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Ukrainian pilot Savchenko found guilty by Russian court
A Russian court passed a guilty verdict for Ukrainian armed force pilot Nadiya Savchenko in a case Lithuania regards as unlawful. […]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Global LT
‘We have traditionally strong ties given South Africa took in refugees during the pogroms and WWII’ – Honorary Consul
In a series about those remarkable individuals who promote Lithuania’s image abroad and build the country’s brand around the world, Paul Berman, Lithuania’s Honorary Consul in South Africa, talks about his work for Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian entrepreneurs go East
With a small domestic market, Lithuanian entrepreneurs are more and more often looking to foreign markets for opportunities to develop and expand their businesses. While many have been looking to the US or Western Europe, others have also begun glancing eastwards at markets like India and China. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian diplomats in Top 10 for breaking traffic laws in Berlin
In a city as big as Berlin traffic violations are to be expected. Berliners are particularly annoyed, however, when traffic violations go unpunished, that is, when they are committed by diplomatic staff of foreign embassies in Berlin. Lithuanian diplomats are among the top-ten violators of traffic rules. […]
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Lithuania forming new diplomatic relationships, but hurdles remain
Lithuania has been seeking to expand the number of nations it maintains diplomatic relations with by starting relationships with several distant African, Asian and Oceanic countries. However, not all countries have answered the invitations to open diplomatic relationships sent by our country, reports Lietuvos Žinios. […]
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Lithuania condemns Russia’s moves to suppress Crimean Tatars
Attempts by Russian law enforcement institutions to ban activities of the Mejlis, or council, of Crimean Tatars is politically-motivated persecution, says Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania opens honorary consulates in India, Finland
Lithuania has opened two new honorary consulates in India and Finland this week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. […]
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Lithuania to intensify cooperation with Saudi Arabia
Lithuania and Saudi Arabia intend to sign an agreement on cooperation across a range of areas in late February. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania ‘sceptical about getting Russian assistance’ in Jan 13 coup case
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is sceptical about the possibility of securing Russia‘s assistance in the January 13 coup case through diplomatic channels. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania allocates €20k to refugees in Turkey
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday it had allocated EUR 20,000 in humanitarian aid to refugees in Turkey. […]
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€500k of medical aid sent to Ukraine
Lithuania sent over 200,000 packages of medication to Ukraine on Friday in response to a request by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. […]
Foreign affairs
9th Snow Meeting to focus on preparing for NATO’s Warsaw summit
The traditional Snow Meeting, an informal gathering of Lithuanian and foreign experts of security policy, is to be held on 14-15 January near Trakai. This year, the meeting will focus on preparing for the NATO summit in Warsaw this July. […]
Foreign affairs
No injured Lithuanians in Hurghada hotel attack
No Lithuanian tourists were hurt during an attack on an Egyptian hotel in Hurghada last Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. […]
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Defenders of freedom honoured in world capitals with 25th anniversary run
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the events of January 13th, 1991, a commemorative international marathon called “On the road of life and death” was held on Saturday in Lithuania and in capital cities all over the world. […]
Foreign affairs
Dutch and Lithuanian interests deeply intertwined, says ambassador
Ludo Segers talks to the Dutch ambassador about taking over the presidency of the European council, on why David Cameron’s speech on getting a new deal for Britain with the EU was not anti-European, on how the Netherlands security interests are intrinsically intertwined with those of Lithuania and the Baltic States, and on how a new statue to be unveiled in Kaunas will commemorate an unsung Dutch hero of the Holocaust. […]
Foreign affairs
‘Strengthening ties with Eastern partners key objective for Lithuania in 2016‘
Strengthening of relations with the Eastern partners remains one of the most important objectives for 2016, Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius told LRT Radio. […]
Opinion
Russia paying financial compensation? A fata morgana
The issue re-appeared rather unexpectedly. On 5 November, after a meeting in Riga, the Justice Ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania released a statement, in which they peremptorily declared that their countries had been occupied by and had been “exploited for political and economic needs” by the Soviet Union. The “enormous demographic and socio-economic losses”, caused by “the totalitarian communist occupation regime of the USSR.” should be “calculated in a scientifically-justified manner”, they said. The final step would be that they would “claim legally and factually justified compensation from the Russian Federation”. […]
Economy
WTO members should not take organization for granted, says foreign affairs deputy
At the Tenth WTO Ministerial Conference on 17 December in Nairobi, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Raimundas Karoblis urged WTO members not to take the smoothly functioning multilateral trade system for granted. Karoblis emphasized that all WTO members, the world’s largest economies in particular, must comply with the WTO’s rules and fulfil the obligations they have undertaken, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]