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IHL Summer School on intl humanitarian law starts
Interfax Ukraine
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July 1, 2025
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/RedCrossUkraine/ URCS-IHL IHL Summer School on intl humanitarian law starts KYIV. July 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The 2025 Summer School on International Humanitarian Law (IHL Summer School), a flagship initiative of...
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lithuania Sign Readmission Agreement for Persons Residing Illegally
Sarajevo Times
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June 30, 2025
The Deputy Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivica Bošnjak and the Minister of Interior of Lithuania Vladislav Kondratovič signed today in Sarajevo the Protocol between the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the...
PH, Lithuania boost security ties
Manila Standard
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June 30, 2025
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. on Monday met with visiting Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Dovilė Šakalienė in Makati City, with a view on signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for enhanced defense cooperation. “This visit...
U.S. Congressional Delegation Visits Lithuania For Strategic Security Talks
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 1. On June 30, a delegation of U.S. Congressional employees who support members of the Senate and House of Representatives in their official duties visited Lithuania for a series of...
Polish government criticises “citizen patrols” blocking migrant returns on German border
Notes from Poland
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July 1, 2025
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Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania
Baltic News Network
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July 1, 2025
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that temporary border controls will be introduced on the country’s borders with Germany and Lithuania from the 7th of July, Politico reports. The decision comes as tensions rise over illegal...
Sabutis: Lithuania and Turkey discuss new multimodal transport links
Baltic News Network
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July 1, 2025
In Istanbul, Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Eugenijus Sabutis and Turkey’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, discussed strengthening bilateral ties in logistics, rail freight and civil aviation....
Tusk Announces Resumption of Border Controls with Germany and Lithuania
Kyiv Post
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July 1, 2025
Poland will reintroduce temporary controls on the German and Lithuanian borders, Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister has said. He added that the controls will come into force on Monday, July 7. “We have decided to restore temporary border...
Poland temporarily re-establishes Border Controls with Germany and Lithuania
Sarajevo Times
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July 1, 2025
Poland will temporarily re-establish border controls with neighboring Germany and Lithuania, the country’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. The decision comes after Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, made a tougher migration policy a pillar...
Poland to temporarily reinstate border controls with Germany and Lithuania
ABC News - New York
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July 1, 2025
WARSAW, Poland -- Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with neighboring Germany and Lithuania, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday. The decision comes after new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made tougher migration policy a...
Robinhood establishes first European crypto hub in Lithuania
The Malaysian Star
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June 30, 2025
VILNIUS, June 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. financial services company Robinhood has selected Lithuania as the home of its first European cryptocurrency operations hub, the Baltic News Service (BNS) reported on Monday. According to a statement from...
Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with Germany and Lithuania
Associated Press
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July 1, 2025
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with neighboring Germany and Lithuania, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday. The decision comes after new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made tougher migration policy a...
Philippines and Lithuania sign pact on defense cooperation
Azertag
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June 30, 2025
Baku, June 30, AZERTAC Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Lithuanian Minister for National Defense Dovilė Šakalienė on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on defense cooperation, according to the...
Poland to start controls on borders with Germany, Lithuania over migration
Yahoo News
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By Alan Charlish and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland will introduce temporary controls along borders with Germany and Lithuania on July 7, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, echoing several other European Union countries in...
Dutch government targets loophole letting non-EU workers bypass labor rules
NL Times
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July 1, 2025
The Dutch government is moving to close a legal loophole that allows temporary workers from outside the European Union to bypass strict labor migration rules through indirect employment by Eastern European staffing agencies, outgoing Minister Eddy...
US fintech giant Robinhood establishes first European hub in Lithuania
Nordic Fintech Magazine
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July 1, 2025
Robinhood, a leading US financial services company, has established its first European hub in Lithuania. The company obtained both a Category A financial brokerage license and a crypto asset services provider license, from the Bank of Lithuania....
Poland mulls border controls with Germany, Lithuania: PM
Daily Finland
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Monday that the government is considering reinstating border controls on the country's borders with Germany and Lithuania in response to concerns over illegal migration, reported Xinhua. At a press...
Small nations, shared threats: Philippines, Lithuania ink defense deal
Philippine STAR
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June 30, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines signed a defense cooperation agreement with Lithuania on Monday, June 30, establishing a "strategic-level" partnership between two countries separated by thousands of miles but facing similar threats from...
A Weekend in Vilnius as an Exercise in Empathy
Nara
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Next to it, the exhibition asks again, in red: ‘Can I accept someone who looks different?’. It is a learning process, I think. And the key to it shouldn’t necessarily be going through a war. It can also be found in thoughtfully revising the...
Zaha Hadid Architects to Redesign Vilnius Airport Arrivals Terminal, Merging Baltic Heritage with Futuristic Vision
Rus Tourism News
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June 30, 2025
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been announced as the winner of the international design competition for the new Arrivals Terminal at Vilnius Airport, Lithuania’s largest and busiest air hub. This milestone project is more than a striking new...