Dalia Grybauskaitė and Bronislaw Komorowski
Foreign affairs

Lithuania and Poland abandon tradition to celebrate independence together

The tradition for Lithuanian and Polish presidents to visit each other’s country for independence day celebrations has died. […]

Ambassador  Žygimantas Pavilionis addressing the Lithuania Community
Global LT

Lithuania’s16 February Celebration in Washington USA

Lithuanians of the US Capital region celebrated on Sunday, 15 February, the 97th anniversary of Lithuania as the modern day State, on one of the most blistery, cold days in recent memory. The day’s celebration started with a Latin mass in St. Matthews Cathedral. Monsignor Rolandas Makrickas of the Apostolic Nunciature to the United States welcomed the congregation the historic downtown cathedral. At the end of the service, Deanne Howes sang the Lithuanian national anthem, joined by well over 150 Lithuanians. The attendees walked the short distance on icy sidewalks to a nearby hotel for a breakfast. Washington Lithuanian Community leader, Danelė Vidutienė, introduced Žygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the United States. The Ambassador gave a brief overview of his tenure in the US Capital. […]

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Economy

Farmers address President Grybauskaitė over situation in dairy sector

Organisations representing Lithuanian farmers have addressed President Dalia Grybauskaitė in a letter asking to take “urgent and decisive” actions to “save” Lithuania’s dairy sector. […]

Shanghai
Foreign affairs

Lithuania expects China’s statement to bring “new phase of cooperation”

Lithuania’s government hopes that the statement published by China on Tuesday will pave way for trade and economic cooperation, as well as put an end to diplomatic tensions that started when the Dalai Lama visited Vilnius 18 months ago. […]

Angela Merkel, Barack Obama
Opinion

Opinion: Are Merkel and Obama indeed appeasing Russia?

For over a decade now we in Lithuania are being told that Germany is always indulging Russia. This line of criticism has lost some steam recently, after Angela Merkel played a crucial role in adopting hard sanctions on Russia. However, recent efforts by her and French President François Hollande to find a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict have rekindled suspicions that there are plans to indulge Russia and betray Ukraine. […]

Israeli Ambassador Amir Maimon. Photo by R.Dačkus
Foreign affairs

Israeli ambassador in Vilnius Amir Maimon on Jewish heritage, Israeli-Palestinian conflict and anti-Semitism in Europe

Israel‘s first ambassador residing in Vilnius, Amir Maimon, says Lithuania should be more active in inviting tourists from his country and step up cooperation in the fields of defence and high technologies. […]