Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister: IS is embodiment of evil
On 1 February, Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius issued a statement on the killing of a Japanese journalist by terrorist organization IS. […]
Terrorism
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Lithuanian foreign minister: Attack in Mariupol is terrorism and Russia should take responsibility
Russia should take responsibility for the Mariupol attack that claimed civilian lives, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Culture
Charlie Hebdo cartoon exhibition to open in Vilnius
The French Institute in Vilnius is to open an exhibition of the cartoons of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo next Wednesday. […]
Defence
Parliament committee chair: Terrorism threat low but Lithuania must stay alert
The threat of terrorism in Lithuania is low but the country should stay on alert, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament committee to discuss anti-terrorism measures
The Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence is going to convene on Wednesday to discuss preparations to combat terrorism. […]
Opinion
Opinion: What terrorists and Putin have in store for us
For days now many in the global and Lithuanian media have locked horns over the terrorist acts in Paris. There are some who say that freedom to express one’s convictions is above any religious or social group interests; others contend that cartoons published by the likes of Charlie Hebdo made merciless mockery of believers’ feelings, that they cannot be subsumed under the “social group” category and have nothing to do with freedom of expression. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian prime minister signs book of condolences at French Embassy
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Monday paid tribute to the victims of the recent terror attacks in France by signing a book of condolences at the Embassy of France in Vilnius. […]
Global LT
Silent march in Washington to commemorate French terrorist attacks
On Sunday afternoon, several thousand people turned up in Washington for a silent march organised by the French Embassy. The march was held on the same day as millions joined the leaders of dozens of countries in Paris. In Washington, the ambassadors from several countries together with dignitaries, religious leaders and thousands of concerned citizens joined the French Ambassador to the USA, Gérard Araud. The participants gathered in front of the Newseum in Washington, a museum dedicated to the press and freedom of expression. […]
Economy
Vilnius-Paris flights delayed due to anti-terrorist operation
As two runways of Charles De Gaulle Airport have been closed due to anti-terrorist operation near Paris, airline Air Lituanica flights to Vilnius and Paris are falling behind schedule. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president and foreign minister sign condolence book at French Embassy
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Friday signed a book of condolences at the French Embassy in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Paris. […]
Society
Lithuanian mufti: Paris attackers are criminals, not representatives of Muslim community
Romas Jakubauskas, a Lithuanian Musilm mufti, says that Wednesday’s attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo office in Paris was perpetuated by individual criminals who must be made accountable by law. […]
Society
Lithuanians express solidarity with victims of attack in Paris
After three armed men killed a dozen people at the offices of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, people around Europe and the world have gathered to spontaneous rallies to express solidarity under the banner #JeSuisCharlie (“I Am Charlie”) and show that attacks on free speech will not be taken lightly. A rally of solidarity was also organized in Vilnius near the Embassy of France (Švarco street 1) Thursday at noon. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president extends condolences over shooting in Paris
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has extended condolences to President of France Francois Hollande over the tragic attack against a Paris-based magazine in which dozens of people were killed. […]
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Putin’s Russia. Why it is worth to reconsider links between Kremlin and international terrorism
It was all over the world news when Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė publicly stated that Russia was a “terrorist country”. She later explained that Russia “has attributes of a terrorist state”. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian government condemns terrorist attack in Pakistan
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the brutal school attack in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar on 16 December. […]
Foreign affairs
US notified Lithuania in advance of CIA prison report, foreign minister says
The United States had notified Lithuania in advance of the publication of the Senate report about prisoner torturing performed by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in secret detention centres, including one possibly in Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister: US Senate’s CIA report could trigger rise in terrorist activity
The US Senate’s recently-published report on the CIA detention and interrogation programme could trigger a rise in terrorist activity, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army official compares Russia to terrorist organization
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has recently called Russia a terrorist state. She is not alone in saying so. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign Minister Linkevičius says Lithuanian president was right to call Russia a terrorist state
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called Russia “a terrorist state”. Moscow retorted by saying that Grybauskaitė should grow out of “communist youth” maximalism. Some extremists at the Russian Duma have even proposed to sever diplomatic relations with Vilnius. […]