Audronius Ažubalis EN

Six Lithuanian parliamentarians have not been issued visas to travel to Belarus for an opposition event in Minsk on Monday.

Lithuania's cyber security specialists are currently searching for a replacement of the unsafe software used by state institutions. Linked with Russia, the software leaves gaps that allow system hacking, Defense Vice-Minister Edvinas Kerza said.

The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, on June 26 adopted a Resolution recognising the Lithuanian Communist Party (LCP), which functioned during the Soviet occupation in Lithuania, as a criminal organisation. A similar draft resolution was initiated in the Seimas two years ago, however, the former...

Lithuania's parliament is advised to show solidarity with the neighboring Poland and state support to the resumed investigation of the 2010 airliner crash that claimed lives of then president Lech Kaczynski and another 95 individuals.

Solidarity from the international community is what Belarusian people, who have been subjected to repressions from authorities over mass protests, need most now, Anatoly Lebedko, leader of the United Civil Party of Belarus, said in Vilnius on Monday.

Now is a suitable time for the Homeland Union to take care of its unity, seek a new core message and perhaps – a new chairman. Such was the view of political scientist Virgis Valentinavičius talking to LRT.lt.

The aspiration of Lithuanian diplomats to develop closer ties with the Communist Cuba has drawn criticism from the opposition – former foreign minister Audronius Ažubalis has accused the Foreign Ministry of dual standards and lack of honesty in statements about democratic values.

The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democratic announced that the party's leader Gabrielius Landsbergis would be the prime minister, if the party is involved in formation of the government after the upcoming elections.

Lithuania has been seeking to expand the number of nations it maintains diplomatic relations with by starting relationships with several distant African, Asian and Oceanic countries. However, not all countries have answered the invitations to open diplomatic relationships sent by our country, report...

Answering aggressive Russian policies with concessions would be disastrous for the whole of Europe and needed to met with a firm rebuff, was the consensus at the annual Snow Meeting according to shadow Foreign Affairs spokesman, Audronius Ažubalis of the conservative Homeland Union party.

A group of Lithuanian politicians and activists have proposed that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and its subsidiary in Lithuania - the Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP) - be recognized "a criminal organisation, organiser and executor of the genocide of the Lithuanian people, respon...

Lithuania's Social Democratic Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has rejected criticism levied on him by his concervative predecessor Audronius Ažubalis, who said that during its presidency in the UN Security Council Lithuania failed to initiate an appeal to the International Court of Justice over R...

The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday rejected the government's wish to have defence advisers working at the country's embassies abroad.

Deputy Chairman of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, Audronius Ažubalis, says that Lithuania's security is guaranteed in the first place not by the military power, but by the country's visibility and capability to act in the international arena, and this is ensured by Lithuania's diplomats.

Russian citizen Vasiliy Kotlerov, a suspect in the so-called 13 January case who was apprehended in Italy, has disappeared after he was placed under house arrest, LNK television news show "Labas Vakaras, Lietuva" (Godd Evening, Lithuania) reports.

Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has become the biggest long-term geopolitical challenge not only to Ukraine but also to Europe at large, including Lithuania.