In Paris, the Vice-Minister of Lithuania and the State Minister of Japan discuss strengthening bilateral ties and support for Ukraine's reconstruction
Added 2025-06-02
On 2 June, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Sigitas Mitkus, met with the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Fujii Hisayuki, at the OECD Ministerial Council meeting in Paris. The meeting focused on strengthening...
Holders of Georgian diplomatic, service passports will no longer be able to enter Lithuania without Schengen visas
Added 2025-05-30
On 30 May, Resolution No. 362, passed by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on 21 May 2025, implementing Council Decision (EU) 2025/170, which suspends visa-free travel for Georgian diplomats and officials to Lithuania, entered into...
Budrys in Spain: all NATO allies must invest in defence so that Russia does not dare to test us
Added 2025-05-30
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, paid a working visit to Spain. The Minister met with the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares Bueno, in Madrid on Friday. The Lithuanian and Spanish Ministers...
From 1 June, Lithuania will no longer recognize non-biometric passports issued by Russia
Added 2025-05-23
On 23 May, a joint order by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Internal Affairs decided to no longer recognize non-biometric passports issued by the Russian Federation (RF) as valid travel documents for entering Lithuanian territory. This order...
Vice-Minister Pranevičius met with the Ambassador of Pakistan
Added 2025-05-20
On 20 May, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Julius Pranevičius, met with the newly appointed Ambassador of Pakistan to Lithuania, Muhammad Sami-ur-Rehman, who resides in Warsaw.
Lithuania refers Belarus to the International Court of Justice in The Hague over the international law violating migrant crisis caused by the Lukashenko regime
Added 2025-05-19
The Government of Lithuania today, on 19 May, filed a case against Belarus at the International Court of Justice seeking the accountability of the Belarusian regime for organizing large-scale smuggling of migrants into Lithuania. The case concerns...
Budrys: peace in Ukraine will mean peace in Europe
Added 2025-05-18
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, is on a working visit to the Czech Republic. On Monday, 19 May, in Prague, the Minister met with the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jan Lipavský.
Summer brings Lithuanian art to Tampere Festivals
Added 2025-05-15
This year, the summer festivals of Tampere, Finland’s second-largest city, will be illuminated by Lithuanian cultural highlights. Lithuanian photography (August 8 – September 7), contemporary dance (May 20–24), guitar music (June 6), theater...
Minister Budrys: our goal is an uninterrupted and growing U.S. force presence in Lithuania
Added 2025-05-13
On 13 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, visited the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area in Pabradė, where the U.S. troops are based.
Budrys: without ensuring Russia accountability for its crime of aggression against Ukraine, peace will be just an illusion
Added 2025-05-12
On 9 May in Lviv, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, participated in a meeting of the coalition on the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. The head of Lithuania's diplomacy...