European Union

EU Health Commissioner Andriukaitis going to Ebola outbreak countries

The European Union‘s (EU) Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, delegated by Lithuania, plans to go to the three countries in West Africa most affected by the Ebola virus, namely, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. […]

Diana Vilytė
Politics

Bar raised high for new director of Lithuania’s Public Procurement Office

Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that the new Director of the Public Procurement Office (VPT) Diana Vilytė is expected to act responsibly. […]

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Defence

Iron Sword 2014 enters active phase

On 4 November active phase of the multinational military exercise Iron Sword 2014 began at the Gaižiūnų Training Range and the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Range. The Training Audience from 9 NATO member states began training offensive and defensive operations in two major training areas of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]

Loreta Graužinienė
Politics

Lithuanian Seimas speaker in favour of constitutional amendments on dual citizenship

Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Loreta Graužinienė has welcomed the president’s proposal to expand provisions for dual citizenship and underlined that the country’s Constitution needs to be amended to stay in touch with the times. […]