The European Union (EU) must impose tougher sanctions against Russia but the Europeans should understand that those measures may also affect the Union, president of the European Parliament says. […]
The Lithuanian Army’s Brigadier General Gintautas Zenkevičius on Tuesday took office as military representative to NATO and the European Union (EU). […]
Chief advisor to the president on interior policy Virginija Būdienė says that Lithuania’s security increased after the NATO Summit in Wales. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė suggests that officers of the Public Security Service and the VIP Protection Department should be listed as part of the Armed Forces in case of war. […]
Dutch experts released a report on the Malaysia Airlines MH17 passenger jet crash on Tuesday. According to the report, the plane crashed after being hit by “numerous objects” that “pierced the plane at high speed”. […]
Chief advisor to the president on interior policy Virginija Budienė says that Lithuanian citizens who left or refused to serve in the Soviet army after Lithuania declared independence from the USSR in March 1990 did not commit a crime. […]
Repeated and deliberate failure to attend plenary meetings, which leads to interruptions of adoption of key decisions, have caused the Lithuanian parliament‘s leadership to consider penalties including wage cuts and publicity, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]
The General Prosecutor’s Office of Lithuania has informed that the Russian law enforcement authorities are trying to reopen criminal proceedings against Lithuanian nationals who refused to serve in the Soviet army following the country’s 1990 secession from the USSR. […]
If Russian President Vladimir Putin were replaced by another politician in the Kremlin, Russia‘s foreign policy would not change, most Lithuanians think. […]
An official of the European Court of Human Rights has said in response to an ad hoc parliamentary commission about restoration of rights of the Order and Justice party’s leader Rolandas Paksas that it would be a good idea to allow the politician to run in the 2016 elections. […]
The Board of Directors of Lithuania’s gas company Lietuvos Dujos accepted the resignation of general manager Viktoras Valentukevičius, the company informs. […]
On Monday, the European Commission approved EUR 7.89 billion EU Structural and Investment Funds Programme for Lithuania. Its goal is to ensure employment and economic growth. The European Union investment constitutes approximately EUR 6.7 billion of the sum, while Lithuania’s contribution is around EUR 1 billion. […]
The Human Rights Council holds its 27th regular session from 8 to 26 September in Geneva. During the session, Lithuania and other member states of the European Union will pay particular attention to the human rights situation in Ukraine and the Middle East – Syria, the occupied Palestinian territory and Iraq – as well as the right to liberty, development and privacy in the digital age, non-discrimination on grounds such as race and gender, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Israel‘s Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman will be paying a working visit to Lithuania on 10-11 September, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from Jutta Schmitz, Germany‘s Ambassador to Lithuania, the presidential press service informs. […]
International exercise dedicated for artillery and mortar units Flaming Thunder 2014, organised by the Land Force, is commencing on Monday at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Range. Over the course of two weeks, more than three hundred Lithuanian and US soldiers will be improving their skills, training to conduct defensive operations using artillery and mortars. […]
Explosions and smoke billowing on the horizon in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. […]
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