Responding to a joint declaration of the Nordic countries of intentions to step up military cooperation in the face of Russian aggression, Russia‘s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Sunday, saying that moves by Finland and Sweden towards closer ties with NATO were of “special concern”, Reuters reports. […]
At the bilateral meeting on 10 March in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius expressed his gratitude to Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson for his country’s courageous action – recognition of Lithuania’s independence on 11 February 1991. In June, this event will be commemorated in Vilnius by civic campaign Thank You, Iceland, Lithuanian MFA reports. […]
As the first country to have recognized Lithuania’s independence from the Soviet Union, Iceland now inspires Lithuania to support Ukraine, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after meeting with the Icelandic counterpart in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
Lithuanian school in Iceland, Trys Spalvos (Three Colours), strives to educate its small pupils’ artistic and creative abilities. It has therefore invited Icelandic writer and illustrator Áslaug Jónsdóttir, co-author of children’s books about the skrímsl, fantasy creatures similar to trolls, to visit Lithuanian children. […]
A visit of the Swedish royal family is planned in Lithuania in the coming autumn. According to Jovita Neliupšienė, chief adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on foreign policy issues, visits of the Icelandic and Baltic presidents are also planned this year. […]
Lithuania’s Defense Minister Juozas Olekas is visiting Norway on Wednesday to meet with his Nordic and Baltic colleagues for a discussion of initiative to step up the Nordic and Baltic anti-crisis capacities. […]
Northern Future Forum (NFF) took place on 6 and 7 November in Helsinki. The Prime Minister of Finland, Alexander Stubb, had invited the prime ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom to discuss educational competitiveness, and promote innovative business activities. […]
Vilnius will connect to USA through Reykjavik for the first time in June when Wow Air launches its new Vilnius route on 13 June 2015. […]
What do foreigners who have ever stayed, lived or are currently living in Lithuania think about the country and its people? And how are Lithuanians perceived by those who have never been to Lithuania? […]
A series of public events for and about transgender people, organized by Lithuania’s national LGBT* rights organization LGL on the 26th-28th August 2014, were the most exciting days for transgender individuals and their allies in Lithuania. They met and interacted with each other, they laughed and shared trans*pizza together. […]
DELFI observer Ramūnas Bogdanas interviews former foreign minister of Iceland Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson who was the strongest supporter of Lithuania’s independence in 1990-91 among all Western politicians. He closely continues to monitor the development of Lithuania. […]
Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson was the foreign minister of Iceland in 1988-95. Under his leadership, Iceland was the first country to recognize the restored independence of Lithuania. Already since March, 1990, Hannibalsson was one of the main supporters of Lithuanian freedom on the international scene. In January, 1991, despite the displayed discontent of the USSR, he became the only minister of a NATO country to come to Vilnius and to express solidarity with Lithuania during the Soviet aggression. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to the President of the Republic of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, on the occasion of Iceland’s national holiday – Independence Day, Press Service of the President informed. […]
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