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EU will not sacrifice Crimea for peace in Donbass, Lithuanian minister says
Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius says that he does not believe that the European Union (EU) will ever recognize the annexation of the Crimean peninsula in exchange for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. […]
European Union
EU ministers see no reason to ease sanctions on Russia
European Union foreign ministers said on Monday there were no grounds to lift economic sanctions against Russia despite conciliatory proposals from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini. […]
European Union
EU Eastern Partnership program has “great future”, Lithuanian foreign minister says
The EU Eastern Partnership program has a “great future” and will remain one of the Baltic countries’ priorities along with strengthening regional security, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
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Lithuania starts Presidency of Baltic Assembly
On 1 January 2015, Lithuania took over the Presidency of the Baltic Assembly. This year, the Seimas plans to hold 14 international events, with the majority of them hosted by the Seimas in Vilnius and four of them held in Kaunas, Klaipėda, Palanga and Šiauliai, the press service of the Lithuanian Parliament said. […]
European Union
Brussels backs anti-propaganda initiative, Minister Linkevičius says
A proposal by Lithuania and three other countries to draft an action plan to fight Russian propaganda received backing from EU institutions and member states on Monday, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
European Union
Lithuanian foreign minister: EU should guide its decisions by actual situation in Russia, not illusions
In its discussion of the relations with Russia, the European Union (EU) should act in accordance to the actual situation rather than illusions, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday upon arrival at a meeting in Brussels. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister: Sanctions have economic and political effect on Russia
The existing sanctions have not only an economic, but also a political effect on Russia, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says, adding that there are currently no signs that would allow to speak about changing the existing policy. […]
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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. […]
Defence
Lithuanian foreign minister calls for implementation of NATO’s Wales decisions
At a meeting with NATO‘s Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius called for rapid implementation of the decisions made at the Alliance’s Wales summit. […]
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Foreign Minister Linkevičius opens Vilnius Forum of Intellectuals
The traditional informal Snow Meeting and the Vilnius Forum of Intellectuals began on 15 January. At the opening of the Forum, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius stressed the importance of dialogue with the Russian society. […]
Society
Lithuanian foreign minister thanks freedom defender from Ukraine
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Wednesday delivered a letter of gratitude and a memorial gift to Ukrainian citizen Yevhen Dykyi who headed a group of Ukrainians defending the Lithuanian parliament in January 1991. […]
European Union
Free movement of people is fundamental principle of EU, says Minister Linkevičius
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius does not agree that in an attempt to curb immigration people should be banned from entering the European Union. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister: We should be more active in information field
Both the European Union (EU) and Lithuania should be more pro-active in the information field instead of defensive, as the case is now, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
European Union
Russia pans Lithuania’s counter-propaganda initiative in EU
A Russian official has criticized suggestions by several European Union nations, including Lithuania, to form a consistent pan-EU effort to counter Russia’s propaganda campaign. […]
Foreign affairs
Minister Linkevičius in Paris: There is a palpable wish to be together and united
The Republican March in France on Sunday was important not just for the French people, but for entire Europe and the world, said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, adding that the event is a unifying experience. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister joins anti-terror rally in Paris
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is traveling to France on Sunday to pay homage to the victims of terror attacks and join leaders of other countries at a massive solidarity rally in Paris, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
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Lithuanian president and foreign minister sign condolence book at French Embassy
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Friday signed a book of condolences at the French Embassy in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Paris. […]
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No positive signs from Russia, therefore no easing of sanctions, Lithuanian foreign minister says
Russia has so far shown no positive signs in connection to the conflict in Ukraine, so there are no reasons to ease the European Union (EU) sanctions, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]