Culture

Foreign Ministry calls for centralized institution to coordinate Lithuania’s representation abroad

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called for establishment of an institution subordinate to the government that would be in charge of presenting Lithuania abroad. […]

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Global LT

Seminar in Stockholm – on 2014 NATO summit decisions and implications for Baltics, Europe and Trans-Atlantic relations

Addressing the participants of the conference, organised by the Swedish Atlantic Council, the Embassy of Lithuania in Stockholm and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on 1 October, Lithuanian Ambassador to Sweden Eitvydas Bajarūnas welcomed the decisions adopted in Cardiff and stressed the necessity of their urgent and smooth implementation. […]

Foreign affairs

Lithuania expresses condolences over killed Frenchman: brutality cannot break resolve to fight terrorism

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has expressed deepest condolences over the brutal murder of a French citizen by terrorists, emphasizing that such brutal crimes cannot undermine the determination to fight terrorism. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuania and Russia exchange diplomatic notes over detained fishing vessel

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania on Monday sent a diplomatic note to the Russian Embassy in Lithuania, protesting against illegal actions of Russian officials when detaining the fishing vessel Jūros Vilkas (Sea Wolf) which was sailing under the flag of Lithuania in international waters in the Barents Sea, its forced towing to the Port of Murmansk, as well as the illegal detention of its crew. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuania expresses support for Iraq’s new government

On 19 September, at the meeting of the United Nations Security Council, the Lithuanian permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, expressed Lithuania’s support for the new government of Iraq and underlined that it had to remain inclusive and represent the interests of all the groups and components of the society, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

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Foreign affairs

At UN Security Council Lithuania urges not to politicise investigation into MH17 crash

At 19 September meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Lithuanian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė urged to respect the memory of the victims of the catastrophe of MH17 and condemned any attempts to influence or interfere with the independent investigation carried out by the Dutch Safety Board, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

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Lithuania is ready to contribute in achieving OECD goals, says Foreign Minister Linkevičius

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with William Danvers, Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), who is visiting Vilnius on 18 September. […]