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Benediktas Juodka, a former rector of Vilnius University and member of the Seimas, on May 19 was elected president of the Lithuanian Employers' Confederation, or LDK, for a four-year term.

Statements on the US foreign policy coming from one of the front-running candidates, Republican Donald Trump, have alarmed Washington's allies. Lithuanian politicians say, however, that campaign slogans do not necessarily become reality.

Responding to France's request for assistance, Lithuania is going to deploy up to 40 soldiers to Mali. The number has been approved at Friday's meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs.

A meeting between President Dalia Grybauskaitė and the Parliamentary Committees on Foreign and European Affairs discussed the EU's refugee relocation scheme. According to the European Affairs Committee chair Gediminas Kirkilas, Lithuania's position is to oppose proposals of introducing a permanent m...

Poland's new President Andrzej Duda is going to Estonia for his first foreign visit and is later scheduled to visit Berlin, London and New York.

Lithuania had expected more from last week's EU Eastern Partnership summit, says Benediktas Juodka, chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Lithuanian politicians have congratulated Andrzej Duda, who has claimed victory in Sunday's run-offs of the Polish presidential election, and expect for improvement in Lithuanian-Polish relations.

Lithuania is considering to close its embassy in Belgium, parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Benediktas Juodka said on Wednesday.

The Lithuanian government's aim to reset relations with Russia failed, says Benediktas Juodka, chairman of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee.

After the far-left Syriza party won Greek parliamentary elections, Lithuanian parliamentarians say they do not expect major changes in Europe, as politicians tend to mollify their stance after coming to power.

Lithuania expects the six-month Latvian presidency of the European Union (EU) Council, which is starting on Thursday, to focus on the Eastern Partnership program.

Serbia’s Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2015 will strengthen Serbia’s position on the international political arena and give it extra points in integration into the European Union (EU).

The European Union (EU) is easing its tone towards Russia, although there are no reasons for the change, says Benediktas Juodka, chairman of the Lithuanian parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.

Lithuania should be prepared for provocations from Russia, says Benediktas Juodka, chairman of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee.

“Ukraine” is now the worst word in Belarus, representatives of the Belarusian opposition said in Vilnius on Monday, also stating that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has found himself in a standstill in terms of the country’s relations with Russia.

The EU has signed association agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine in the margins of the European Council meeting on 27 June 2014.