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November 2019

Lithuania courts idea of establishing a state commercial bank

The idea of a state commercial bank is not new in Lithuania, but it resurfaced in late October, when the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Budget and Finance, which was investigating the circumstances surrounding the 2009 financial crisis, proposed to the government to consider a possibility to establish a commercial state bank. (more…)

Joint Statement of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Foreign Ministers on the occasion of 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Joint Statement of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Foreign Ministers on the occasion of 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall November 9 will mark 30 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It signified the collapse of the Evil Empire in the most direct and decisive way – it was the...

President Gitanas Nausėda met with Pope Francis

President Gitanas Nausėda and the First Lady met with Pope Francis during an audience in the Vatican on November 8. At this historic meeting with Pope Francis, the first one during his term of office, the President thanked the Holy Father for his continued attention to Lithuania and his prayers for our country and...