BNS Australia’s Labourist government based its 1974 decision to refuse the politics of non-recognition of the occupation of the Baltic States on the political preferences of the immigrants from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, i.e., their choice to vote for then opposition parties in any case, …
Alex Tigani | The Lithuania Tribune Lithuania’s most popular yacht over the last decade, the Ambersail, celebrated another milestone over the summer break; competing in its first “Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race”. Just four years after stopping over in Adelaide and Sydney on its …
Azerbaijan’s ambassador has presented a note to the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry over the event held at the parliament, which established a group for friendship with Nagorno Karabakh, a republic that has not been recognized by the international community. Azerbaijan “expressed deep concern” over the …
On 22 February in Vilnius, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Neris Germanas met with Pak Kwang Chol, the North Korean Ambassador to Lithuania, reports urm.lt. The meeting discussed cooperation in regional and international organisations; the Ambassador also got acquainted with objectives for Lithuania’s Presidency of …
On 22 February, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius received the outgoing Ambassador of Georgia to Lithuania Georgi Kerdikoshvili and remarked that warm and friendly bilateral relations were growing stronger, reported urm.lt. The Lithuanian Foreign Minister drew the Ambassador’s attention to active and successful cooperation …
Egidijus Vareikis | The Lithuania Tribune The recent visit of Ukrainian President Vladimir Yanukovich to Vilnius once more raise the eternal question of Ukraine’s destiny; of where the country is going, to the west or to the east of somewhere else? Ukrainian politicians want to …
On February 12 the fifth shift of the Air Mentoring Team (AMT-5) will be formally deployed from the Šiauliai Air Base of the Lithuanian Air Force to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operation in Afghanistan, informs kam.lt. The AMT-5 will provide training for local …
A newly released report by the human rights organization the Open Society Justice Initiative, more than a quarter of the world’s governments covertly helped the CIA carry out the kidnapping, detention and torture of terror suspects in some of the most chilling episodes of the U.S.’s …
For almost a year now, China has been reading the latest news about Lithuania in its native language. Photos of Lithuanian politicians next to Chinese characters seem at least strange. “But why not?” says Ruslanas Iržikevičius, developer of Lithuanian news portal, delivering Lithuanian news in …
The Munich Security Conference on 1-3 February highlighted the importance of the EU-U.S. cooperation in addressing important international security issues, reports urm.lt. Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, who attended the conference, held meetings with Foreign Ministers of Russia, Afghanistan and Rwanda. The 49th …
Cameron’s speech that shook Great Britain and Europe didn’t go unnoticed in Lithuania, writes Former Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius for Delfi.lt. The most common Lithuanian reaction is a cheerful approval, especially to the part of the speech that criticizes Brussels’s sluggish bureaucracy, excessive regulations in Europe, the …
By John Masanauskas It was her first experience of what seemed like a weird Australian cultural practice. Mrs Juska and another female passenger were in search of a place to drink and they went into a pub. “When we walked in there was silence – …
Residents of Lithuania can enjoy all political rights and civil liberties, the country is ahead of all post-Soviet states and some European Union (EU) countries in terms of democratic standards, shows a report published by the non-governmental organization Freedom House on Wednesday. The traditional survey …
There were more tourists from Japan in Lithuania than from China this year; still Lithuanian Nida cannot compete for the Japanese tourists with Hawaii. Nevertheless, Lithuania has beautiful forests and lakes, its great history and Sugihara, with whom a lot of Japanese associate Lithuania, Ambassador …
Jorge Marcano | The Lithuania Tribune In her opening remarks at the Traditional and Renewable Energy Forum entitled “Energy market today and prospects in Lithuania and the Baltics” organised by the Estonian Chamber of Commerce, currently taking place in Vilnius, Japanese Ambassador to Lithuania expressed …
Those who say that Japan is planning to relinquish usage of the nuclear power are misleading Lithuanian public, because it is not the case. Nevertheless, one thing is certain; Japan is going to pay extra attention to the safety of nuclear power plants, hence, Lithuanians …
