Diplomacy

Lithuania has appointed Stanislaw Widtmann as its first energy attaché to Poland.

Lithuanian embassy in Pretoria, the South African Republic, could be opened in November. The related draft decree was prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Lithuania's 8th honorary consulate in Sweden has been opened in the city of Vasteras, Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.

Lithuanian Honorary Consul in the Ukrainian region of Luhansk Mykola Zelenec was kidnapped and found dead after 12 days, Lithuanian Ambassador to Ukraine Petras Vaitiekūnas told BNS on Friday.

On Thursday, Lithuanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Asta Skaisgirytė-Liauskienė presented her letter of credence to the President of Ethiopia, H.E. Mr Mulatu Teshome, Lithuanian Embassy to the UK informs.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė presented letters of credence to Rasa Kairienė, Lithuanian ambassador to Hungary.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Friday congratulated India on its Independence Day and the Republic of Korea on its national holiday, the Liberation Day, and hopes for Lithuania's closer cooperation with these countries.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations, both personally and on behalf of the Lithuanian people, to President François Hollande of the French Republic on his 60th birthday, press office of the president said.

Lithuania and Iran have failed to make full use of bilateral cooperation potential, says Lithuania's Social Democratic MP Algirdas Sysas who is leading a group of Lithuanian lawmakers currently in Iran.

Lithuania's former Chief of Defence Arvydas Pocius is set to assume his new duties as the country's ambassador to Romania in October, according to documents drawn up by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Lithuania plans to open an embassy in the Republic of South Africa in November.

On Tuesday, Colonel Britt Brestrup, outgoing Defence Attaché of Norway in Lithuania, will pass on the duties to Colonel Laila Lie, incoming Norwegian Defence Attaché. The latter will be accredited at a formal ceremony at the Ministry of National Defence.

The Lithuania Tribune spoke to Keith C. Smith, the former American Ambassador to Lithuania in 1997-2000. We asked what stuck in your memory and what surprised him most when he served as ambassador to Lithuania between 1997 and 2000.

Lithuania's foreign minister has asked India to stand true to its promise of starting an embassy in Vilnius, the MFA informs.

The Lithuania Tribune asked Žygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the USA how the events in Ukraine has affected America’s pivot to Asia, and where Lithuania should invest in order to strengthen the US interest in the region.

Lithuania's Defense Ministry on Tuesday held a solemn ceremony of changeover of Finnish defense attachés.

Lithuania's Deputy Minister of National Defence Antanas Valys on Monday presented the National Defence System Medal of Merit to the outgoing French Defence Attaché Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Luc Lopez for his personal contribution to the development of cooperation between the French and the Lithuanian ...

The new issue of the weekly Veidas, out on the eve of the second inauguration of President Dalia Grybauskaitė, is dedicated to the analysis of the second presidential term. What will the president be like in the next five years? What further developments could we see in her career? What changes are ...

On Monday, Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Luc Lopez, outgoing Defence Attaché of France in Lithuania, is handing over his duties to Lieutenant Colonel Alain Moulia. The new French defence attaché will be accredited at a formal ceremony at the Ministry of National Defence.

Belarus is once again asking for additional consultations over the facilitated crossing of the Lithuanian-Belarusian border, said Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius after meeting with Belarusian government representatives in Minsk.