Israeli Ambassador Amir Maimon. Photo by R.Dačkus
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Lithuania’s foreign minister discusses cooperation with Israeli ambassador

On 12 February, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius received Israel‘s new Ambassador to Lithuania Amir Maimon. Minister stressed that the opening of the Israeli Embassy in Vilnius would further strengthen the partnership between Lithuania and Israel and people-to-people contacts, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

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Lithuania opens new visa centres in Belarus

On Friday, 6 February, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs opened new visa issuance centres for the citizens of Belarus in Minsk, Gomel, Grodno and Brest. […]

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Lithuanian diplomats ask Norwegian authorities to allow to see child that was taken from mother

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway has promised Lithuanian Ambassador in Oslo Izolda Bričkovskienė to put every effort to officially confirm that a seven-year-old Lithuanian boy who was returned from Sweden is indeed in Norway. The boy’s mother attempted to take her son out of Norway, where the two lived. Swedish diplomats have said that Lithuania was not informed about the return of the child because his place of residence has not been declared in Lithuania. […]

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Former Lithuanian ambassador: We must stop Kremlin in Ukraine

Foreign countries must help Ukraine stop Russia and not allow the ongoing conflict to expand, former Lithuanian Ambassador to Ukraine Petras Vaitiekūnas said after being awarded a medal for merits to the Lithuanian diplomatic service on Monday. […]

From left to right, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Department Deputy Director Malgorzata Kazmierski, Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist and ambassador Eitvydas Bajarūnas
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Lithuania transferred NATO Contact Embassy in Sweden functions to Poland

On 28th January 2015, the Embassy of Lithuania in Sweden and the Embassy of Poland in Sweden jointly hosted the event to mark the transfer of duties of the NATO Contact Point Embassy from the Embassy of Lithuania to the Embassy of Poland. Event took place at the Residence of the ambassador of Lithuania. Lithuania held NATO Contact Embassy in Sweden functions in 2013-2014. […]

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s speech in Vilnius in full

Mikhail Khodorkovsky‘s speech in Vilnius last week drew considerable controversy, with some saying his suggestions of easing economic sanctions on Russia played right into Vladimir Putin‘s interests, while others noting Khodorkovsky’s sober and measured reasoning. The following is a full transcript of Khodorkovsky’s address, translated from Russian by Katerina Sinkevičienė. […]