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Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has reservations about Lithuania closing more than two border crossing points at the border with Belarus as this would have implications for other neighbouring countries. That is why Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have agreed to coordinate actions in case their borders ...

As the number of Belarusian citizens residing in Lithuania has increased, President Gitanas Nausėda hopes that parliament will amend legislation and impose identical restrictive measures on Belarusian and Russian nationals due to national security risks.

In June 2023, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 6.4%, stable compared with May 2023 and down from 6.7% in June 2022, reports Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU).

The Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) in the European Union has reached an agreement on new sanctions against Belarus, says Lithuania’s Ambassador Arnoldas Pranckevičius.

At the end of the first quarter of 2023, the general government gross debt to GDP ratio in the euro area stood at 91.2%, compared with 91.4% at the end of the last quarter of 2022, reports Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU).

Following an assessment of the security situation and consultations with the neighbouring countries and regional partners, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia resumes a limited acceptance of visa applications from the citizens of Russia at Latvia’s diplomatic and consular missions abroad as fr...

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs on Monday took part in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in Luxembourg. The Council discussed latest developments in Russia, the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the EU’s digital diplomacy, and the relations between the EU a...

President Gitanas Nausėda has extended congratulations to Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and the people of this country on its national day, the Official Birthday of the Grand Duke, the presidency reports.

Three supermarket chains – Lidl, Maxima and Iki – have said they will be charging one euro cent for a lightweight transparent plastic bag as of 1 July, when a new regulation comes into effect.

The Ministry of Agriculture says it will ease controls on farmers who suffer losses due to the dry weather and will not impose sanctions for non-compliance with commitments tied to the European Union’s support.

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis is attending a two-day meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the ministry reports.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė is sending a message of greetings, on behalf of the Government and the people of Lithuania, to Sweden celebrating its National Day, said the prime minister’s press service.

On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda congratulated by phone the newly elected president of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, said the presidency.

Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys says Lithuania is facing two long-term challenges – to increase healthy life expectancy and to ensure that the healthcare system is able to cope with a rapidly ageing population.

Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna attended the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on 22 May, with the focus on continued support to Ukraine and the need for a special tribunal, said the MFA.

On Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis will participate in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.

The European Parliament voted on Wednesday in favour of the European Union’s accession to the Istanbul Convention aimed to prevent and combat violence against women, and called on the remaining six EU countries, including Lithuania, to ratify the international human rights treaty 'without delay.'

On Monday, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis held a meeting with Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, the ministry reports.

On 19 April, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna was on a visit to Lithuania to meet with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, Speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen and head of the Estonian-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce Robert Juodka, said the MFA.

Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen on Wednesday in Vilnius met with President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan.