The conflict between opposing parties in connection to the ratification of the Istanbul convention on violence against women is too acute and makes it impossible to expect a compromise any time soon, says Lithuania's Social Security and Labor Minister Linas Kukuraitis.
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The heads of the Lithuanian Interior Ministry and the Migration Department signed on Monday decrees barring another 44 Russian citizens from entering the country.
Lithuania has decided to expel three Russian diplomats to express its solidarity with Britain over the poisoning of a former Russian spy, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said.
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Sunday met with Mikhail Khodorkovski, one of Russia's opposition leaders and the founder of the Open Russia movement.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis does not expect easier relations with Russia after Vladimir Putin was on Sunday re-elected for another six-year term as president.
Russian presidential elections were not free or democratic, says Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, adding that the country's future relations with Lithuania would depend on the course chosen by the Kremlin.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis remain the country's top three most popular politicians, shows a Vilmorus poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson agreed on the need to continue pressure on Russia in international organizations during their meeting in London on Wednesday.
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that he was not surprised at Belarus handing a diplomatic note to Lithuania following media reports about an alleged incident while handling radioactive waste at the shutdown Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant.
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday expressed regret over Russia's decision to blacklist the Lithuania-registered International Elections Study Centre.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, who is leaving for London on Tuesday, has expressed solidarity with the British government, which has accused Russia of being behind the poisoning of a former military intelligence agent and his daughter.
The Lithuanian parliament will decide on the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) during the spring session, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis.
The Istanbul convention on combating violence against women will not be submitted to the Lithuanian parliament for ratification during the spring session, as part of the document is inconsistent with the program of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranck...
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has called for faster decisions on the air defence of the three Baltic nations.
The Baltic foreign ministers voiced their concern over possible trade wars during their joint meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday.
The foreign ministers of the three Baltic states will meet with United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington D.C. on Monday.
The Lithuanian Social Security and Labour Ministry proposes to postpone the ratification of the so-called Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women until a compromise is reached on the concept of gender, a position that has angered the country's foreign minister.
The head of Vilnius Women's House, a non-governmental organization running a crisis centre for women, has called on the Lithuanian parliament to ratify the so-called Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, saying that it would help fight sexual h...