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

On 27 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius congratulated Moldova on the occasion of its national holiday – Independence Day. Linkevičius stressed that Lithuania remained committed to supporting Moldova on its European path and stood ready to share its own experience with this country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]

Klaipėda City Municipality Councillor Viacheslav Titov vowed to write a letter to the interior minister demanding to launch an investigation into why three Latvian citizens were included in the persona non grata list. […]

On August 27 Thursday Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius will start a two-day official visit to Ukraine where he will meet the Ukrainian top government officials, participate in the opening ceremony of the Lithuanian Honorary Consulate and discuss trade and investment issues with business community, the prime minister’s press service said. […]

On August 21 in the manor house of Katthamragarden, in Katthammarsvik on the island of Gotland (Sweden), the 26th anniversary of the historic meeting which prompted signing the Act of March 11, 1990 was honored. This marks the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuanian statehood. […]

One of the most active members of the so-called “Latvian anti-fascist committee” and organiser of the 16 March rally against Latvian legionnaires at the Freedom Monument Josifs Korens has been prohibited from entering Lithuania. […]

Lithuania strongly condemns today’s decision by the Rostov-on-Don Court of the Russian Federation to sentence the Ukrainian citizens Oleg Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko, reads the letter sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin on 25 August, Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. […]

Swedish logistics company Green Cargo may soon join Lithuanian Railway’s container train project Viking. Moreover, details are being harmonised with Finnish company Steveco regarding test runs with Viking to Turkey. It is thought that the first journey could take place already in September. […]

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has congratulated her Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, on his country’s Independence Day. […]

The informal meeting of the three Baltic prime ministers in the Lithuanian seaside resort of Palanga over the weekend focused on joint transport and energy projects, regional security, illegal migration and other issues. […]

After Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko released six opposition leaders from prison, the European Union (EU) should revise its policies towards Minsk, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius stated on 24 August. […]