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Lithuania seeks significant commitments in energy field in the EU-US trade agreement, says Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister Added 2014-10-16 At an informal discussion on 14-15 October in Rome, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas and his counterparts from other member states of the European Union discussed the external trade policy of the EU, focusing...
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister opens an Honorary Consulate in the State of Wisconsin Added 2014-10-14 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius opened an Honorary Consulate of Lithuania on 13 October in the historic Capitol building in Madison, the capital of the State of Wisconsin. The Governor Scott Walker attended the...
Vilnius hosts International Conference on gender equality in development cooperation Added 2014-10-14 The International Conference “Empowering Women in Development: Challenges Beyond 2015” organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania in cooperation with the Eastern Europe Studies Centre began on 8 October in Vilnius. This event, under...
The EU’s enlargement policy contributes to peace, security and prosperity in Europe, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister says Added 2014-10-10 On 8 October, the European Commission presented the EU’s annual “Enlargement package”, which includes the Enlargement Strategy Paper and  Progress Reports on Turkey and the Western Balkan countries: Montenegro, Serbia, former Yugoslav...
Top Lithuanian Diplomat Says Russia Is “Testing” The Baltic States (BuzzFeed, Oct. 7, 2014) Added 2014-10-08 Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius also tells BuzzFeed News in an interview that Russia is financing propaganda inside the country.
L.Linkevičius meets with U.S. security experts, calls for joint effort to find ways to offset propaganda Added 2014-10-08 When Russia strengthened its information-related activities, it became evident that our reactions are belated, and unfortunately, we are losing this fight, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius said at the meetings with...
We must find optimal solutions to European energy policy challenges, says Lithuanian Foreign Vice-Minister Added 2014-10-08 Over the past few months, Europe has learnt that energy can be used as a severe tool of pressure for political purposes, said the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas in his address to the annual energy conference...
Lithuania Seeks U.S. Support Against Russian Aggression (NPR, October 06, 2014) Added 2014-10-07 The prime minister and foreign minister of Lithuania are in the U.S. this week, seeking support for their fellow Baltic states as well. Robert Siegel talks to Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius.
Lithuania allocates humanitarian aid to children in Iraq and to fight Ebola Added 2014-10-07 Paying due regard to relevant needs of humanitarian aid in the world, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania decided to voluntarily contribute 26,000 EUR of international humanitarian assistance to help children in Iraq through the United...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania expresses its concern over the Israeli Government’s plans to expand settlements Added 2014-10-07 Lithuania strongly supports a two-state solution where the State of Israel and State of Palestine live side by side in peace and security. Any unilateral actions are detrimental to peace process and threaten the viability of the two-state solution.