Lithuanian diplomats and Biden s team working on Eastern Europe policy – adviser
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Lithuanian diplomats and representatives of US President-elect Joe Biden are now working on Eastern European issues, according to Asta Skaisgirytė, adviser to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda. The goal is to bring the US back to those topics that are important for us, including the Eastern Partnership [Programme], Eastern Europe, and also Belarus, she told reporters on Thursday. We do hope that America, like Lithuania, will support Belarus democratic society and its wish to become free people [.] and we are already working together in this direction, she said.
Lithuanian woman ‘possibly’ missing after landslide in Norway – ministry
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A Lithuanian woman might be among the 10 missing people following a landslide in Norway, according to the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry.
“The Lithuanian embassy in Norway has asked the Ost region police for official confirmation about the possibly missing [Lithuanian] citizen,” Vytautė Šmaižytė, a spokeswoman of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, told LRT.lt. “Local officers say they haven’t lost hope that the missing persons will be found.”
Norwegian media have reported that Rasa Lasinskienė, a Lithuanian citizen, may be among the missing people. She was walking a dog when the landslide happened, the daughter and son of Lasinskienė told Aftenposten.no.
Flights between UK and Baltic states to resume on January 1
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Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will allow flights from the United Kingdom to resume on January 1, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday evening.
“After adopting the joint travel restrictions, we plan to jointly remove them,” Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said in the press release.
Lithuania banned flights from the United Kingdom on December 20 after a new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus was detected in London and southern England. Alhough Lithuania–UK flights had not been banned, the airlines took a decision to cancel all flights.
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