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Kremlin says it is ready for dialogue with Baltic states
Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s press secretary, Dmitri Peskov, said on Monday that Moscow was ready for talks with the Baltic states. […]
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Lithuanian PM suggests holding first joint sitting of Lithuanian and Latvian governments
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius participated in the 6th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) in Jurmala, Latvia. He met with his Latvian counterpart Laimdota Straujuma to discuss intergovernmental cooperation and bilateral and multilateral meetings that are planned to be held in Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian police offer help to Swedish law enforcement in murder case
Lithuania’s police have offered their assistance to Swedish counterparts investigating the murder case of a Swedish teenager, in which two Lithuanian citizens are named as suspects. […]
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Lithuanian president hopes for extension of Russia sanctions
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė hopes the European Council will extend the sectoral sanctions for Russia, in place since last July, during its meeting several weeks hence. […]
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Jerzy Giedroyc award presented to former Lithuanian president Adamkus and poet Venclova
The Jerzy Giedroyc Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation will award former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and poet and translator Tomas Venclova in Warsaw on Thursday for their contribution to Lithuanian-Polish cooperation. […]
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Lithuanians feel more secure than Latvians, less secure than Estonians
Estonians continue to be the Baltic nation with the strongest sense of security, while Latvians continue to feel the least secure, according the latest Ergo Security Index. […]
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US ambassador to NATO: Russia’s aggression in Ukraine completely changed rules of the game
At a press conference at the Latvian Foreign Ministry, United States Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute said that Russia‘s aggressive actions in Crimea and Donbas had completely changed the rules of the game. NATO must therefore prepare for future challenges and offer the necessary support to its partners. […]
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Swedish royal family to visit Lithuania in October
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia will pay a state visit to Lithuania in October. […]
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EP report on Russia will let European leaders use stronger language, Lithuanian MEP says
European leaders will have additional leverage to use stronger rhetoric when speaking with Russia upon the adoption by the European Parliament of a report on EU-Russia relations, says Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, one of the rapporteurs. […]
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Lithuanian prosecutors to appeal against acquittal of OMON officers
Lithuanian prosecutors have decided to appeal against the court ruling to clear former commanders of the Soviet special militia unit OMON of charges, the Prosecutor General‘s Office said on Friday. […]
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UN Security Council to hold Lithuania-initiated meeting on Ukraine
The United Nations (UN) Security Council is Friday holding an extraordinary meeting initiated by Lithuania to discuss the clashes in Ukraine that jeopardize the ceasefire mediated by Europe. […]
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Outdated environmental impact study stalls Rail Baltica in Poland
The Rail Baltica project became suspended for years in Poland, when it emerged that the environmental impact study of the border section between the Polish town Bialystok and the Lithuanian border is outdated, and a new survey has to be conducted; it does not affect the project’s development in the Baltic countries, Postimees Online reports. […]
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Lithuanian court clears former OMON officers of crimes against humanity charges
Vilnius Regional Court on Thursday cleared former commanders of the Soviet special militia unit OMON, Boleslov Makutynovich and Vladimir Razvodov, of war crimes and crimes against humanity in 1991. […]
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Lithuanian PM says Russia’s “black list” is part of propaganda war
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the “black list” of European Union officials prepared by Russia is part of the propaganda war. […]
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President Grybauskaitė: Cooperation between Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine strengthens regional security
President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Marshal of the Polish Senate Bogdan Borusewicz, Chairman of Ukraine‘s Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Groysman, and Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė, who are participating in the sixth session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine. The meeting focused on the security situation in the region, the situation in Ukraine, and enhanced interparliamentary cooperation between the three countries, said the presidential press service. […]
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George Soros to continue support to democracy in Eastern Europe, Lithuanian minister says
US business tycoon billionaire George Soros is willing to continue supporting projects that are aimed at promoting development of human rights and democracy in Eastern Europe, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said after meeting him in New York on Thursday. […]