Yevgeni Titov
Politics

Migration Department to again decide on asylum for Russian journalist

Lithuania’s Supreme Administrative Court on Tuesday satisfied the claim by Russian journalist Yevgeni Titov who was refused asylum in Lithuania, authorizing the Migration Department to reconsider the foreigner’s asylum application. […]

Minister of Defence Raimundas Karoblis
Defence

Lithuania’s 2018 defense budget should be 2.006 pct of GDP

Lithuania’s defense budget for 2018 should be 2.006 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis cited the latest calculations on Tuesday. […]

Margrethe Vestager
Economy

Vestager doesn’t comment on Lithuania’s chances to get Gazprom compensation

The European Union’s (EU) Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has so far refused to comment on the possibilities for European countries to get compensations from Russia’s Gazprom gas concern over past overcharging for gas, saying she did not know when the European Commission would complete the Gazprom anti-monopoly survey on its operations in Central and Eastern Europe. […]

At the Seimas
Politics

Standstill grips Lithuanian popularity survey

No major changes were reported in the ratings of Lithuania’s parties, personalities and the government in September, with opposition conservatives and the ruling Farmers and Greens Union topping the polls, shows the latest survey conducted for delfi.lt news portal. […]

Linas Linkevičius
Foreign affairs

Lithuania, India sign extradition treaty

The foreign ministers of Lithuania and India signed a bilateral treaty on extradition in Delhi on Monday, envisaging procedures for extradition of suspected offenders. […]