Foreign Affairs

As tanks exploded and refugees fled in the latest round of Armenia and Azerbaijian’s war over Nagorno-Karabakh, social media became another battlefield—with some surprising participants. That included the local branch of McDonald’s, which posted some ardently (and brief-lived) pro-Azeri sentiments o...

A third package of EU sanctions against the Minsk regime is inevitable, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda's chief foreign policy advisor has said.

Protesters demanding a free election in Belarus are no longer the opposition, they are the majority, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the former Belarusian opposition presidential candidates, says, adding that there's an ongoing peaceful democratic revolution in Belarus.

Lithuanian MEP Petras Austrevicius says he could not travel to Belarus and his Polish counterpart Robert Biedron was deported from Minsk.

Lyra Puisyte-Bostroem, the head of the Protocol Division at the Lithuanian presidential office, is proposed for the country's ambassador to Spain.

Nepriklausomybės dieną JAV pasitiko masiniais protestais prieš rasizmą, sunkumais valdant COVID-19 pandemiją, amerikiečių nusivylimu savo šalimi ir nerimu dėl artėjančių JAV prezidento rinkimų.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday called on the Lithuanian government not to ratify the European Union's cooperation agreement with Cuba.

Russia continues to violate the Minsk Agreements, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs says in response to the recent flare-up of the situation in eastern Ukraine.

The Senate of the United States has approved the appointment of Robert Gilchrist as the new ambassador to Lithuania.

There's a growing understanding among colleagues in the Baltic states about the problems related to the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs said after his meeting with Latvian and Estonians lawmakers and foreign ministers in Riga on F...

The Palestinians hope to have their representation in Vilnius in two years and are asking Lithuania for assistance in allocating premises for such an office.

A swastika shaped using soil appeared on the sidewalk close to the main entrance of the Jewish Community of Lithuania's building in central Vilnius on Sunday.

Russia bears full responsibility for the United States' decision to withdraw from the bilateral Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius says.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius has called for decisions on memorial signs for historic personalities, sparking public discussions, to be based on experts' assessment.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius calls mass detentions in Moscow the use of "excessive brutal force" and calls for the release of those detained.

Poland does not support outgoing Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite as a candidate for the position of president of the European Council, Poland's Rzeczpospolita daily claims.

On 16-17 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended a session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which mainly focused on a crisis point reached by the Council of Europe due to Russia's annexation of Crimea, states the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius on Friday called on Estonia to coordinate actions and be cautious about dialogue with Moscow a day after Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid met with Russia President Vladimir Putin.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday that he sees no reason for dismissing Remigijus Motuzas, who has been questioned as a special witness in a non-transparent visa issuance case, from his post as ambassador to Russia.

Генеральный секретарь НАТО Йенс Столтенберг в среду выступил на совместном заседании обеих палат Конгресса США.