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Vice minister of foreign affairs proposed as Lithuania’s new ambassador to US
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Rolandas Kriščiūnas is proposed as Lithuania’s new ambassador to the United States. […]
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Lithuania wants to send more diplomats to OSCE observer mission in Ukraine
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is willing to send two additional diplomats to the Organization for Security and Cooperation’s (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Eastern Ukraine where clashes between the country’s governmental forces and Russian-supported separatists have been in progress for over a year. […]
Lithuanian MFA issues statement on situation in Ukraine
The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) condemns the bloody assault near Marinka village, close to the city of Donetsk, on 3 June by the Russia-backed separatists who used heavy weaponry, which had to be withdrawn according to the package of measures of the Minsk Agreements reached on 12 February 2015. […]
Culture
Lithuania wants to get on UNESCO Executive Board
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius informed Irina Bokova, director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in Paris on Wednesday of Lithuania’s wish to join the UNESCO Executive Board in 2015-2019. […]
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Jurevičienė appointed Lithuanian ambassador at Council of Europe
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday signed a decree oappointing diplomat Laima Jurevičienė as the country’s new ambassador to the Council of Europe. […]
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New Lithuanian Consulate General inaugurated in Los Angeles
Following a very busy Sunday of activities with the Lithuanian community in Los Angeles, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevičius, formally opened the new Lithuanian Consulate General in Los Angeles. […]
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Lithuanian spying suspect to get Russian state-appointed lawyer
The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it has contacted the Lithuanian citizen who has been arrested in Moscow on spying charges, Aristidas Tamošaitis. According to the ministry, the Lithuanian national is feeling well and does not want his Russian state-appointed lawyer replaced. […]
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Lithuanian diplomat allowed to see spying suspect in Russia
Lithuania’s consul to Russia should on Friday meet with the Lithuanian citizen detained in Moscow on spying charges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed. […]
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Lithuania’s new ambassador takes office in Ukraine
Lithuania’s new Ambassador to Ukraine Marius Janukonis has handed credentials to the country’s President Petro Poroshenko, the Foreign Ministry said. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Lithuania does not invest into its most important ally
A visit several weeks ago by Kurt Volker, former US ambassador to NATO and currently the head of the McCain Institute, would have gone unnoticed by the Lithuanian public, if it weren’t for a few media interviews. And even if it was noticed, many must have thought it of little consequence. […]
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President Grybauskaitė signs decrees on appointment of ambassadors to Georgia and Turkey
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed two decrees on appointment of new Lithuanian ambassadors to Georgia and Turkey. […]
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Russia claims to have caught Lithuanian spy
Russia‘s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday it had detained a Lithuanian intelligence officer. Lithuanian officials have not provided any comment on the report. […]
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Lithuania steps up cooperation with China’s Shandong Province
On 18 May in Vilnius, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas and Vice-Governor of Shandong Province Xia Geng opened a business forum, which was attended by about 50 representatives of Chinese enterprises and 70 representatives of Lithuanian companies. Business meetings were also held and interests of the two countries were presented. […]
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Lithuania presents its efforts against anti-Semitism in Jerusalem forum
At the 5th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism held in Jerusalem on 12-14 May, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius reviewed Lithuania’s accomplishments in liquidating consequences of the Holocaust and combating the manifestations of anti-Semitism, especially in cyberspace, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]
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Čekuolis appointed as Lithuania’s ambassador to 3 more countries
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree under which Lithuania’s Ambassador to France Dalius Čekuolis is appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Principality of Monaco, the Kingdom of Morocco, and Tunisia. […]
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Foreign Ministry honours Japan-Lithuania Friendship Association
Lithuanian Diplomacy Star was awarded to Seiichi Mizuno, Chairman of Japan-Lithuania Friendship Association for his active engagement to promote Lithuanian business and culture in Japan, strengthening contacts between entrepreneurs, scientists and artists of the two countries, academic communities, and raising awareness of Lithuania’s achievements through the Japanese media, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
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Lithuanian parliament votes down proposal on defence advisers at embassies
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday rejected the government’s wish to have defence advisers working at the country’s embassies abroad. […]
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Lithuanian president appoints ambassador to Spain
President Dalia Grybauskaitė signed a decree on Monday appointing Skaistė Aniulienė as Lithuania’s Ambassador to Spain. She will assume duties on 8 June. […]
Economy
Foreign minister: Lithuania is helping businesses in search of new markets
Amid deteriorating relations with Russia, Lithuania is helping businesses to look for new markets abroad, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
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