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The Baltic countries must secure the continuation of the security initiatives that have been launched in the region, Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Thursday after meeting his Latvian and Estonian counterparts in Klaipėda.

Lithuanian Economy Minister Virginijus Sinkevičius has withdrawn his proposal to ban the sale of goods that "distort or belittle the history of Lithuania" following criticism that the move might restrict the freedom of expression.

Lithuania has scored better in a survey on LGBT rights this year but still lags behind many European Union countries.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius is leaving for New York to attend a UN Security Council debate on the role of international law on peace and security on Thursday.

Belarus' reports about plans to build another two reactors at the Astravyets nuclear power plant are an attempt to direct attention from the problems the NPP builders are facing, Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas says.

A Lithuanian government commission has decided that the remains of participants of the 1863-1864 uprising against Tsarist Russia should be buried in Vilnius' old Rasos Cemetery next year.

The annual army exercise Flaming Thunder for indirect fire support units starts in Lithuania on Monday.

Hundreds of people gathered in Vilnius' Antakalnis Cemetery on Wednesday to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II.

Several military exercises will take place in the Baltic Sea region in June, with tens of thousand troops set to take part in them, defense officials said on Friday, adding that the exercises won’t be related.

Lithuanian border guards detained a group of illegal migrants from Russia and their driver, a Latvian citizen, late on Thursday at Kalvarija border checkpoint on the Lithuanian-Polish border.

Česlavas Okinčicas, a signatory to the March 11 Act of the Restoration of Independence of Lithuania, says he's proud that Lithuania is slowly starting to mark the May 3 Constitution Day and is suggesting making it a holiday in Lithuania, following Poland's example.

Lithuania on Thursday stressed the importance of defending Ukraine from Russian aggression as the Baltic country marks the 227th anniversary of the Constitution of May 3, 1791.

Presidents Dalia Grybauskaitė of Lithuania and Andrzej Duda of Poland on Thursday declared their determination to strengthen bilateral defense, economic, energy and transport relations.

Lithuania's transport attaché should start working in Poland from June. The Baltic country hopes it will help to strengthen cooperation on the implementation of joint transport infrastructure projects of European importance.

Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas on Thursday reiterated that Nord Stream 2, an underwater gas pipeline to be built in the Baltic Sea, will make the European Union even more energy-dependent and will let Russia strengthen its influence on the European energy sector.