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Foreign affairs
Dutch and Lithuanian interests deeply intertwined, says ambassador (II)
Ludo Segers talks to the ambassador of the Netherlands in Lithuania about business ties, Dutch investment in the country and the Netherlands’s experience with gas that it could share with Lithuania. […]
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. […]
Society
Defence
Lithuanian defence policy director: We have created a security club
Defence Minister Juozas Olekas has signed an agreement in London, establishing the Joint Expeditionary Force. Defence Policy Director at the Ministry of National Defence Vaidotas Urbelis says that the seven states that signed the agreement share a similar view on security and will be able to decide how to react to conflicts on their own. […]
Energy
Lithuanian LNG business seeks Dutch experience
The first Lithuanian-Dutch liquefied natural gas (LNG) forum was held on Monday. In the opening address, Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis emphasised the possibility to take advantage of the Dutch experience in developing LNG business in the Baltic region. […]
European Union
Dutch media: Baltic states will be asked to accept fewer refugees
The European Commission (EC) most probably will ask the Baltic states to take in twice fewer refugees than unofficial sources have been reporting so far: Lithuania’s share would be around 780 people, the Dutch daily De Volkskrant reports. […]
Foreign affairs
Russia blocked attempt to ensure justice for MH17 victim families, Lithuanian diplomat says
By vetoing on Wednesday a UN Security Council resolution on setting up a tribunal for those responsible for the Malaysian plane MH17 tragedy, Russia blocked the way for ensuring justice for the families of the victims, Dainius Baublys, a minister counselor at Lithuania’s Permanent Mission to the UN, says. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Will Russia escape responsibility for MH17 crash?
Since the moment news broke about a downed passenger plane in eastern Ukraine, Russia has adopted a pose of aggressive defensiveness, although no one was making any accusations against it. Officially, the Kremlin maintains it is not a party to the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine and can, at most, act as a mediator between Kiev and the separatists. No one officially disputes that, it is as self-appointed mediator that Russia took part in the Minsk peace talks. […]
Uncategorized
Putin rejects idea of international tribunal on MH17 crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated in a telephone conversation with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday that establishing an international tribunal on Flight MH17 crash in Ukraine is inexpedient. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuania’s Linkevičius: Russia’s plans to ban Dutch flower imports might have to do with proposed UN tribunal
The plans of the Russian phytosanitary service Rosselchoznadzor to ban imports of flowers from some European Union (EU) countries, including Lithuania, may have something to do with politics, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
Global LT
Lithuanians from Benelux countries participated in 10th annual Lithuanian sports games in Brussels
On 13-14 June, more than 500 Lithuanians from Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands participated in Lithuanian sports games “BeNeLux2015” which were held for the tenth time at NATO Headquarters’ Sports Center in Brussels. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania expects invitation to begin OECD accession talks Wednesday
On Wednesday Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is leaving for a formal visit to Paris, were he will participate in a high-level Ministerial Council Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). […]
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė congratulates king of the Netherlands on national day
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has congratulated King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands on the King’s Day, a national holiday in the country. […]
Foreign affairs
Baltic and Benelux countries back expanding Russia sanctions, Lithuanian foreign minister says
The Baltic and Benelux countries agree on the need to expand the existing sanctions against Russia by including more people into the blacklist. They also backed the introduction of new sectoral sanctions, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linkevičius said on Wednesday after meeting with his Baltic and Benelux counterparts in the Estonian capital of Tallinn. […]
Defence
Lithuania hands over command of NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE to Netherlands
Lithuania officially ended over six-month long period of command of NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1). On January 22, Commander Giedrius Premeneckas (Lithuanian Navy) handed over command of SNMCMG1 to Commander Peter A.J. Bergen Henegouwen (Royal Netherlands Navy) at Den Helder naval base of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Foreign affairs
New ambassador of Netherlands meets with Lithuanian PM
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Gijsbert Hendrik Christiaan Van Der Lingen, who starts his diplomatic service in Lithuania. […]
Defence
Society
40 Lithuanians detained during five-day international operation in the Netherlands
In cooperation with colleagues from other countries, Lithuanian police officers detained 40 Lithuanians during a five-day operation in the Netherlands, the Lithuanian Police Department said on Wednesday. […]