Religious communities and sects present in Lithuania are not dangerous, Justice Minister Juozas Bernatonis said.
Terrorism
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Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has condemned the terrorist attack carried out in Kharkiv on the Maidan anniversary, saying that the "cowardly attack" showed the world that violence is the only argument used by terrorists to defend their position.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has strongly condemned the killing of Egyptian Copts and extended the deepest sympathy to the families of the victims and to all Egyptians.
The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday raised the level of terrorism threat from lowest to low.
The group Friends of European Ukraine, established in the European Parliament by Lithuanian MEP Petras Auštrevičius, has urged the European Union to immediately declare the separatist groups that call themselves the people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as terrorist organisations.
On 1 February, Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius issued a statement on the killing of a Japanese journalist by terrorist organization IS.
Russia should take responsibility for the Mariupol attack that claimed civilian lives, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says.
The French Institute in Vilnius is to open an exhibition of the cartoons of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo next Wednesday.
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The threat of terrorism in Lithuania is low but the country should stay on alert, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee.
The Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence is going to convene on Wednesday to discuss preparations to combat terrorism.
For days now many in the global and Lithuanian media have locked horns over the terrorist acts in Paris. There are some who say that freedom to express one's convictions is above any religious or social group interests; others contend that cartoons published by the likes of Charlie Hebdo made mercil...
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Monday paid tribute to the victims of the recent terror attacks in France by signing a book of condolences at the Embassy of France in Vilnius.
On Sunday afternoon, several thousand people turned up in Washington for a silent march organised by the French Embassy. The march was held on the same day as millions joined the leaders of dozens of countries in Paris. In Washington, the ambassadors from several countries together with dignitaries,...
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The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Prof. Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Director, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University. Could this French-like scenario possibly happen in Lithuania and what impact it could have, we asked Vilpišauskas. In cooperation with ht...
As two runways of Charles De Gaulle Airport have been closed due to anti-terrorist operation near Paris, airline Air Lituanica flights to Vilnius and Paris are falling behind schedule.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Friday signed a book of condolences at the French Embassy in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Paris.
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Romas Jakubauskas, a Lithuanian Musilm mufti, says that Wednesday's attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo office in Paris was perpetuated by individual criminals who must be made accountable by law.
