Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania | StandWithUkraine

Lithuania is proud to present the candidature of Ms Dovilė Juodkaitė to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 🇱🇹🇺🇳   A distinguished human rights advocate, Ms Juodkaitė brings longstanding expertise and a strong commitment to advancing equality, dignity, and inclusion for persons with disabilities: “I believe in the Convention as a living human rights instrument – one that protects dignity, autonomy and equality in practice, not only on paper.”   Her vision reflects a deep dedication to ensuring that the rights enshrined in the Convention translate into real and meaningful change in people’s lives. We invite all States Parties to support her candidature.   #CRPD #HumanRights #Inclusion

🧑🎓 Kviečiame kandidatuoti į NATO būstinės Briuselyje stažuočių programą! Šiuo metu siūlomos 6 mėnesių trukmės apmokamos stažuotės, prasidedančios 2027 m. kovą arba rugsėjį. Stažuotis galima įvairiose srityse – nuo gynybos politikos, komunikacijos ir teisės iki finansų bei IT. ℹ️ Plačiau: https://bit.ly/4lPektA

💼 #DarboPasiūlymas | URM Finansų departamento Buhalterinės apskaitos skyrius ieško vyriausiojo (-ios) specialisto (-ės) Darbo pobūdis: ✅ Rinkti ir analizuoti informaciją priskirtoje srityje, teikti pasiūlymus veiklos gerinimui ir rengti ataskaitas, išvadas bei kitus dokumentus; ✅ Konsultuoti darbuotojus ir pagal kompetenciją teikti metodinę pagalbą priskirtos srities klausimais; ✅ Prižiūrėti teisės aktų ir administracinių sprendimų įgyvendinimą, rengti su tuo susijusius pasiūlymus ir teikti informaciją susijusiais klausimais; ✅ Registruoti ūkines operacijas, vykdyti ilgalaikio turto apskaitą (pajamavimą, nurašymą, nusidėvėjimą), rengti statistines ataskaitas, dalyvauti turto pardavimo viešuosiuose aukcionuose ir administruoti protokolines dovanas; ✅ Bendradarbiauti su institucijomis, dalyvauti pravedant darbuotojų mokymus bei darbo grupėse. ℹ️ Plačiau apie poziciją ir reikalavimus: https://lnkd.in/d5Tu9wc6

22 years in NATO. Proud to stand alongside our Allies in this indispensable Alliance. Committed to being even #StrongerTogether, Lithuania leads in defence spending (5.38% of GDP). #WeAreNATO

36 years ago, British journalist and great friend of Lithuania Edward Lucas was issued the very first Lithuanian visa. 🪪 Issued just 17 days after the restoration of Lithuania’s Independence, the visa was one of the first steps taken to assert Lithuania’s sovereignty by taking over the governance and control of who could enter the country.

During World War II, George and Ksavera Zilinskas took Rita Frank as their foster daughter. Her mother, Lidija Frankienė, was Jewish, while her father, Jonas Frankas, was Lithuanian – an officer in the Lithuanian Army and the brother of Ksavera Zilinskas. After the Nazi occupation of Lithuania, doctors George and Ksavera lived in Vilnius. As repression intensified, Jonas asked his sister to take care of his daughter Rita and Lidija Frankienė, who was seriously ill, could no longer do that. Eventually, Rita was taken to her new adoptive parents and became Rita Žilinskaitė. The Zilinskas family also hid Rita’s 15-year-old cousin, Lėja Rosenfeld. She and her parents had been imprisoned in the Kaunas ghetto. Later, her parents were deported and killed at Stutthof and Buchenwald. Eventually, George Zilinskas managed to obtain new identity papers for Lėja and she got the name of Liucija Statkevičiūtė. During the summer of 1944, George and Ksavera, along with their foster daughters, decided to flee to the West - they first settled in Dresden, Germany. Just before the bombing of Dresden, they found themselves in Ravensburg along with other Lithuanian refugees, and later in Bremerhaven, where they reached the U.S. on the first refugee ship from Germany. Eventually, the orphans Rita and Liucija finished their studies and began a new life in America.

European External Action Service’s 4th annual report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) threats is a reality check. 35% of mentioned FIMI operations are linked to specific countries - 29% are attributed to Russia, 6% to China, yet a large part of operations remains difficult to attribute due to complex networks of intermediaries. There were 540 incidents, 10 500 channels involved and 43 000 pieces of content. Ukraine stays the primary target in efforts to undermine international support and legitimacy. AI is becoming an integral part of FIMI - the mass "production" of text, image, and audio content, along the "poisoning" of large language models with false information to distort the outputs. You can find that and more information: https://lnkd.in/ddDmHFV9

🧳 Lithuania is prioritizing quality over volume in tourism, focusing on sustainability, longer stays, and meaningful visitor experiences. As recently spotlighted by the BBC, the country is emerging as a model for sustainable and high-quality travel. With a European Green Capital status and a rising Michelin-starred food scene, Lithuania offers a more mindful alternative to over-tourism, focused on authenticity, balance, and longer stays.

On March 25, 1949, Kremlin started operation “Priboi”. Soviet occupant deported more than 90,000 people from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to inhospitable areas of the Soviet Union, deliberately suppressing resistance to occupation. Yet, over 70% of the deportees were women and children under the age of 16. We draw resilience from our past.

🇱🇹🇫🇮 Lithuania and Finland are strengthening their partnership in the areas of economy, innovation, and defense, working together to enhance regional economic security and support for Ukraine. 🤝 On March 24, Vice-Minister Taurimas VALYS met with Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio and Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto to discuss bilateral economic cooperation, defense industry innovation, and joint initiatives. During the visit, Vice-Minister T. Valys also opened the Lithuania–Finland Advanced Electronics and Dual-Use Technologies Forum, where experts discussed high-tech development and the integration of both countries’ supply chains to strengthen regional technological resilience.