 2, 2015 BNS 0

Russia‘s Foreign Ministry has criticized Lithuania’s decision to blacklist three Latvian public figures and refuse them entry to Lithuania for an event in Klaipėda. Lithuania has rejected the criticism. […]

Outbreak of violence is test for Ukrainian government, Lithuanian foreign minister says

September 1, 2015 BNS 0

The recent outbreak of violence in Kiev is a major test for the Ukrainian government, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. He hopes, however, that it will not impede the implementation of the truce deal. […]

D. Reizniece-Ozola and R. Masiulis in Vilnius

We have made Lithuania an offer to supply gas to co Latvenergo

August 28, 2015 ELTA EN 0

During her visit to Lithuania yesterday, a serious offer was made for gas to be supplied to joint-stock power utility company Latvenergo, Economy Minister Dana Reizniece-Ozola (Greens/Farmers) told Latvian Television this morning. […]

Lithuanian PM calls on Ukrainian Govt to continue reforms

August 28, 2015 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, currently on a visit in Ukraine, has urged the Ukrainian government to proceed with the reforms in battling corruption in the country. […]

Lithuanian PM suggests Ukraine’s political parties to co-op with EU’s parties

August 28, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevičius during his visit in Kyiv met with Volodymyr Hroysman, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and discussed the situation in Parliament and how to improve its activities. […]

Bildt urges “to do more” to tackle migrant crisis

August 28, 2015 BNS EN 0

Former Swedish premier Carl Bildt says that the Baltic states must share the refugee burden with Southern Europe, if they want to expect solidarity in the future. In an interview to BNS Lithuania, Sweden’s prime minister from 1991 to 1994 and foreign minister from 2006 to 2014 said he did not see Russian threat to the Baltic states “at the moment” but urged the West to continue pressure on Russia and prepare for an “uncertain” future. […]

Latvia would buy gas from Lithuania at competitive price

August 27, 2015 BNS EN 0

Latvia would purchase gas from the Klaipėda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal if prices were competitive, the neighbouring country’s economy minister said on 27 August. […]