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Lithuania’s Foreign Minister attends the Nordic-Baltic Eight Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Oslo Added 2017-08-28 On 25 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visited Oslo, Norway, where he attended the traditional Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) Foreign Ministers’ meeting. The meeting focused on issues relevant to all the countries...
Linas Linkevičius: not only Western Balkan countries, EU Eastern Partners need membership prospects, too Added 2017-07-18 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, attended the Foreign Affairs Council of 17 July 2017 to take part in a debate on the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy, on North Korea, Libya, and migration.
General Affairs Council meeting prepares the European Council Added 2017-06-21 On 20 June in Luxembourg, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius attended the General Affairs Council meeting that prepared the European Council on 22-23 June. The European Council meeting will focus on security and...
Vice-Minister Skusevičius: it is important to strengthen EU-NATO cooperation on security and defence Added 2017-06-20 The EU Foreign Affairs Council met in Luxembourg on 19 June 2017 to discuss the EU Global Strategy, EU-NATO cooperation, migration, Iraq, and counter-terrorism. The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry was represented by Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs,...
Ukrainians no longer require visas to travel to EU Added 2017-06-12 The first plane from Kyiv landed in Vilnius after the entry into force of the visa-free regime on 11 June, allowing Ukrainian citizens to enter the Schengen area without visas.
Linkevičius and Šefčovič discuss key energy security challenges in the Baltic region Added 2017-05-25 On 24 May in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič and discussed the key energy security challenges in the Baltic region.
European Commission receives mandate to begin negotiations with the UK Added 2017-05-22 On 22 May in Brussels, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius attended the EU’s General Affairs Council, which authorised the opening of the negotiations with the UK, nominated the Commission as Union negotiator,...
Linkevičius: Let’s not be afraid to set ambitious goals for Eastern Partnership Added 2017-05-16 On 15 May in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius  participated in the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council, which focused on the Eastern Partnership, the situation in the Horn of Africa, the EU-Africa relations,...
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister invites EU INTCEN to cooperate with Vilnius-based NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence Added 2017-05-16 On 15 May in Vilnius, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius and the Director of EU Intelligence and Situation Centre (INTCEN) Gerhard Conrad discussed hybrid threats, strengthening the EU’s and national resilience,...
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister: EU must support Ukraine, supplementing additional trade concessions Added 2017-05-11 The Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius took part in the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council on trade issues on 11 May in Brussels. Zananavičius called on member states to unanimously and immediately support the...