Lithuania could take in 250 refugees as a voluntary contribution to the European Union‘s efforts to alleviate the Mediterranean migrant crisis, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. According to him, the number of 250 refugees, which the Lithuanian president recently mentioned, matches the country’s capabilities. […]
Lithuania does not want confrontation with Russia, but Moscow must stick to agreements, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Re-engagement with Russia should be accomplished on the Western countries’ own terms, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius claims in an op-ed piece published by the Wall Street Journal. While many would like to see a thaw in relations with Moscow, it is wrong to give into wishful thinking about Russia’s benevolence and draw false analogies with détente of the 1960s. […]
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius informed Irina Bokova, director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in Paris on Wednesday of Lithuania’s wish to join the UNESCO Executive Board in 2015-2019. […]
Lithuania’s Social Democratic Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has rejected criticism levied on him by his concervative predecessor Audronius Ažubalis, who said that during its presidency in the UN Security Council Lithuania failed to initiate an appeal to the International Court of Justice over Russia‘s annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea. […]
A delegation headed by Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius left for Paris on Wednesday to open membership negotiations with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). […]
The memory of former American President Ronald Reagan loomed large over the ceremony celebrating Lithuania’s opening of a Consulate General that was feted on Monday, 1 June 2015. Hosted by John Heubush, the director of the Ronald Reagan Library, the celebration took place in the presence of the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevičius, and the Lithuanian Ambassador to the USA, Žygimantas Pavilionis, a large number of diplomatic representatives, dignitaries and friends of Lithuania, including the former movie star Ruta Lee and Albinas Markevicius. […]
Following a very busy Sunday of activities with the Lithuanian community in Los Angeles, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevičius, formally opened the new Lithuanian Consulate General in Los Angeles. […]
On Sunday evening, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevičius, awarded in Los Angeles the diplomatic start to Dr. Richard Maullin. […]
Presided by Lithuania, the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday urged member-states to be more active in their efforts against foreign fighters joining extremist organizations in Syria and Iraq. […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says he sees no sense in discussing statements made by Russian Duma member Vladimir Zhirinovsky‘s about “redeeming Vilnius and Klaipėda”. […]
The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution initiated by Lithuania on the protection of journalists in conflict situations. […]
In the framework of the Lithuanian presidency over the United Nations (UN) Security Council, the country’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius will preside over two Security Council debates in New York this week – on journalist safety and on foreign terrorist fighters. […]
Georgia can expect a visa-free regime with the European Union next year but Ukraine might need to wait for it due to the ongoing war in the east of the country, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Mandatory refugee quotas for EU member states would run counter to legal practice, therefore, such decisions should be made on a voluntary basis, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
At the EU General Affairs Council meeting on 19 May in Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius discussed progress in implementing measures to tackle migratory flows in the Mediterranean Sea region adopted at a special meeting of the European Council on 23 April 2015. […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is leaving for Brussels on Monday to attend a meeting of the European Union‘s (EU) Foreign Affairs Council dedicated to security and defense policy issues and threats in the EU neighborhood. […]
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says he has “no illusions” about Russia, adding that Moscow has so far failed to implement the Minsk agreement on a truce in Ukraine. […]
Accepting refugees is not the only way to contribute to the resolution of the existing refugee crisis, and the allocated quotas are still an issue “on paper”, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday rejected the government’s wish to have defence advisers working at the country’s embassies abroad. […]
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