Odessa's famous Potemkin Stairs
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Lithuanian consulate comes across passport specifying Ukraine’s Odessa as part of Russia

Lithuania’s consulate to the Russian Kaliningrad region has received a passport of a Russian citizen, which indicates “Odessa Region/Russia” as the place of birth. Odessa is a region in southern Ukraine. […]

Lithuanian Ambassador to the USA, Žygimantas Pavilionis Photo Ludo Segers
Foreign affairs

Last interview with Ambassador Pavilionis in Washington: ‘We are still in the discovery stage in America’

We meet with Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis on a quiet Sunday morning in the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington, D.C., for the last interview before he leaves the USA and returns to Lithuania. […]

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Lithuanian political scientists divided on NATO’s Baltic air policing mission downsize

NATO‘s leadership decided to downsize the Baltic air policing mission in order to make rational use of resources, but Lithuania should not applaud it, as it reduces the Alliance’s visibility, says political scientist Gražvydas Jasutis. Meanwhile his colleague Kęstutis Girnius believes that the reinforcement has already served its purpose of reassuring the Baltic states and the decision makes good sense. […]

Linas Linkevičius
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Lithuanian foreign minister: Ukraine’s reformers race against time

The reforms underway in Ukraine should be completed as soon as possible, and the country’s politicians are faced with the challenge of time, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]

Savchenko
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Rally to support Ukrainian pilot held outside Russian Embassy in Riga

Approximately 40 people gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Riga on Thursday in a support rally for the imprisoned Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, LETA reports. […]