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Minister L.Linkevičius expressed deepest sympathy on passing away of Queen Fabiola of Belgium Added 2014-12-10 Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius expressed his deepest condolences to the Royal Family and the people of Belgium on the passing away of Queen Fabiola, Kingdom of Belgium.  
L.Linkevičius: respect for human rights is integral part of Lithuania’s foreign policy Added 2014-12-10 The Lithuania-based Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI) presented an annual human rights award to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius. The award is presented on the international Human Rights Day, 10 December.
Conference marking ten years of Lithuania’s development cooperation started the European Year for Development 2015 Added 2014-12-10 European Union Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis stressed that in the face of new challenges there was a need to think how to use instruments for development cooperation more effectively to achieve the United Nations...
Lithuania to share its experience of European integration with Turkey Added 2014-12-09 On 8 December, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius and Volkan Bozkır, Turkish Minister for EU Affairs, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Co-operation in the Field of European Integration. The Memorandum was signed...
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister welcomes the decision of the U.S. House of Representatives to strengthen European security Added 2014-12-08 Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius welcomes the decision of the United States House of Representatives to authorize $1 billion for the “European Reassurance Initiative”.
L.Linkevičius: World awaits OSCE Ministerial Council’s concrete decisions contributing to Ukrainian conflict resolution Added 2014-12-05 Grave European security crisis, resulting from Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine, is the most important item on the agenda of the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council on 3-5 December 2014 in Basel.
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister meets with new North Korean Ambassador, discusses security situation on Korean Peninsula and multilateral cooperation Added 2014-12-05 On 5 December, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Rolandas Kriščiūnas met with new Ambassador of North Korea to Lithuania Kang Yong Dok.
OSCE Ministerial Council aims to draw international community’s attention to situation in Crimea Added 2014-12-05 In the margins of the 21st OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel, Switzerland, on 4 December, Lithuania initiated a meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and representatives from eight countries with Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Jemilev and Andrew...
Vice-Minister Krivas participated in London Conference on Afghanistan Added 2014-12-05 On 3-4 December, a delegation headed by Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Andrius Krivas participated in an international conference on Afghanistan held in London. 
Ukraine turns towards Nato, increasing tension between Russia and west. Financial Times, December 3, 2014 Added 2014-12-04 Sergei Kuznetsov “Today it is clear that Ukraine’s non-aligned status, proclaimed in 2010, cannot guarantee our security and territorial integrity. We must abolish it. This position has led to serious losses. That is why we have decided to...