In St. Petersburg after the explosion
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Lithuanian leaders offer condolences over St. Petersburg metro explosion

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, have extended their condolences to the people of Russia over Monday’s explosion on a subway train in St. Petersburg that killed at least 10 people and injured around 50 others. […]

Viktoras Pranckietis
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Seimas speaker says to haven’t heard questions from Polish colleague about names

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says Polish Senate Speaker Stanislaw Karczewski did not inquire about the spelling of non-Lithuanian names in passports of Lithuanian citizens. […]

Arrest of Alexei Navalny
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Foreign Ministry calls on Russia to release anti-corruption protesters

The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on Monday expresses its concern over the detention of peaceful demonstrators during nationwide protests in Russia against corruption and called for their release. […]

Astravyets NPP
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Lithuania gets reinforcement from Poland in fight against Belarus’ N-plant

Poland became Lithuania’s first ally in its efforts to stop the construction of the Russian state corporation Rosatom‘s nuclear power plant in Belarus when it stated its intentions not to purchase electricity from the facility under construction in Astravyets, just 50 kilometers from Vilnius, Lithuanian politicians and experts said on Monday. […]