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Lithuania is open to discussions about the French president's proposal to establish a position of the euro area finance minister and develop a separate budget of the area, says Lithuania's Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka, noting that this was not the most urgent matter at the moment.

In March 2016, Ms. Merkel and Mr. Erdogan reached an agreement on refugees, which would eventually involve all of Europe. Countless refugees, namely Syrians, were trying to reach Europe and in particular Germany, where public opinion slowly started to show signs of opposition to their reception.

Lithuanian diplomat Vygaudas Ušackas, the European Union's (EU) ambassador to Russia, says he will shortly end his diplomatic service in Moscow and engage in analytical work and politics upon return to Lithuania, listing the demographic crisis as the key challenge in his home country.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė awarded Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel the Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great in Brussels on Friday.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Thursday asked his German counterpart, Sigmar Gabriel, to return an original copy of Lithuania's Act of Independence of February 16, 1918 that has been found in Berlin's diplomatic archives, to Vilnius.

Lithuanian officials have contacted German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office over an original copy of Lithuania's Act of Independence of 1918 that has been found in Berlin and are looking at how and when the document could be returned to Lithuania, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is taking English lessons twice a week to improve his English-language skills.

The news in Lithuania about an underage girl allegedly raped by troops show the need to be alert of such provocations, says Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged support to the Lithuanian efforts of ensuring safety of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Belarus, however, does not speak about blocking the plant on the scale of the European Union (EU).

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis plans to focus on energy issues, such as the planned synchronization of the Baltic power transmission grids with the Western European system and the safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus, during Thursday's meeting with...

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Thursday to discuss the EU's agenda, as well as energy and security issues.

The United States demonstrate commitment to the obligations to partners, therefore, Lithuania has full confidence in the new US administration, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė.