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Economy

Fishermen and environmentalists disagree on protected areas in Baltic Sea

Fishermen in Lithuania are concerned about the European Union‘s regulations to define protected areas in the Baltic Sea and fear they might be left without fishing areas, the Vakarų Ekspresas daily reports. […]

Anatoly Mikhailov
Society

Belarusian opposition accuses Vilnius-based European Humanities University leadership of authoritarianism

Members of the Belarusian opposition have turned to Lithuanian politicians for help over leadership of the European Humanities University (EHU) which is operating in Vilnius, saying it is transforming the exiled university into Russia’s fifth column, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]

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Lithuanian MEP calls for moving 2018 FIFA World Cup from Russia

Lithuanian MEP Petras Auštrevičius has called for stripping Russia of the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup and move it to some other country, or otherwise boycott the championship. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis
European Union

Lithuanian president slams EU Commissioner Andriukaitis over Russia embargo talks

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė sees Brussels’ proposal to Moscow to hold talks on lifting the existing food embargo with individual EU countries as a “deplorable precedent” and believes that Lithuania’s representative, European Commissioner for Heath and Food Safety Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, must take responsibility for that, a presidential adviser said on Tuesday. […]

European Union

EU agriculture chief: EU to speak with one voice with Russia about trade sanctions

The European Union (EU) will be unified in talks with Russia over possible lifting of sanctions for certain food products, Phil Hogan, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, said after a Farm Council meeting on Monday. […]