Algirdas Butkevičius
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian PM calls for closer cooperation with Georgia in agriculture and food

During an official visit to Georgia, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has called on his counterpart Irakli Garibashvili to develop closer bilateral cooperation, especially in the areas of agriculture and food technology. […]

Linas Linkevičius
Foreign affairs

Linkevičius discusses bilateral and regional cooperation with Latvian, Estonian and Slovakian foreign ministers

On 16 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Foreign Minister of Latvia, and Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Foreign Minister of Estonia, who are taking part in the Snow Meeting. […]

Kęstutis Jankauskas
Foreign affairs

President Grybauskaitė recalls Lithuanian ambassador to NATO

On Thursday, President Dalia Grybauskaitė signed a decree recalling Lithuania’s Ambassador to NATO Kęstutis Jankauskas from the post. […]

No Picture
Opinion

Opinion: More than meets the eye or the case against a ‘frozen conflict’ in East Ukraine

Currently it seems that the on-going Ukrainian–Russian conflict in the East of Ukraine is drawing to a possible end. However, it looks as if a newly minted ‘frozen conflict’ zone is poised to appear on the world map. While the end of active fighting might seem as a positive development, a ‘frozen conflict’ might actually pose even greater threats to international security. […]

Gerogia
Uncategorized

Lithuanian foreign minister: Ukraine war caused by failure to learn lessons in Georgia

The war in Ukraine is a consequence of Europe having failed to draw lessons from the 2008 war in Georgia, when a normal dialogue with Russia was resumed less than two months after the fighting, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]