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Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s ForMin to renounce commercial visa intermediaries in Russia

Lithuania’s visa services will stop cooperation with commercial intermediaries selling travel organization services in Russia while issuing Schengen visas as of February, according to an order signed by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė, Donald Trump
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian president backs Trump on Nord Stream, defense spending

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that she agrees with US President Donald Trump‘s criticism of Germany over the Nord Stream pipeline expansion and insufficient defense spending. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Foreign affairs

Lithuania mulls signing refugee return deal with Germany, president says

Lithuania is considering signing a bilateral agreement with Germany on the return of refugees, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte
European Union

Netherlands recruits Baltic States to compensate for effects of Brexit

The Netherlands is building new coalitions within the EU to compensate for the loss of the UK as the union’s main free trade champion, and has found partners in the Baltic States. At the same time, a domestic policy issue involving gas supplies and the Dutch stance on Russia have the potential to put what has been dubbed the New Hanseatic League to the test Dario Cavegn writes in the ERR News. […]