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Vygaudas Ušackas. Meeting with Angela Merkel: pro memoria for Grybauskaitė and Skvernelis

On Friday, with the leader of the most powerful country in Europe visiting Lithuania, we have the opportunity to choose…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs
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The Kremlin is not interested in Macrons’ ‘stability’

The European security architecture needs to change, French President Emmanuel Macron declared during his latest visit to Finland. The changing…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Seimas parties sign defense policy agreement (Updated)

Lithuania's parliamentary parties signed on Monday an agreement on the country's defense policy for the next decade. [...]

7 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s major parties, except LSDP, to sign defense deal next Monday

Lithuania's parliamentary parties will sign a defense policy agreement next Monday, Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, said on…

7 years ago
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Lithuania’s Vičiūnai says it cannot control sellers of its products in Crimea

The Lithuanian food production group Vičiūnų Grupė (Vičiūnai Group), owned by Visvaldas Matijošaitis, mayor of Lithuania's second-largest city of Kaunas,…

7 years ago
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All major Lithuanian parties, except LSDP, likely to sign new defense deal next week (Updated)

All of Lithuania's parliamentary political parties, except for the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), are likely to sign an…

7 years ago
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Lithuanian political parties to discuss new defense policy deal

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is meeting on Tuesday with parliamentary parties' leaders to discuss the country's defense policy for…

7 years ago
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Lithuanian leaders congratulate Ukraine on Independence Day, pledge continuous support

Lithuanian leaders have pledged continuous supports to Ukraine which marks its Independence Day on Friday. [...]

7 years ago
  • Politics

SocDems oppose new defense deal, other Lithuanian parties inclined to back it

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is unlikely to support the government's proposed agreement on the country's defense policy for…

7 years ago
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European, US politicians, diplomats, in Vilnius, call for strengthening transatlantic ties

European and US politicians and diplomats, in Vilnius for an international conference, on Wednesday underlined the need for strengthening transatlantic…

7 years ago
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Molotov is still looking for his Ribbentrop, Lithuanian formin says

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has called on the West to respond to historic lessons and maintain political unity in…

7 years ago
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Transatlantic ties have no alternative, Lithuanian president says

Transatlantic ties are irreplaceable, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says amid the recent tension between the European Union and the United…

7 years ago
  • Defence

US defense budget law includes call for bolstering Baltic air policing mission

US President Donald Trump has signed a law on the country's defense budget for the next year, adopted by the…

7 years ago
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MP suggests blacklisting Russian singer Timati

Lithuanian MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has turned to the country's Foreign…

7 years ago
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Lithuanian formin calls for remembering lessons of Russian-Georgian war

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday called for remembering the lessons of Moscow's aggression as Georgia marks…

7 years ago
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Foreign minister welcomes EU sanctions against Crimea bridge companies

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday welcomed the European Union's decision to impose sanctions on six companies…

7 years ago
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Lithuania’s top judge calls Russia’s behavior “a parody of justice”

Dainius Žalimas, president of Lithuania's Constitutional Court, has called Russia's decision to launch an investigation against Lithuanian judges and prosecutors…

7 years ago
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Žygimantas Pavilionis. Putin-Trump meeting, do we have the strength to face this challenge?

Putin is winning? While the Russian national team dropped out of the football championship, just the championship itself was a…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian govt allocates EUR 48,000 for children from eastern Ukraine

Lithuania's government has allocated 48,200 euros from its reserve to receive schoolchildren war-affected regions in eastern Ukraine. [...]

7 years ago
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Does Trump-Putin meeting pose threat to Lithuania?

United States President Donald Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday.BNS Lithuania has asked three…

7 years ago