Society
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry and 22 embassies express support for Baltic Pride
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 16 embassies have made a joint statement, expressing support for Baltic Pride. […]
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Foreign affairs
Twiplomacy: Lithuanian formin’s Twitter among best-connected in the world
The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘ Twitter feed remains among the top six diplomatic accounts that have the most mutual connections on the social network, according to the annual Twiplomacy survey published on Wednesday. […]
Defence
Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hit by cyber attack
The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘ website was inaccessible to visitors on Wednesday due to a cyber attack. […]
Foreign affairs
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Will Lithuania’s emigrants ever return?
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed a survey indicating that 40% of Lithuanian emigrants would like to return to Lithuania. LRT spoke to Swedbank chief economist Dr. Nerijus Mačiulis for his take on these […]
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Over half of Lithuanian expats don’t think about returning home – survey
The majority of Lithuanians living abroad are not thinking of returning to their homeland, a survey carried out for Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has shown. […]
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Energy
Lithuania asks Belarus to set up expert panel for Astravyets nuclear plant
During diplomatic consultations on Tuesday, Lithuania suggested that Belarus should set up a joint special expert commission that would help assess the environmental impact of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania opens five new visa centres across China
Lithuania‘s embassy in Beijing has this month expanded the Schengen visa centre network into China‘s five major cities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania ‘won’t compromise interests of its citizens for better relations with Israel’ – Minister Linkevičius
Lithuania will not compromise the interests of its citizens for the sake of better relations with Israel, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has said after a Lithuanian national was detained in a Tel Aviv airport. […]
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Lithuanian in Israel detained in relation to national security threat
Lithuanian citizen Gabrielė Tervidytė has been detained in Tel Aviv, Israel, as a threat to national security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BNS on Thursday. […]
Defence
Four Lithuanian state institutions under attack from hackers
Four Lithuanian state institutions have been subjected to cyber attacks over the past several days. […]
Defence
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry website hit by cyber attack
Websites of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs came under a cyber attack on Tuesday evening. It is the second Lithuanian state institution to be targeted by hackers this week. […]
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Lithuanian does not appeal against espionage conviction in Russia
Prison sentence passed by a Russian court for Lithuanian national Aristidas Tamošaitis came into effect after he did not appeal against conviction on espionage charges. Tamošaitis was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in a high-security […]
Foreign affairs
US continues its support of radio broadcasts from Kaunas
The US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has decided to continue financing radio broadcasts transmitted from Lithuania to Russia and other eastern neighbors, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. […]
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