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Lithuania backs Brussels initiative on defense fund

June 12, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania’s government supports the European Commission (EC) initiative to set up a European Defense Fund, which Brussels believes would enable countries of the community to make more efficient investments in the weaponry they purchase. […]

Possible route Nord Stream 2 according to company

President Dalia Grybauskaite promises to help Ukraine block Nord Stream 2 initiatives

June 12, 2017 BNS EN 0

President Dalia Grybauskaite has promised to help Ukraine to block initiatives for expanding the Nord Stream gas pipeline linking Russia with Germany as Brussels prepares to open talks with Moscow. […]

Defense minister urges EU to step up capacities against hybrid threats

May 19, 2017 BNS EN 0

Enhancement of European capacities against cyber threats has to be among top priorities of the community, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said at a meeting of the EU Defense ministers in Brussels. […]

The European Union is not a security union

March 29, 2016 STRATFOR 0

In the wake of any shocking event, national governments and officials of the European Union invariably call for more cooperation between member states to prevent anything similar happening in the future. The response to the March 22 terrorist attacks in Brussels has been no different. […]

Brussels bombings: 10 arrested across three countries

March 25, 2016 Rory Kelleher 0

Police across Europe have stepped up their efforts to prevent further ISIS attacks in European cities after the Brussels bombings, with 10 more suspects arrested in Belgium, Germany and France. […]

Belgian police hunt fifth suspect as names of Brussels bomb victims emerge

March 24, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Belgian police are now hunting a fifth suspect in the Brussels bombings as the names and nationalities of the victims of the two attacks begin to trickle out. […]

Two suicide bombers identified as brothers by Belgian police

March 23, 2016 Rory Kelleher 0

The Belgian police identified two suicide bombers who carried out attacks in Brussels on Tuesday as brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui and are looking for a third suspect captured in CCTV footage. […]

Brussels blasts: The struggle to secure soft targets

March 23, 2016 STRATFOR 0

Brussels was the scene of multiple explosions on March 22, highlighting the persistent vulnerability of soft targets to simple, effective attacks — as well as the willingness and capability of militants in Western Europe to undertake those attacks. […]

Belgium mourns victims as manhunt for suspects continues

March 22, 2016 Rory Kelleher 0

A prime suspect in the bombing of Brussels airport yesterday has been arrested by Belgian police in the city’s Anderlecht district, Belgian media are reporting. […]

Brussels January 13 tribute run draws EU and NATO reps in large numbers

January 14, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

For the third year running over 150 Lithuanians and their friends living in Belgium participated in the commemorative run “The Road of Life and Death“ in Brussels. The tribute run stood out this year for the unusually high number of EU and NATO representatives who joined the commemoration. […]

Soldiers guarding hotel in Brussels Photo Ludo Segers

Opinion: Syrian conflict lands in Brussels

November 24, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

Someone recently described the recent terrorist attacks in Paris as designed in Syria and developed in Brussels. It may very well be. Meanwhile Moscow monitors and actively exploits every turn of the conflict. […]

Lithuanian president and finance minister off to Brussels for Greek debt summit

July 7, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius will on Tuesday attend an emergency meeting with their counterparts in Brussels to discuss the Greek debt crisis following the Sunday referendum that saw the Greeks voted down austerity measures. […]

Lithuanian and Ukrainian industrialists set up Ukraine’s business representation in EU

February 22, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On 20 February, the Confederation of Lithuanian Industrialists (LPK) together with the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (USPP) signed an agreement, establishing a permanent representation of Ukrainian business in Brussels. […]

Lithuania’s diplomatic missions in Brussels organized commemorative independence day gathering

February 19, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 16 February, Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Belgium and Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Lithuania to NATO invited Lithuania’s friends to celebrate the Day of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence. […]