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The environment and oceans portfolio assigned to Lithuania's European commissioner-designate, Virginijus Sinkevicius, will involve a lot of invisible but important work, the country's ambassador to the EU said.

The European Union is facing tense negotiations on its next multiannual budget, and the goal to reach the agreement before the next European elections might be challenging to achieve due to various factors including Brexit, Jovita Neliupšienė, Lithuania's ambassador to the EU, said on Tuesday.

Lithuania would not back proposals to give EU bodies new powers to decide on tax and foreign policies, the country's ambassador to Brussels said.

The list of women that Lithuanians worldwide is proud of has been announced. It has been created for Lithuania’s 100th year Restoration celebration and includes Lithuanian women that we are proud of due to their talent, creativity, achievements and civil activities. The list includes well-known and ...

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is inviting the foreign minister and several ambassadors to discuss the country's relations with Russia and other Eastern countries.

Antanas Guoga, Lithuanian member of the European Parliament, has been included into the list of persons unwanted in Russia.

Lithuanian MEPs Laima Andrikienė and Algirdas Saudargas, both members of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, were included in a list of EU politicians banned from entering Russia, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius confirmed to BNS on Monday.

British voters are hitting the polls in six weeks to decide whether their country should stay or leave the European Union. The effects of Brexit would be felt throughout the 28-country block, so the EU and countries like Lithuania should also unobtrusively contribute to the debate in Britain, Lithua...

Lithuania cannot imagine the European Union (EU) without the United Kingdom, says the country's Ambassador to the EU Jovita Neliupšienė.

Presidential adviser Jovita Neliupšienė will be appointed Lithuania's ambassador to the European Union, replacing outgoing Ambassador Raimundas Karoblis.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she's proud of the fact that her foreign policy adviser Jovita Neliupšienė is on Russia's black list along "Europe's key politicians" banned from enteringthe country.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the “black list” of European Union officials prepared by Russia is part of the propaganda war.

Chief advisor to the Lithuanian president on foreign policy, Jovita Neliupšienė, says that the names of people who voluntarily admitted their collaboration with the KGB may be revealed only after the situation is thoroughly analysed.

The forthcoming EU Eastern Partnership summit in Riga should not leave an impression that the EU is stepping back from its commitments to partners under Russia's pressure, says Jovita Neliupšienė, chief adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on foreign policy issues.

Inadequatetly, only 35-percent manned Lithuanian army is not capable of actually defending the country, says chief presidential advisor on foreign affairs Jovita Neliupšienė. She stressed that this situation is what inspired the decision to restore a conscript army.

Chief foreign policy advisor to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Jovita Neliupšienė, says that Russia's direct involvement in conflict in the Donbass region is becoming more and more obvious, while the current ceasefire is only relative.

A visit of the Swedish royal family is planned in Lithuania in the coming autumn. According to Jovita Neliupšienė, chief adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on foreign policy issues, visits of the Icelandic and Baltic presidents are also planned this year.

The president of Lithuania will next year attend the prestigious World Economic Forum in Davos after a break of a few years.

Lithuanian businessman Aivaras Abromavičius is mentioned among candidates for a ministerial post in Ukraine's new government. On Tuesday, he was granted the Ukrainian citizenship by President Petro Poroshenko.

According to Jovita Neliupšienė, Chief Advisor to the President on Foreign Policy, the fact that the court's decision on bilingual street signs was met, and signs contradicting the Law on the State Language were removed, proves that Lithuanian municipalities respect and follow the law.