Lithuanian political scientist Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University, says that the Greek government is realizing the ineffectiveness of its combative position and is now trying to look for allies in Europe. […]
Europeans are starting to realize how sombre the situation is for the Greek people and sympathize with their plight, says Dimitris Papanikolaou, academic from Oxford University. The austerity measures imposed on Greece have done little to get the country out of debt and a lot to dismantle welfare provisions and workers’ rights. The fight to prevent this, he says, is not Greece’s alone – the Europe we joined is a Europe that ensures the minimum of dignified life for everyone. […]
Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) will open its representative office for the Baltic States in Vilnius in 2016. The government of Flanders has adopted the decision with an aim to engage with a dynamic Baltic region more actively, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]
Mediafon, Telecommunications and IT Company, operating in 4 continents with strong presence in the Baltics, establishes holding company to further boost profits, Arūnas Babrauskas, the CEO at Mediafon and Member of the Board said Thursday. […]
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Russia is not interested in escalating the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine, but the Kremlin finds it difficult to withdraw from the conflict without losing face on the international arena and inside the country. […]
Lithuania plans to buy Boxer armoured fighting vehicles from Germany, the spokesman for the Lithuanian chief of defence confirmed to BNS on Thursday, adding that the proposal would be submitted to the State Defence Council. […]
As the European Union launches talks on refugee distribution, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says accepting several hundred refugees is not only a challenge but also an opportunity to solve the problem of short workforce supply. […]
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Lithuania is not seeking particular quotas or figures as regards the migrant issue, however, it wants the criteria according to which refugees are distributed among the member-states to be transparent and correspondent to the country’s actual possibilities of taking in people. […]
China‘s stock market plunge may affect EU and global trade, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Thursday. […]
Vilnius authorities plan to start the removal of the Soviet Green Bridge statues next week and it will take up to two week to complete the work, a spokesman for the municipality said on Thursday. […]
The progress made in the establishment of a NATO headquarters, the NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU) in Vilnius, its leadership, tasks and organization will be presented to national defence leadership, foreign defence attachés in Lithuania, and media at the headquarters of the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces in Vilnius. […]
A group of European lawmakers, including Lithuania’s representatives, have nominated murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov for the European Parliament‘s annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. […]
The European Union does not need a new Nord Stream gas pipeline that Russia‘s gas behemoth Gazprom is planning to build, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said, adding that the project will do great harm to Ukraine. […]
Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius says that if the eurozone decided to provide financial support to Greece from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), in Lithuania it would be the government that would decide on whether or not to approve the loan. […]
Invited by Russian ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov to visit Crimea, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius hit back by saying that he would wait for the invitation from Ukraine. […]
Vilnius authorities are considering to introduce a “pillow tax” of 50 euro cents as of next year, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius said on Wednesday. […]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ speech in Strasbourg on Wednesday did not convince Lithuanian MEPs who said they only heard excuses but not real proposals on ways to deal with the debt crisis after Greek voters turned down creditors’ demands in a referendum on Sunday. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens, under which responsible institutions will be obliged to provide the Migration Department with their conclusions on individuals who have applied for a residence permit in Lithuania. […]
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