Statement by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias following his meeting with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis (Vilnius, 15.06.2021)

Statement by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias following his meeting with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis (Vilnius, 15.06.2021)

“Dear Gabrielius, it is a great pleasure for me to be in Vilnius today, and I must say that the visit of a Greek minister here in Vilnius is overdue. We have no problem between us, no bilateral dispute to discuss. But we have a lot of things that unite us, that bring us together, … Read more

Russia tries to ‘swallow’ Belarus, Western military must move

Russia tries to ‘swallow’ Belarus, Western military must move

loading… BRUSSELS – Lithuania say that Russia trying to “swallow” Belarusian. Lithuania said that the Western military alliance needed to unite in deterring Moscow. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, speaking at a meeting of NATO leaders in Brussels, said Belarus’ independence was steadily eroding. “Belarus lost the last element of independence and that trend is very … Read more

Belarus detains car with Lithuanian diplomatic post

Belarus detains car with Lithuanian diplomatic post

Photo: ZN.ua Belarus detains Lithuanian diplomatic car at border – – The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry summoned the Belarusian ambassador due to the detention and the demand to open the car with the diplomatic mail from Vilnius. Belarus has detained a car with a Lithuanian diplomatic post at the border. Vilnius protested to Minsk. This was … Read more

Īlona Maska company “SpaceX” enters Lithuania

Īlona Maska company “SpaceX” enters Lithuania

Īlona Maska space technology company “SpaceX” has registered the company “Starlink Lithuania” in Lithuania this week, according to the data of the Lithuanian Register Center. Starlink is a space system project by the US company SpaceX, which aims to place 12,000 satellites in Earth orbit to provide wireless Internet anywhere on the planet. More than … Read more

Sanctions against Belarus – Lithuanian PM calls on EU to impose economic restrictions

Sanctions against Belarus – Lithuanian PM calls on EU to impose economic restrictions

The head of the Lithuanian Cabinet of Ministers stressed that the European Union should consider “all types of sanctions” against the Belarusian authorities, including restrictive measures in relation to various sectors of the economy and access to financial markets, as well as companies involved in the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. According to … Read more

US, UK and European Union condemn the Ryanair hijacking to arrest Belarusian opposition activists

US, UK and European Union condemn the Ryanair hijacking to arrest Belarusian opposition activists

The pro-opposition Belarusian journalist, Roman Protasevich. (Source: Euroradio via AP) WASHINGTON, KOMPAS.TV – President of the United States (US) Joe Biden condemned the attempt to “hijack” the Ryanair plane by Belarus in order to arrest pro-opposition activist and journalist, Roman Protasevich. “This embarrassing incident and the video Protasevich being detained constitutes a shameful offense of … Read more

Rogozin recalled the attempt by Romania and Bulgaria to land his plane in 2014

Rogozin recalled the attempt by Romania and Bulgaria to land his plane in 2014

+ A – “Poland and Romania have been engaged in aerial piracy for a long time” – The head of Roscosmos, former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Rogozin commented on the detention of the founder of Nexta after the forced landing of a passenger plane in Minsk, as well as the reaction to this … Read more

Ryanair plane seized by Belarusian authorities finally reaches destination – Abroad – News

Ryanair plane seized by Belarusian authorities finally reaches destination – Abroad – News

According to the flight monitoring portals, the plane, which was supposed to arrive in Vilnius at 13:00, took off from Minsk Airport at 20.45. At 21.30 it was announced that it had landed in Vilnius. – As previously indicated by the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabriel Landsbergis, there were 171 passengers on board, including … Read more

Belarus forced a fighter jet to land a Ryanair plane. To arrest Lukashenko’s criticism

Belarus forced a fighter jet to land a Ryanair plane.  To arrest Lukashenko’s criticism

Belarussian authorities have forced a Ryanair plane to land in Minsk to arrest journalists and critics of President Alexander Lukashenko’s government. The plane was flying on the route from Athens to Vilnius, the authorities claimed that a bomb was said to be on board. Lithuanian President Gitanas Naused, whose plane was headed, condemned the arrest … Read more

Another 459 people have been infected with Covid-19 in Lithuania and 103 in Estonia

Another 459 people have been infected with Covid-19 in Lithuania and 103 in Estonia

Another 459 people were confirmed infected with the new coronavir in Lithuania last day, but 11 people died from the disease caused by the virus Covid-19, the Statistics Department announced on May 23. 9718 analyzes were performed last day, thus the proportion of positive tests was 4.7%. A total of 3,336,463 analyzes were performed in … Read more