President of the United States Joe Biden, who is visiting Vilnius, will deliver a public speech at Vilnius University on Wednesday evening, once the NATO summit concludes.
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On Tuesday evening, NATO defence and foreign ministers met for social dinner in the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.
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After the meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of heads of state and Government in Vilnius on Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said important decisions were made at a critical moment for the Alliance’s security.
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US President Joe Biden arrived for bilateral talks with President Gitanas Nausėda in the Presidential Palace on Tuesday morning.
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Lithuania’s Chief of Defence Valdemaras Rupšys says that the Baltic Sea is becoming the Alliance’s “inner lake” after Türkiye unblocked the way for Sweden’s accession to NATO on late Monday in Vilnius.
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The two-day NATO summit in Vilnius starts on Tuesday. The first meeting of the Alliance Lithuania is hosting will see more than 40 foreign leaders, heads of diplomatic missions, defence ministers and other high-ranking officials gathering for talks on strengthening NATO’s collective defence, deterrence and support to Ukraine.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced late Monday evening that the president of Türkiye has agreed with the ratification of Sweden’s NATO accession documents.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed his personal participation in the NATO summit, which will take place in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, on 11-12 July, reports Ukrinform.
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On Monday, after a joint press conference with President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda, Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg said at the Q&A session that the Alliance would send a strong message to Ukraine regarding its membership prospects.
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President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met it Vilnius to discuss the final details of preparation for the 11-12 July NATO Summit in Lithuania’s capital.
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Temporary traffic restrictions in Vilnius came into effect on Monday, a day before the NATO summit.
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World leaders are heading for Lithuania on the eve of the NATO summit. On Monday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will arrive in the capital in the daytime, while US President Joe Biden’s plane is set to land in Vilnius in the evening.
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Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė met on Tuesday with Cheol Lae Roh, Executive Vice President of Samsung Display, in South Korea and invited the company's representatives to visit Lithuania.
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Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) has bestowed the title of Honorary Doctor on President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. The title has been granted to him for extraordinary leadership in the fight for Ukrainian freedom, democracy, and humanist values hereby presenting the young generation with the best example of dignity, determination, and moral strength, the university said in a statement.
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Lithuania’s Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas urges politicians to refrain from making pessimistic statements about Ukraine’s transatlantic prospects when talks are still ongoing on the wording of the would-be declaration for the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius.
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On 5 July, more than 80 professionals of Latvian descent employed at more than 80 international organisations in 25 countries are gathering in Riga Castle for the Second Forum of Latvian Professionals Working for International Organisations organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hold a discussion on Latvia’s development and its foreign policy.
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Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė is paying an official visit to South Korea, where she met with the country’s Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism Park Bo Gyoon and signed an agreement on cooperation in the area of tourism.
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Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen does not rule out that MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis may be impeached even if he apologises for his antisemitic statements.
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The State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) says that 484 thousand Lithuanian residents donated a total of EUR 26.8 million as part of their personal income tax (GPM) in 2022.
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In an interview to LNK TV on Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda reiterated his standpoint that restrictions on Russian and Belarusian citizens must be identical. He reminded about a recent mutiny by private military company Wagner in Russia and about media reports that the group was relocating to Belarus, which might pose a threat to Lithuania.