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Britain is grateful to Lithuania for its solidarity over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter, the UK ambassador to Vilnius, Claire Lawrence, said.

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.

The Vilnius meeting of the Standing Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on Saturday condemned the poisoning of a former spy in the United Kingdom, expressing support to Britain's response to Russia.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday that the country was considering expelling Russian intelligence officers working under the disguise as diplomats.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the European Union and NATO will coordinate their response to Moscow in the wake of the poisoning of a Russian former double agent in the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom remained the most popular destination for emigration from Lithuania last year, data from Statistics Lithuania showed on Wednesday.

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.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė attending the Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels had a bilateral meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday.

The new defense integration deal signed by Lithuania and the rest of the European Union (EU) earlier this week will have new practical benefit, say analysts of the United States conservative public policy research centre Heritage Foundation.

Troops of the patrol unit of the Lithuanian Mechanized Infantry Brigade Iron Wolf have won a silver medal in the annual patrol exercise Cambrian Patrol 2017 held in the United Kingdom.

Law-enforcement officers of the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda have completed an investigation into forced labor in the United Kingdom, filing suspicions against a resident of the Klaipėda district and two British citizens with human trafficking.

Diplomat Renatas Norkus should become Lithuania's new ambassador to the United Kingdom, which is leaving the European Union (EU).

Lithuanian politicians and businesses hope that the United Kingdom will remain open and part of the single market after it leaves the European Union, but they also prepare themselves for a "hard Brexit" scenario, the business daily Verslo Zinios reported on Tuesday.

Lithuania this year lost four positions and ranks 40th among 127 countries in the latest Global Innovation Index released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages in Lithuania last year were among the lowest across the European Union (EU), figures from the EU statistical office Eurostat showed on Thursday.

A status of an international operation is proposed for the mission of Lithuanian military instructors in Ukraine.

Lithuania's parliament passed a resolution on Tuesday, calling for constant updates on the course of the Brexit talks, as they are crucial importance.