During a meeting of Lithuania’s Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis with US Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah McCarthy last week, bilateral contacts and possibilities of strengthening law enforcement institutions abilities in the context of current geopolitical threats were discussed, the Interior Ministry said. […]
Lithuania is in a perfect position to irritate Russia enough to force Moscow out its current misinformation offensive into the defensive, says J. Michael Waller, an American expert on information warfare. In an interview with DELFI, he shares some tips how even a country as small as Lithuania could push Russia’s buttons. […]
A meeting of John Kerry, United States Secretary of State, and Russian President Vladimir Putin does not mean that Washington will soften its position regarding the conflict in Ukraine, says Lithuanian Deputy Seimas Speaker, Social Democrat Gediminas Kirkilas. […]
A US-EU trade agreement is unlikely to adversely affect Lithuania’s agricultural industry, the country’s permanent representative to the EU said on Tuesday, adding that the US will not flood the Lithuanian market with cheap products as the deal would provide for removing customs duties only on specific American product quotas. […]
For years now, the Embassies of the EU member states in Washington DC open their doors on the second Saturday of May. This event on Europe Day is a chance for Americans of the Capital region to experience Europe. It is a bit like being able to visit Europe for less than $ 5 a day. […]
A group of US soldiers have underlined NATO‘s collective defence commitment during their Friday visit to the Seimas of Lithuania. […]
Artūras Skučas is a man with many talents. His photographic art and poetry brought him to Washington, DC, on a summery evening. He probably remains best known for his role in the Sąjūdis movement, set up to liberate Lithuania from the Soviet oppression. He also organized the Savanoriai (a militia made up of volunteers). That militia was set, in 1990, to protect the Seimas (parliament) and its leader, Professor Vytautas Landsbergis. […]
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama nominated General Joe Dunform as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and General Paul Selva as Vice Chairman during a brief ceremony at the White House. […]
On Monday, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. She provided an update to a large audience of trade specialists, interest groups and a large contingent of diplomatic staff in the US Capital as to how the EU is progressing with its trade strategy, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), given today’s realities. […]
Just as every spring in April, 18 years and counting the Flushing Meadows Corona park in New York welcomes this famous Sri Chinmoy Self Transcedence ultramarathon. So April 29-th the 10-day race was challenged by the fireman from Vilnius Aidas Ardzijauskas, who first entered the American world of running by conquering LA – NY route last summer, while the legendary ultramarathon runner Rimas Jakelaitis, now living in New York, entered the 6-day run. […]
Collegiate choral ensemble to perform works by American composers in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. […]
On Wednesday, the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini was the keynote speaker in Washington D.C. at the 4th Annual Symposium organised by the European Union Representation to the US on Common Security and Defence Policy. […]
The first State visit to the USA by a Japanese prime minister in a decade highlights the gentle change of US policy in the Pacific area. It was a big event in Washington. The two leaders visited together the Lincoln Memorial. In addition to several high profile events on Tuesday, the Japanese Prime Minister is addressing both the House and Senate on Wednesday. That is something his grandfather did before him, more than 60 years ago. […]
On Friday, the Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States, Žygimantas Pavilionis, hosted a large group of teachers who played an important role in education during the last 25 years that followed Lithuania regaining independence. Aimed to contribute to a then fledging Lithuanian educational system, APPLE was set up as an organisation in 1990 by American teachers, many with strong ties to Lithuania. Many of the teachers attending the 25th anniversary travelled from distant parts of the USA and even Canada to celebrate the success of this unique venture. […]
On 17 April, Lithuanian Ambassador to the USA Žygimantas Pavilionis opened a new Honorary Consulate of Lithuania in Richmond, Virginia, Lithuania’s MFA reports. […]
Norman M. Naimark, professor at Stanford University, is one of the most authoritative experts on Central and Eastern Europe in the United States whose research interests include the region’s modern history, genocides and ethnic cleansings that happened here. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is convinced that US Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, should she be elected to the White House in 2016, would conduct a Lithuania-friendly foreign policy. […]
Lithuania’s Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) has launched a competition for students to complete an internship with NASA Ames Research Centre in the United States and is now accepting applications. […]
Sweden’s unilateral decision to cancel its large-scale defense agreement with Saudi Arabia has attracted considerable international attention. It canceled the agreement on moral grounds, refusing to continue military cooperation with one of the world’s most hardline dictatorships – a regime that violates human rights and sentences dissidents to public whippings. […]
John Shimkus, the only US Republican congressman of close Lithuanian descent, says he is proud of Lithuania being such a staunch ally of the United States, with the ties deeply rooted in the two countries’ long-standing political, economic and cultural collaboration. […]
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