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Important Information Regarding Consular Services at the Lithuanian Embassy in Finland between July 13 and August 9, 2026 Added 2026-06-29 Please be informed that consular services at the Lithuanian Embassy in Finland will be restricted during this period. Only URGENT CONSULAR ASSISTANCE will be provided and new documents sent from Lithuania issued. If you experience an emergency, consultations are available by phone at +358 9 684 48815 or via email at consul.fi@urm.lt
Lithuania’s Independence Day in Helsinki Spotlighted by a Modern Dance Portrait of Queen Catherine Jagiellon Added 2026-06-29 On the 24th March 2026 in Helsinki, the Day of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence was commemorated by a cultural highlight. The dance troupe Plalaforma from the Vilnius Children and Youth Centre, directed by Karolina Auglytė Butavičienė, presented a modern dance performance dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the birth of Catherine Jagiellon, daughter of the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland...
Important information Regarding Consular Services at the Lithuanian Embassy in Finland between May 4 and |May 11, 2026 Added 2026-04-20 Please be informed consular services at the Lithuanian Embassy in Finland will be restricted during this period. Only URGENT CONSULAR ASSISTANCE will be provided and new documents sent from Lithuania issued. If you experience an emergency, consultations are available by phone at +358 9 684 48815 or via email at consul.fi@urm.lt
Important information regarding consular services at the Lithuanian Embassy in Finland between January 9 and |January 23, 2026 Added 2025-12-17 Please be informed consular services at the Lithuanian Embassy in Finland will be restricted during this period. Only URGENT CONSULAR ASSISTANCE will be provided and new documents sent from Lithuania issued. If you experience an emergency, consultations are available by phone at +358 9 684 48815 or via email at consul.fi@urm.lt
A day of Lithuanian–Finnish cultural (and more) exchange in Helsinki Added 2025-11-18 From a scientific seminar to a concert in a jazz club ... So, we started November 12th with a morning seminar “From Archives to Life: Lithuanian–Finnish Cultural Exchange Inspired by Professor Robert Aukusti Niemi”, which brought together Lithuanian and Finnish folklore researchers. Held at the headquarters of the Finnish Literature Society, the event honoured Finnish professor Robert Aukusti Niemi for his...
Important information regarding consular services at the Lithuanian Embassy in Finland from October 29 to November 4 Added 2025-10-22 Please be informed that consular services at the Lithuanian Embassy in Finland will be restricted during this period. Only URGENT CONSULAR ASSISTANCE will be provided and new documents sent from Lithuania will be issued. If you experience an emergency, consultations are available by phone at +358 9 684 48815 or via email at consul.fi@urm.lt
About the visit of the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, to Finland on September 1–2, 2025 Added 2025-09-15 The visit began in Tampere, where the Presidents of Lithuania and Finland, accompanied by their spouses, attended a men's basketball match at the European Championship. Lithuania emerged victorious with a close score of 81–78.
On July 6th, the Lithuanian national anthem was heard on the Finnish coast in Helsinki Added 2025-07-07 July 6th is Statehood Day in Lithuania, commemorating the coronation of King Mindaugas in 1253. It has also become a tradition for Lithuanians around the world to sing the national anthem together at 9 PM local time — no matter where they are.
The Foreign Minister's political team has been formed Added 2026-07-17 The Minister of Foreign Affairs’ team will include four vice-ministers. Sigitas Mitkus and Vidmantas Verbickas will continue in their roles, while Kristupas Vaitiekūnas and Lina Rukštelienė are joining the team.
Added 2026-07-14 On 13 June, the Minister-designate of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, met with the Minister of State of the United Arab Emirates, Lana Nusseibeh, on the margins of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels. The Ministers discussed bilateral relations between Lithuania and the UAE, the security situation in the Middle East, support for Ukraine and the agenda for EU-UAE relations.
Added 2026-07-14 On 14 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, participated in the commemoration of the Sumner Welles Declaration at Washington Square in Vilnius.
Added 2026-07-14 On 14 July, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned a representative of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to protest over the actions of Russian intelligence officers and other entities contributing to Russia’s destabilising cyber activities against the European Union, its member states and partners.
Added 2026-07-13 On 13 July, the Minister-designate of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, participates in the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union in Brussels. According to the head of Lithuania's diplomacy, the last meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers before the summer recess takes place today, and there is still unfinished business on the desks. This means that the necessary decisions will be delayed till autumn.
Added 2026-07-13 On 13 July, the Minister-designate of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, attended the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, which focused on support for Ukraine, measures to increase pressure on Russia and the situation in the Middle East.
Added 2026-07-12 On 13 July, the Minister-designate of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Kęstutis Budrys will participate in the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the European Union (EU) in Brussels.
Added 2026-07-12 On 12 July, Lithuania joined the statement by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, New Zealand, the Republic of the Philippines, Romania, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the landmark ruling handed down by the Arbitral Tribunal in the South China Sea case, unanimously adopted under Annex VII to the...
Added 2026-07-10 Today, 10 July 2026, Chargés d’Affaires ad interim of the Embassies of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania in Moscow made a joint demarche at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, strongly rejecting blatantly false public statements from 4 July 2026 by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Mikhail Galuzin.
Added 2026-07-10 On 9 July, the findings were presented by the OSCE Moscow Mechanism expert mission, which was invoked by Lithuania and 40 other OSCE participating states to investigate Russia’s militarization and indoctrination of Ukrainian children.