Foreign minister meets with EU border agency chief

On Monday, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met Hans Leijtens, the new executive director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), the Foreign Ministry announces.

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Border guards report rise in illegal crossing attempts

On Monday, border guard officers stopped 55 illegal crossing attempts from Belarus, a strong rise after a period, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.

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President says Lithuania backs Georgia in its aspirations for increased cooperation with NATO

President Gitanas Nausėda says that Lithuania has consistently supported the prospects of European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Georgia, and Vilnius will remain an active supporter of Tbilisi on its path to the European Union (EU) and NATO.

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Court orders to re-run second round of mayoral elections in Visaginas

The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (LVAT) has upheld a complaint by Dalia Štraupaitė, former mayoral candidate of the party Freedom and Justice, in which she sought to annul the Central Electoral Commission’s (VRK) approval of mayoral election results in Visaginas municipality.

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Eighteen illegal border crossing attempts prevented in last three days

In the last three days, from 31 March to 2 April, eighteen migrants tried to access Lithuania illegally from Belarus, data of the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) show.

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Georgian president arrives in Lithuania on official visit

President Gitanas Nausėda will meet on Monday with President of Georgia Salome Zurabichvili who will pay an official visit to Lithuania.

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Adviser: president likely to veto law on different restrictions for Russian and Belarusian nationals

President Gitanas Nausėda is likely to veto a law aimed at introducing certain restrictions on Russian and Belarusian nationals which suggest different treatment for the two nationalities, the chief adviser to the president on national security says.

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Labour Party’s leader says Governmet’s tax reform is just a tax raise

Chairman of the Labour Party Andrius Mazuronis says a package of tax laws put forward by the Ministry of Finance is not a tax reform but merely a tax raise. The politician claims that the reform is not aimed at actual changes but just at securing payments from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

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Ministry: Belarus’ NPP poses a nuclear threat to the whole region

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania reports it has sent a note of protest to the Foreign Ministry of Belarus, strictly insisting on the immediate suspension of the Belarusian NPP project until all nuclear safety issues identified by international missions and review processes are resolved.

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Armed Forces’ commander: Finland’s NATO membership is highly significant for collective defence

Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupšys says Finland joining NATO will significantly contribute to the Alliance’s collective defence capabilities.

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Seimas tightens penalties for sanction breaches to individuals and businesses

On Thursday, the Seimas adopted amendments to the Law on International Sanctions and part of accompanying legislation imposing fines on individuals and businesses for violations of economic restrictions.

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Agriculture minister to join MPs after Majauskas’ leave

Minister of Agriculture Kęstutis Navickas is set to become a member of the Seimas after Mykolas Majauskas announced Thursday he was standing down from the parliament.

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Minister: there will be no illegal migration route through Lithuania

Minister of the Interior of Lithuania Agnė Bilotaitė says the migrant crisis deliberately caused by Belarus has not ended and the Ministry of the Interior is closely monitoring the situation at the border and assessing information about potential new flights from Iran and Iraq to Belarus, and a possible migrant route through Russia’s Kaliningrad region.

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Seimas rejects proposal to limit LRT director general’s terms of office

Terms of office of the director general of public broadcaster LRT (Lithuanian Radio and Television) will not be limited as the proposal put forward by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens party (LVŽS) was turned down.

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Landsbergis: European unity is the best antidote to Putin’s nuclear blackmail

On 29-30 March, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis received the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna.

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VSAT head: reports on possible flights to Minsk from Iran are worrying

Head of the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) Rustamas Liubajevas says he has no further information on intentions to resume direct flights from Tehran to Minsk, but admits that such a scenario is a matter of concern.

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President regrets about IOC’s recommendation to allow a return of Russian and Belarusian athletes

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 28 March recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes would be allowed to compete in international sporting events as neutrals. President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda and Minister of Education, Science and Sport Jurgita Šiugždinienė regret the decision.

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Majauskas will relinquish MP’s mandate

MP Mykolas Majauskas announced on Thursday morning that he would relinquish his mandate at the Seimas.

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Sexual abuse investigation involving former MP expected to end by May or June

Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė estimates that the pre-trial investigation into sexual crimes against minors, in which former MP Kristijonas Bartoševičius is a suspect, should be completed by May or June.

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French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Colonna: today it is clear that there is no room for dialogue with Russia

Interview with the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ms Catherine Colonna about her trip to Lithuania and French-Lithuanian relations.

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