Foreign affairs
WHO Regional Committee for Europe to convene in Vilnius
Vilnius is hosting the 65th annual session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe on Monday. […]
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European Union
Lithuania to join opposition to mandatory migrant quotas at EU talks
Lithuania and other Central and Eastern European countries plan to resist the introduction of a permanent mandatory migrant quota system as EU interior ministers are meeting in Brussels on Monday. […]
Defence
Lithuania asks NATO generals for permanent forces and air defence
The Baltic states have asked NATO‘s leaders and chiefs of defence of the Alliance’s member-states for constant rotation of Allied forces, although decisions will be made by politicians, Lithuania’s Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas stated on Saturday. […]
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Foreign minister of Lithuania pays tribute to Sugihara
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Friday attended an informal discussion at the Sugihara House in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, on educational projects, introducing Chiune Sugihara’s achievements, prospects for cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the need to raise general public awareness, in particular amongst young people, on the legacy of Sugihara and other diplomats who saved lives. […]
Energy
Energy minister: Lithuania’s N-plant project could be launched within three months
Lithuania’s stalled project on the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas, in the eastern part of the country, is at the most advanced stage, compared to similar projects in Europe, Lithuania’s Energy Minister has said, adding that the construction of the facility could be launched within three months if the Baltic countries agreed to do that. […]
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Society
Lithuanian police crack child pornography distribution network
In cooperation with foreign counterparts, Lithuania’s police have busted a distribution network of pornography involving minors, with suspicions brought against 12 individuals so far. […]
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Politics
Lithuanian president proposes candidate for prosecutor general
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has proposed Edita Dambrauskienė, the chairwoman of the Kaišiadorys District Regional Court, for the post of prosecutor general. […]
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European Union
Lithuania won’t support permanent crisis resettlement scheme, interior minister says
Lithuania intends to speak against the permanent mechanism that would empower the European Commission to decide on refugee resettlement in case of future crises, says the country’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Politics
Lithuanian government okays resettlement of 1,105 refugees
Lithuania’s government on Thursday gave a green light to resettling 1,105 refugees from countries like Syria, Iraq and Eritrea, under a plan proposed by the European Union (EU). […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Grybauskaitė: Solidarity in refugee crisis can’t be ‘coercive mechanism’
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the country agrees with Brussels’ recommendation on distribution of refugees, saying that future solidarity in sharing burdens should not be based on “coercive mechanisms”. […]
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Economy
Lithuanian unions stage rally in protest of labour code changes
Around one thousand people attended a rally outside the parliament in central Vilnius on Thursday, protesting against the government’s planned liberalization of the Labour Code. Rally organizers say the reform will reduce certain guarantees for workers. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament backs ‘Paksas amendment’
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday gave its initial backing to a constitutional amendment that will allow Rolandas Paksas, leader of the Order and Justice party, to run for parliament and president. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament opens autumn session
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday opened its autumn session and President Dalia Grybauskaitė called on lawmakers to stick to fiscal discipline and look for measures to reduce social inequality. […]
Politics
EU Commissioner Andriukaitis compares refugee crisis to post-WWII Lithuanian exodus
Lithuania-delegated EU Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis says, in comment on Brussels’ proposal for European countries to share the refugee burden, that Lithuanians should remember their own emigrants who left for the West at the end of World War Two. […]
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