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A third Ukrainian family of Lithuanian descent has arrived in Lithuania on Wednesday. The Lithuanian government has offered to resettle Ukrainians with Lithuanian ancestry from war-hit Donbass region.

The second family of Lithuanian origin is moving to Vilnius from the Ukrainian Donetsk region.

Vilnius will accommodate three Ukrainian families as the Government of Lithuania implements its program for the relocation of Ukrainian families of Lithuanian descent from Ukraine's war-hit areas, representatives of the government and Vilnius said on Wednesday.

„ Europa turi suprasti, kad sankcijos nėra niekam naudingos, nes sutrikdo normalius ekonominius santykius. Be to, europiečiai net į pirmąją sankcijų bangą žvelgė rezervuotai, tačiau akivaizdu, jog galiausiai pakluso atvirai iškeltiems JAV reikalavimams“, – mėgsta kartoti Rusijos užsienio reikalų min...

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says he is not convinced by statements of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine about unilateral withdrawal of certain weaponry.

Many Lithuanians follow closely developments in Kiev, where Aivaras Abromavičius, a 39-year-old Vilnius-born businessman, has been put in charge of Ukraine's ministry of economy and trade. He is one of several foreigners invited by Ukraine's current leadership who decided it takes an outsider to tac...

Lithuania plans to bring back Lithuanian citizens, people of Lithuanian descent and their families who live in the Crimean peninsula and Ukraine's eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.

The United Nations (UN) Security Council is Friday holding an extraordinary meeting initiated by Lithuania to discuss the clashes in Ukraine that jeopardize the ceasefire mediated by Europe.

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Linas Kojala, Analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre, What is the latest situation in Ukraine, we are learning about shootings near Donetsk.

Lietuvos ir užsienio ekspertai ragina Ukrainą išnaudoti trapias paliaubas kovoje su Rusijos remiamais separatistais reformų vykdymui.

Pagrindinio naujienų portalo DELFI žurnalistas ir fotokorespondentas Artūras Morozovas buvo įvertintas kaip geriausias užsienio žurnalistas Baltarusijos spaudos fotografijos konkurse.

The world is still waiting for measures of the Minsk Agreement to be implemented. Ukraine experiences continual military confrontation, and situation in Debaltseve region has also worsened dramatically. According to the recent information thousands of Ukrainian troops could again be trapped in the D...

120s: Government approved military conscription, Russian security agents say they know who killed Nemtsov, Teachers support extending academic year, 12,000 Russian soldiers in east Ukraine, Separatists patrol in demolished Donetsk Airport.

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Wednesday conveyed condolences over deaths in the explosion in a coal mine in Donetsk, Ukraine.

There is no doubt who gained most from the deal reached in Minsk on February 12th to end the conflict in Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin. At a minimum, a frozen conflict will block Ukraine’s progress towards NATO and the EU; and if fighting resumes, the terms of the ceasefire will leave Uk...

A Lithuanian-run heating company in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk came under fire on Friday night. Artemovsk Energiya, part of the Lithuanian E Energija group, provides heating for Artemovsk. It sustained minor damage during the incident.

Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania's first post-Soviet leader and honorary chairman of the conservative Homeland Union, says that the Minks agreement for ceasefire between Kiev's forces and Moscow-supported separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine, which was signed on Thursday, is worse than the Munich a...

While Ukraine's government forces are fighting pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Donbass region, Western leaders are engaging in a tense diplomacy game with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Why have we seen an intensification of military action in eastern Ukraine? Government forces report that Russian troops are pushing towards not just Donetsk Airport, but essentially in all directions. This way, all previous predictions about how the military conflict will only smoulder during the wi...

120s: State of emergency declared in east Ukraine, Russia lays blame on Kiev, Calls to isolate Moscow, Demis Roussos passes away at 68, Hopping rabbits show.