Baltic: Airlines to open more flights to Baltic capitals in 2025

British air carrier and tour operator Jet2 will offer direct flights from Birmingham, Manchester, and Edinburgh to the Estonian capital, Tallinn, in November and December 2025, ERR reports. The company will have two flights per week on the routes, expecting to bring altogether more than 4,000 holiday-makers to Tallinn. Meanwhile, Swiss International Air Lines will…

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Lithuania: Legitimacy of Georgian parliament under question: presidential adviser

Georgia’s new parliament is not entirely legitimate, Asta Skaisgiryte, chief foreign policy adviser to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, stated, LRT reports. If the parliament elects a new president, then the legitimacy of the president would be under question as well, she noted. Speaking in an interview with LNK, Skaisgiryte announced that Lithuania would offer refuge to…

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Lithuania: Beijing condemns expulsion of Chinese diplomats

China’s Foreign Ministry has condemned Lithuania’s decision to expel three Chinese diplomats, Reuters reports. The ministry asserted that Lithuania had failed to provide a reason for the expulsions. China reserved the right to take countermeasures, the ministry said. Earlier, Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry announced that the expulsions were due to violations of the Vienna Convention on…

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Lithuania: LSDP wins first round of parliamentary elections

Lithuania’s main opposition party, the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), scored an expected win in the first round of elections to the country’s parliament, the Seimas, LRT reported. LSDP won 19.36% of votes, which was slightly higher than predicted in polls. The ruling conservative Homeland Union and the new far-right opposition party, Dawn of…

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Lithuania: Authorities investigating allegations on attack against Russian opposition leader

Lithuanian authorities are investigating allegations that Russian opposition leader, businessman Leonid Nevzlin, was behind an attack against another exiled Russian opposition leader, Leonid Volkov, in Vilnius in March 2024, BNS reports. Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said that the allegations made by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) were “serious,” but called on politicians to wait for the…

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Lithuania: airBaltic plans to expand at Vilnius Airport

Latvia’s national air carrier, airBaltic, plans to expand its operations at Lithuania’s Vilnius International Airport (VIA), CEO Martin Gauss announced, LETA reports. He said that the company would more than double its fleet in Vilnius and increase the number of destinations offered from the airport. Currently, airBaltic has two aircraft stationed at VIA. Gauss said…

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Lithuania: Diplomatic relations established with Tonga

Lithuania has established official diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Tonga, BNS reports. The official ceremony took place in conjunction with the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. Until now, Tonga was one of the six remaining UN member states with which Lithuania had no diplomatic relations. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis thanked…

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