Lithuania EVT, a new twist in the Israel-Hamas war and other important news of the day

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Lithuania EVT, a new twist in the Israel-Hamas war and other important news of the day

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Overview of the most important news from Lithuania and the world on March 22.

European Council: what Lithuania has achieved and what it has not achieved

Not all of Lithuania’s ambitions, which were named by President Gitanas Nausėda, who participated in the European Council of Leaders (ECC) on Thursday and Friday, were consolidated in the conclusions of the meeting. Lithuania sought to consolidate the call to accept the 14th package of EU sanctions against Russia. However, the ECA’s findings did not specifically state this and were limited to calling for “further action to weaken Russia’s ability to continue aggressive war, including by tightening sanctions.” Read more in the IQ article

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Gitanas Nausėda (right) talks with EVT chairman Charles Michel.

G. Landsberg’s visit to the USA

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis together with his colleagues from Latvia and Estonia on March 20-25. visiting the USA. Here he will have meetings and visits, the main topic of which is defense. Minister G. Landsbergis will meet with US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell to discuss Lithuanian-US cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. More

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Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis.

The Ukaina energy sector is in Russia’s crosshairs

Russia’s large-scale attack on energy infrastructure on Friday knocked out one of two power lines supplying electricity to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and “completely” cut off power and heat to Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv. Also, oil products entered the Dnieper River from Russian missile strikes on the Dnipro hydroelectric plant. Earlier this week, Russia said it launched “massive” airstrikes against Ukraine in retaliation for attacks on its border regions. More

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Dnipropetrovsk hydroelectric power plant after the Russian strike.

A new twist in the war between Israel and Hamas

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich confirmed on Friday that Israel has seized 800 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank. The country’s settlement watchdog Peace Now said the area occupied was the largest since 1993. of the Oslo agreements and that “2024 will reach the peak of the volume of public land declarations”. More

Together before the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip

Russia and China in the United Nations (UN) Security Council did not support the draft resolution proposed by the United States on the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. More