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Belarus receives a note of protest over a failure of the Ostrovets Nuclear Power Plant to meet safety requirements Added 2021-11-23 On 23 November, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Embassy of Belarus to Lithuania and handed him a note of protest over the plans to launch the second Unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP) at...
The scholar Regina Kvašytė received the Balts' Award 2021 Added 2021-11-05 The Foreign Ministers of Lithuania and Latvia Gabrielius Landsbergis and Edgars Rinkēvičs met in Vilnius on 5 November and presented the Balts' Award 2021 to the Lithuanian scholar, dr philol., dr hum. Regina Kvašytė.
Lithuania is organising a high level forum on resisting authoritarianism - Future of Democracy Added 2021-10-21 On 19-20 November 2021, Lithuanian Foreign Ministry is organizing a high-level forum 'Future of Democracy' which will take place in Vilnius. The Forum is convened in response to the worrying trends of contracting democratic space and authoritarian...
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry summons a representative of the Belarusian Embassy, expresses a strong protest against repeated violations of the state border Added 2021-10-20 On 20 October, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned a representative of the Embassy of Belarus in Lithuania and handed in a diplomatic note, expressing a strong protest against repeated violations of the Lithuanian state border.
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Director of International Jewish Affairs at the American Jewish Committee Added 2021-10-18 On 15 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the Director of International Jewish Affairs at the American Jewish Committee Andrew Baker. Faina Kukliansky, Chair of the Lithuanian Jewish Community, and...
Lithuania elected member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the first time ever Added 2021-10-15 On 14 October in New York, the UN General Assembly elected Lithuania to the Human Rights Council (HRC) for the 2022-2024 term. 178 UN member states expressed their support to Lithuania. Until now, the country has been an observer state of the UN...
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the UK Foreign Secretary, thanked the UK for its solidarity towards China Added 2021-10-12 On 11 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Liz Truss in London, the United Kingdom. The interlocutors expressed their...
Foreign Ministry's Statement on the elections to the State Duma in the Russian Federation Added 2021-09-20 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania notes that the election to the State Duma, which was held in the Russian Federation on 17-19 September, took place in the context of restrictions on civil and political rights.
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met with U.S. Secretary of State: “Links between Lithuania and the United States will only strengthen” Added 2021-09-15 On 15 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss the region's security challenges posed by autocratic regimes to democracy.
Lithuania calls its Ambassador to China for consultations Added 2021-09-03 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that it will call the Ambassador of Lithuania to China for consultations on 4 September after China's statement of 10 August.