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  • Foreign affairs

Seimas speaker’s adviser set to become ambassador to Moldova

Diplomat Kęstutis Kudzmanas, an adviser on foreign affairs to Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis, is set to be…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s Pranckietis to attend CEE parliamentary speakers’ meeting in Warsaw

Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, is leaving for Warsaw on Thursday to take part in the third meeting…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Dual citizenship referendum will need a lot of focus, LWC leader says

A referendum on dual citizen will take place in Lithuania and it will need a lot of focus, Dalia Henke,…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

OECD Secretary General Gurria visits Lithuania

Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), is visiting Lithuania on Thursday. [...]

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

EU Brexit negotiator Barnier to meet with Lithuanian leaders

The European Union's top Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is starting his visit to Lithuania on Wednesday and is scheduled to…

6 years ago
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  • Politics

Expats expect Lithuanian Constitutional Court to back lower referendum threshold

The Lithuanian World Community (LWC) expect the Constitutional Court to rule in favor of the Seimas' decision to lower the…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

EU Brexit negotiator Barnier to visit Lithuania this week

The European Union's top Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is set to come to Lithuania this week. [...]

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Ambassadorial meeting starts in Lithuania

An annual three-day meeting of Lithuanian ambassadors starts in Vilnius on Monday, involving heads of diplomatic representations, consular institutions and…

6 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

R. Valatka. Presidential elections: who or how?

Less than eleven months remain to the presidential elections. Lithuanian news media has begun the game of "Who will be…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Seimas speaker to visit United States

Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis is leaving for a three-day visit to the United States. [...]

6 years ago
  • Politics

PM to spend vacation in Spain, president has no vacation plans

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis plans to spend his vacation in Spain and Speaker of the Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis will…

6 years ago
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  • Opinion

War between R. Karbauskis and D. Grybauskaitė: which will step on a political mine?

Political analyst Virginijus Savukynas is convinced that "Farmer" leader Ramūnas Karbauskis, who is committed to investigating the peripeties of the…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Seimas speaker calls deportations a shadow trailing behind every Lithuanian family

Deportations and repressions are a shadow of history that trails behind every Lithuanian family, the speaker of the Seimas said…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Romanian PM coming to Lithuania to discuss EU, NATO agenda

Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila is coming to Lithuania on Thursday to discuss the EU and NATO agenda. [...]

6 years ago
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  • Opinion

Kęstutis Girnius. Citizenship and other referenda

For a time now, discussions have continued for arranging a referendum on dual citizenship, changing a Constitutional article, which specifies…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Seimas speaker disagrees with president’s agenda criticism

Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas disagrees with President Dalia Grybauskaitė's criticism over the parliament's agenda being packed with insignificants issues.…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian Seimas speaker to visit US in late June

Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis will pay a visit to the United States in late June. [...]

6 years ago
  • Defence

DV, Media Day of exercises Thunder Storm 2018, Saber Strike 2018 to be held in Lithuania

The DV and Media Day of exercises Thunder Storm 2018 and Saber Strike 2018 will take place at the Lithuanian…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Seimas speaker calls president’s move on Istanbul Convention “nice gesture”

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė's decision to put the Council of Europe's Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and…

6 years ago
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  • Opinion

Kęstutis Girnius. The CIA and the VSD

World media rarely pays particular attention to Lithuania. Last week was an exception, but it was neither a reason to…

6 years ago