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Lithuanian border guards have already detained a range of illegal immigrants from Syria and Lebanon but the path into the EU through Lithuania is still relatively undiscovered according to Dainius Dautartas, a Major in the State Border Guard Service Major.

Refugee resettlement to Lithuania is taking more time than anticipated because Greece and Italy are too slow in processing refugees, Vice-Chancellor of the government Rimantas Vaitkus told Žinių radijas.

Lithuania and the European Union is likely to fail to implement the refugee resettlement plan, says Government Vice-Chancellor Rimantas Vaitkus.

Lithuanian Railways has begun regular shipments between Lithuania and Italy that will open export routes for Lithuanian goods.

As Lithuania fails to find refugees wishing to move here from Italy and Greece, 70 Iraqi refugees could be resettled to Lithuania from Turkey.

On 28-29 October, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will visit Italy and Vatican, where she will have an audience with Pope Francis.

Lithuanian Deputy Minister of the Interior Elvinas Jankevičius says Italy and Greece must compile lists of refugees eligible for resettlement in Lithuania. After that, they can start arriving as soon as possible, he has said on Monday.

A delegation of the Lithuanian government is visiting Italy where it is looking into how the country, which has been one of the gateways of migrants from the Middle East and Africa coming to Europe, is handling the refugee flow.

On Thursday Lithuania's Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis is attending the European Union's (EU) Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg. Responding to a recent refugee crisis, ministers of the EU member states will negotiate on external border control and on the future of return policies ...

The Baltic air policing mission was "a very good experience" for Italian pilots, Chief of Defence of Italy General Claudio Graziano said in Vilnius on Tuesday.

The European Commission (EC) is planning to distribute 160,000 refugees across the EU member states. These refugees have currently found shelter in Greece, Italy, and Hungary. According to sources of the Financial Times, Lithuania should take 1.16 percent, or 2,146, migrants.

The Government of Lithuania is currently not considering accepting more refugees than 325 it has committed to, although it does not discount such a possibility, the country's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says.

Lithuania's best tennis player Ričardas Berankis (25, ATP 83), advanced Saturday to the Guzzini Challenger in Recanati, Italy, and will hope to get his first singles Challanger title.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is in Italy on a working visit, has opened an exhibition entitled Historical Ties between Milan and Lithuania: Bona Sforza and the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Milan's Sforza Castle, the presidential press service said.

Lithuania is ready to share the immigrant burden with South Europe but this measure alone will not solve the problem as without additional measures, it can encourage human trafficking from Africa even more, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday with her Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella in Rome and discussed security challenges Europe is facing as well as the migration policy, her press service said in a statement.

Lithuania's Special Investigation Service, police, State Border Guard Service, State Security Department and military intelligence were looking into possibilities to secretly purchase, via intermediates in Lithuania, secret surveillance equipment produced in Italy but the deal failed as it was too e...

As the European Union launches talks on refugee distribution, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says accepting several hundred refugees is not only a challenge but also an opportunity to solve the problem of short workforce supply.

In recent years, Italian investors have shown increased interest in investment opportunities in Lithuania.

Lithuania might have to accept more than 250 refugees in an effort to help ease the Mediterranean migrant crisis, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday.