Ministry of Foreign Affairs

By vetoing on Wednesday a UN Security Council resolution on setting up a tribunal for those responsible for the Malaysian plane MH17 tragedy, Russia blocked the way for ensuring justice for the families of the victims, Dainius Baublys, a minister counselor at Lithuania's Permanent Mission to the UN,...

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has presented letters of credence to Rolandas Kriščiūnas, Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States of America, the presidency reports.

A female Lithuanian traveller was killed during a hike in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan, a spokeswoman for the PZU Lietuva insurance company has confirmed to BNS.

After receiving official information about the corruption charges against Lithuania's honorary consul in Barcelona Jordi Sumarroca, Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is most likely to refuse his services, says Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius.

Thirty percent of Lithuanians who live abroad have no plans to return to Lithuania, a survey of expatriates for the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed.

Saulius Skvernelis, Minister of Interior of Lithuania, instructed his staff to draft a new procedure which will significantly ease and speed up the process for non-EU companies planning to invest in Lithuania.

A meeting between new Ambassador of Iraq to Lithuania, Asaad Sultan Hachim Abu Galal, and representatives of Lithuanian meat processors interested in export opportunities to Iraq was organised at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday welcomed the recently-reached deal on Iran's nuclear program, saying that it was a long-awaited and welcome step.

Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday it had received Taiwan's official apology over the recent incident when Lithuania's old Soviet anthem was played during the award ceremony of the 2015 World Deaf Basketball Championship after the Lithuanian team won gold medals.

Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed grave concern over the ongoing 'borderization' process along the administrative boundary line between the Georgian region of Tskhinvali/South Ossetia and the remaining territory of Georgia.

Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) will open its representative office for the Baltic States in Vilnius in 2016. The government of Flanders has adopted the decision with an aim to engage with a dynamic Baltic region more actively, Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.

Lithuania has allocated EUR 12,000 in humanitarian aid to Georgian people recently hit by floods, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

The four-day Sherpa Meeting before the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit ended on 2 July in Vilnius. The meeting brought together 130 high-ranking officials from 48 countries along with representatives from international organisations like the United Nations (UN), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA...

Konstiantyn Tokarev has been appointed Lithuania's honorary consul in the Ukrainian region of Kharkov.

Presidential adviser Jovita Neliupšienė will be appointed Lithuania's ambassador to the European Union, replacing outgoing Ambassador Raimundas Karoblis.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects that Austria's decision to close its embassies in the Baltic countries in the autumn of 2018 will not affect cooperation between Lithuania and Austria.

The Government of Lithuania on Friday approved candidates for three ambassadorial positions.

With the creepy chill in the Lithuanian-Russian relations, the aftermath of the geopolitical square-off between Moscow and Western powers, the trade, amazingly, has taken the beating until this year quite well. “Quite paradoxically, the scope of Russia-bound Lithuanian export rose throughout 2014, w...

Lithuania and the United States intend to sign an intergovernmental agreement on closer military cooperation.

On 13-14 June, more than 500 Lithuanians from Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands participated in Lithuanian sports games “BeNeLux2015” which were held for the tenth time at NATO Headquarters’ Sports Center in Brussels.