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Baltic formins to meet with Tillerson in Washington next week
The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian foreign ministers are to meet with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington next week. […]
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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. […]
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Belarus may have to reconsider Astravyets N-plant project – PM
The Polish decision not to buy electricity from the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP) under construction in Belarus shows that the market may be closed for the Belarusian electricity, says Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
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Lithuania should step up security cooperation with Nordic states – Minister of Defence
Lithuania should step military and security cooperation with the Nordic countries, Defence Minister Raimondas Karoblis said after meeting with Iceland’s top security, defense and military official in Vilnius on Friday. […]
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Ambassador visits burial site of Lithuania’s interwar ministers in Mowcow outskirts
Lithuania’s Ambassador to Russia Remigijus Motuzas and officials of the Foreign Ministry have visited a memorial place including graves of a few Lithuanian interwar ministers in the outskirts of Moscow. […]
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Lithuanian ambassador to US calls for stronger transmitter of Radio Free Europe
The signal of the US Congress-financed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) rebroadcast via Lithuania should be amplified in an effort to resist the Russian propaganda, and the radio should be broadcast round the clock, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the United States Rolandas Kriščiūnas told US senators on Tuesday. […]
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Riflemen’s Union sends electric generators, other aid to Eastern Ukraine
The Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union has sent three powerful electric generators, special headsets and other humanitarian aid to people in war-hit Eastern Ukraine. […]
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Lithuanian, Swedish PMs to mull energy, investments in Stockholm
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is leaving for Sweden on Monday on a brief visit to discuss energy and investment matters with the country’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. […]
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Belarus could be Putin’s next target – Kasparov tells
Belarus could be the next country targeted by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin after Ukraine, Russian opposition figure Gary Kasparov, former world chess champion currently residing in the US, has said at a Vilnius conference. […]
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Estonian MFA: Estonia continues to be a very pro-enlargement country
Exclusive interview with Sven Mikser, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, which is due to assume Presidency over the Council of the EU in July 2017. […]
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Germany backs Lithuania’s goal to ensure Belarusian N-plant safety
Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel says in Vilnius he understands the Lithuanian government’s anxiety over the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) under construction in Belarus, expressing support to the goal of ensuring the plant’s security via international organizations. […]
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Ex-presidents of Central, Eastern Europe to mull historic lessons at intl Kaunas forum
An international Baltic – Black Sea Forum will take place in Kaunas, Lithuania, on March 10, bringing together historic leaders of Central and Eastern European countries, Lithuania’s Vytautas Magnus University said. […]
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Seimas setting up task force for agreement on Astravyets N-plant
Lithuania’s parliament should this week start setting up a task force that should control the implementation of the agreement among political parties to block construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Belarus. […]
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Estonia invites Lithuania to begin consultations on communist crimes tribunal
Lithuanian Justice Ministry has received a proposal from the Estonian Justice Ministry to begin consultations on the establishment of an international body to investigate crimes perpetrated by communist regimes, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Friday. […]
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Social protests in Belarus give opposition new capacities – Lebedko
The unsanctioned protest rallies that kicked off in Minsk and other cities of Belarus against the so-called unemployment tax give more capacities to the Belarusian opposition, one of the country’s opposition leaders Anatoly Lebedko has said in Vilnius. […]
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Belarusian opposition think Russians may leave weapons after Zapad
The Belarusian society has fears about the upcoming joint war games with Russia, Zapad 2017, and the plans to bring numerous weaponry, Belarusian opposition activists have said in Vilnius. […]
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Latvia’s reluctance to block Belarus’ N-plant may be due to economic reasons – MP
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that economic reasons could be behind Latvia‘s apparent reluctance to take a tougher stance toward the Astravyets nuclear power plant that Belarus is building close to its border with Lithuania. […]