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Lithuanian PM to visit Ukraine

August 17, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius will pay a visit to Ukraine in the end of August. […]

Probe into Russian opposition leader Nemtsov murder extended until November

August 15, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Russian Investigative Committee has extended the investigation of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov‘s murder, the lawyer of Nemtsov’s family Vadim Prokhorov told TASS on Friday. […]

Belarus does not always support Russia’s actions in Donbass, Lithuanian foreign minister says

August 15, 2015 ELTA EN 0

After his informal meeting with Ukrainian and Belarusian foreign ministers, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says that Minsk is not inclined to blindly support any step Russia makes in regard to Eastern Ukraine. […]

Nekrasov in Vilnius: Moscow’s statement is proof of persecution

August 14, 2015 BNS 0

Russian journalist Andrei Nekrasov, who has recently asked for political asylum in Lithuania, said on Friday the Russian Foreign Ministry‘s request on his extradition only increased the possibility of him being recognized a political refugee. […]

Death Russian style

August 14, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Nothing can relate you more about the life and existence of a people than its relationship with death. Death is an inevitable conclusion; what’s left behind when there’s nothing else; the very essence. […]

Lithuanian consulate comes across passport specifying Ukraine’s Odessa as part of Russia

August 14, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s consulate to the Russian Kaliningrad region has received a passport of a Russian citizen, which indicates “Odessa Region/Russia” as the place of birth. Odessa is a region in southern Ukraine. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister in Ukraine: Shootouts continue, sanctions must be extended

August 14, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said after meeting with Ukrainian leaders in Kiev on Thursday that intensive shootouts continue in Eastern Ukraine regardless of the ceasefire, urging to go on or step up the sanctions on Russia. […]

Moscow hopes Lithuania will extradite Nekrasov to Russia

August 13, 2015 BNS 0

Moscow hopes Lithuanian institutions will decide to extradite Russian opposition journalist Andrei Nekrasov who was detained in Cyprus and later handed over to Lithuania. Russia has launched a search for Nekrasov via Interpol. […]

Putin holds Russia’s Security Council meeting over more shelling of Donbas

August 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a prompt meeting with permanent members of the Security Council of Russia, the Kremlin press office said on Wednesday. […]

Russian journalist Nekrasov applies for political asylum in Lithuania

August 12, 2015 BNS 0

Russian opposition journalist Andrei Nekrasov, who arrived in Vilnius on Wednesday morning after being detained in Cyprus, has asked Lithuania to grant him political asylum. […]

AirBaltic pilot and crew caught drunk in Oslo to be taken into custody

August 11, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A Norwegian court on Monday ordered that a pilot and three other crew members of the Latvian airline airBaltic be taken into custody after failing blood alcohol tests at Oslo Airport, news agency NTB reported. […]

Russian journalist’s asylum to be decided by Lithuania’s Migration Department

August 10, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that Russian journalist Andrey Nekrasov, who has been detained in Cyprus under a Moscow-issued arrest warrant and should soon be handed over to Lithuania, is eligible for asylum in this country, adding that the decision will be made by the Migration Department. […]