Lithuania

Sri Lanka and Lithuania celebrate 29 years of diplomatic relations

August 19, 2025

The Republic of Lithuania and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka today mark 29 years of formal diplomatic relations, celebrating a friendship that has grown steadily since its establishment [..]

Lithuania

Lithuanian President invites Cyprus to open embassy

June 24, 2025

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has invited Cyprus to open its Baltic embassy in the Lithuanian capital city of Vilnius. “I am aware of Cyprus’ plans to establish an embassy in [..]

World

British PM apologises to Baltic States

March 4, 2025

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has apologised to the Baltic States for not having invited them to Sunday’s European leader summit on the issue of Ukraine, according to Asta Skaisgiryte, [..]

Estonia

Estonian prime minister speaks to Donald Trump

November 27, 2024

Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal spoke to the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, by phone on Tuesday to discuss the continued strong bilateral co-operation between the two countries, [..]

Estonia

City of Tallinn expects US contribution to embassy neighborhood upgrade

October 22, 2024

Tallinn City Government has submitted a list of streets adjacent to the planned new United States Embassy building which the city government wants to renovate and which it has requested [..]

World

Latvian envoy thanks US president for international leadership

September 19, 2024

Latvian Ambassador Elita Kuzma submitted her letters of accreditation to US President Joe Biden on September 18, thus taking over as ambassador of Latvia to the United States, the LETA [..]

Opinions

Ambassador: Latvia, UK should focus on security, defence collaboration

September 1, 2024

Latvia’s new ambassador to the United Kingdom, Atis Lots, has told the LETA News Agency that Latvia and the UK should focus more on co-operation in the areas of security [..]

Latvia

Rinkevics invites King Charles to visit Latvia

May 29, 2024

Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics on Tuesday met with Great Britain’s King Charles III and invited him and the royal family to visit Latvia, presidential adviser Martins Dregeris told LETA. During [..]

Lithuania

Ambassador calls rotational presence of US troops in Baltics ‘adequate’

March 22, 2024

The United States believes the rotational presence of its troops in the Baltic states is adequate to meet its commitments to NATO partners, US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith told [..]

Estonia

Russia initiates criminal investigation against Estonian PM

February 13, 2024

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched criminal proceedings against Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, as well as State Secretary Taimar Peterkop, Lithuanian minister of culture and members of [..]

Lithuania

Residence permit issuance suspended for 2,000 Belarusians in Lithuania – Tsikhanouskaya

December 15, 2023

The issuance of temporary residence permits to some 2,000 Belarusians has been suspended in Lithuania which is causing concern for everyone here, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says. She and [..]

Estonia

European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis visiting Estonia

November 6, 2023

European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis is on a visit to Estonia on Monday in order to attend Estonia’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) annual meeting focusing on the [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania opens embassy in Singapore

October 27, 2023

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis officially opened Lithuania’s embassy to Singapore on Friday. In his speech, the minister said that this marked “the opening of yet another gateway to Southeast Asia”, [..]

Lithuania

Lithuanian formin suspends London ambassador, recalls for consultations

October 17, 2023

Lithuanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Eitvydas Bajarunas, accused of mobbing and abuse of office, has been suspended and recalled to Vilnius for consultations. “On Monday, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis [..]

Latvia

Foreign Ministry suspects politically motivated Russian targeting of Latvian citizens in CIS countries

October 3, 2023

Russia may have illegally initiated targeting of Latvian citizens in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) for political reasons, the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) told LETA. According to [..]