Masoumeh Ebtekar
Foreign affairs

Iran offers Lithuania to open embassies in Vilnius and Teheran

Iran has offered Lithuania to open their respective embassies in Vilnius and Teheran to step up economic and political cooperation, visiting Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar said in an interview with BNS Lithuania on Friday. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian president submitting Istanbul Convention to parlt for ratification

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is putting the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) before the country’s parliament for ratification, the presidential office confirmed it to BNS Lithuania on Thursday. […]

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Politics

Lithuanian socdems call for ratification of Istanbul Convention

The opposition Social Democratic Party of Lithuania is calling for the ratification of the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention), the party’s resolution, adopted on Saturday, states. […]

UN Security Council
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian formin to attend UN Security Council debate in New York

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius is leaving for New York to attend a UN Security Council debate on the role of international law on peace and security on Thursday. […]