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Most Lithuanians do not support the initiative for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (EU), shows a poll conducted by Spinter Tyrimai in April.

In three weeks, British citizens are voting on whether to remain in the European Union. The results of the referendum are hard to predict with any certainty, but one thing is clear - Brexit would be most painful for the United Kingdom itself and the country's economy. The situation of expat Lithuani...

As British voters are hitting the polls this month to decide whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union, the city of Vilnius has started a campaign encouraging Brits to vote to remain.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Twitter feed remains among the top six diplomatic accounts that have the most mutual connections on the social network, according to the annual Twiplomacy survey published on Wednesday.

British voters are hitting the polls in six weeks to decide whether their country should stay or leave the European Union. The effects of Brexit would be felt throughout the 28-country block, so the EU and countries like Lithuania should also unobtrusively contribute to the debate in Britain, Lithua...

The Lithuanian City of London Club has become an official sponsor of Baltic Pride 2016, an LGBT event this June in Vilnius.

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has warned that a chain reaction could be triggered by a proposal in Germany to restrict social benefits for Immigrants from European Union member states.

April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. The British Council together with the Presidential Palace and the British Embassy Vilnius invite all residents of Vilnius to a public event “Sunday with Shakespeare” on April 24 to commemorate this important anniversary.

On April 3, the Panama Papers hit media outlets around the world, and the fallout was swift.

Businessman Nerijus Numavičius, Lithuania's richest man, has officially become a taxpayer in the United Kingdom, where he resides, and can choose which country gets his tax money, 15min.lt reports.

In the wake of any shocking event, national governments and officials of the European Union invariably call for more cooperation between member states to prevent anything similar happening in the future. The response to the March 22 terrorist attacks in Brussels has been no different.

Lithuania remains among the countries with the largest share of national income coming from remittances even though the level of remittances dropped by 22.1% in 2015.

Lithuanians are some of the fairest people in the world, researchers at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom found.

Vilnius was chosen as the second cheapest city in Europe to visit by the British Post Office Travel Money service.

Brexit would have a strong impact on Lithuania’s economy because of the size of the Lithuanian diaspora in the UK which sends back large amounts of money to the country via remittances and because Britain is a key trade partner.

The head of the US army in Europe has told the BBC that Britain exiting from the European Union could lead to an unravelling of the EU, weakening NATO at a time when it need to face up to Russia.

Lithuanian immigrants in the UK are rushing to get residency cards as the referendum on British withdrawal from the European Union approaches.