Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM tours United States
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and his delegation are visiting the United States of America (Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Chicago) on 5-13 October. […]
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Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister visiting US
On 5-14 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius as part of the delegation headed by Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is visiting the United States of America – Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago and Madison. […]
Defence
US heavy combat equipment to be brought to Lithuania’s Gaižiūnai
American heavy combat equipment is scheduled to be brought by train to Gaižiūnai Training Range in Jonava District, central Lithuania, on Saturday. […]
Energy
PM not distressed about Chevron’s disinterest in Lithuanian shale gas
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has played down Chevron’s statement that the US energy giant is no longer interested in exploring for shale gas in Lithuania, saying that he expects other investors to come to the country. […]
European Union
French officer and Finnish journalist to present Vilnius case on EU-US trade talks at EU Council simulation
When flags of 28 European Union (EU) member-states are put down on a round table in Paris on Thursday, a French civil aviation administration officer and a Finnish newspaper journalist will sit behind the Lithuanian flag. […]
Defence
Vessel with heavy US military equipment to dock in Lithuania’s Klaipėda port
A ship carrying heavy military equipment of US troops will dock at the Lithuania seaport of Klaipėda on Wednesday. The equipment will be used for a joint exercise with Lithuanian soldiers. […]
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Moscow’s plan to decoy the West
Moscow seems to be making effort to patch up its relations with the West after a fall-out over Ukraine by trying to refocus attention away from Eastern Europe and onto the Middle East. Experts say, however, that the trick might not work. […]
Defence
US infantry with heavy combat equipment arrive in Lithuania
Around 70 US infantry troops with heavy combat equipment have arrived in Lithuania, the Baltic country’s Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
Defence
Lithuanian soldiers see off third rotation of US colleagues
The third rotation of troops from the United States Army in Europe’s 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade were seen off at a formal ceremony held at Rukla garrison last Wednesday. After nearly two months of combined combat training, it will be replaced by the 2nd Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, stationed in Texas, U.S.A., that will continue the joint training with Lithuanian forces, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
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What do foreigners know and think about Lithuania?
What do foreigners who have ever stayed, lived or are currently living in Lithuania think about the country and its people? And how are Lithuanians perceived by those who have never been to Lithuania? […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė met with Hillary Clinton
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York. The meeting focused on new challenges to European and global security, further development of transatlantic relations, and bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and the United States of America, the presidential press service said. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Lithuania represents Switzerland in issuing Schengen visas in Chicago
From September, Lithuania’s Consulate General in Chicago started representing Switzerland for issuing Schengen visas in one of the largest cities of the United States of America, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs. […]
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Ukrainian President Poroshenko asks US military assistance during visit to Washington
The high-level visit of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to Washington on 18 September attracted much greater attention in the US capital than any other recent visit of a foreign head of state. His busy schedule saw President Poroshenko in the morning addressing the House of Representatives and the Senate in a joint meeting of US Congress before heading to the White House to meet President Barack Obama in the afternoon. […]
Sports
Lithuanians limp onward to Madrid
An extension to the Lithuanian injury list would see the Baltic nation unable to advance to the 2014 FIBA World Cup final, crumbling to the full strength USA by 28 points. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president: Memory of 9/11 victims obliges to fight terrorism
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the memory of the people killed during the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 puts us under the obligation to do all we can to prevent terrorism. […]
Global LT
Humanitarian mission to Ukraine
The history of the partisan resistance is an integral part of Lithuania’s resistance to Soviet-Russia’s aggression and still speaks to the imagination of most Lithuanians. The present situation of Russian aggression and warfare in Eastern Ukraine and the forceful annexation of Crimea have brought back dreadful memories to many in Lithuania. […]
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Former CIA analyst: The fall of Putin’s Russia is a matter of several years
Though there is almost a feeling of euphoria in Russia over the aggression against Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is leading his country into its demise, claims former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst Paul Goble in an interview with DELFI. […]
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