The Lithuanian government decided on Wednesday to turn to a EU court over a 28-million-euro fine that imposed by the European Commission on Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) for hindering competition by removing a rail track to Latvia, Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis said on Wednesday. […]
The European Commission proposes to transform the 500-billion-euro European Stability Mechanism (ESM) into a European Monetary Fund (EMF) to more rapidly respond to financial difficulties in Eurozone member states. […]
Lithuania’s government has taken the initial steps in negotiations with the European Commission on revision of the time directive, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, noting that the path will not be easy. […]
Lithuania’s Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka will be in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday to attend meetings of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) of the euro group and the European Union (EU). […]
At Lithuanian diplomats’ initiative, the EU‘s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a historical visit to Brussels, EU officials said on Wednesday. […]
All of Europe is concerned about the Belarusian nuclear power plant project in Astravyets, which constantly comes under severe criticism from Lithuania due to its safety standards, says the European Commission’s President Jean-Claude Juncker, adding that Brussels would keep a close eye on the situation. […]
The so-called Istanbul Convention against abuse of women and domestic violence could be proposed for parliamentary ratification in Lithuania by the end of the year, says Vilma Šilalienė, deputy minister of social security and labour. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė attending the Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels had a bilateral meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday. […]
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour group, which has split from the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party and is headed by MPs Gediminas Kirkilas and Juozas Bernatonis, have sent a letter to European politicians and diplomats, which criticizes the Gintautas Paluckas-led LSDP as “radical left” that denies achievements of market economy. […]
Lithuanian MEP Antanas Guoga condemns the false accuses towards Euroleage calling it a basketball Cold War and sees the flaws in the new FIBA system. The concern regarding the conflicting scheduling of Euroleage clubs´ sessions and FIBA´s qualification tournaments for the basketball World Cup and the Olympics´20 was raised last week in the European Parliament, MEP Antanas Guoga press office informed. […]
Lithuania’s draft budget for 2018 complies with the fiscal requirements of the Stability and Growth Pact, the European Commission said on Wednesday. […]
In the lead-up to the European Union‘s Eastern Partnership summit, officials in Brussels hail improving relations with Belarus, but promise Lithuania that they will keep up pressure on Minsk to ensure the safety and security of its Astravyets nuclear power plant. […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that Lithuania had no chance of attracting the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA), which will relocate from London after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. […]
After the European Union (EU) earmarked money for financing efforts to combat misinformation from third countries starting next year, Vilnius University lecturer Mantas Martišius said it was a positive step, noting that 800,000 euros per year was not enough. […]
“The summit in Brussels should be forward-looking, injecting new dynamism providing a clear political vision for the future of our Eastern Partnership. Differentiation is key. As our resources are limited, the principle of ‘more for more and less for less’ should be implemented. We should focus our resources much more on those Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries who have made remarkable progress on their European path”, said Laima Andrikienė MEP, co-author of the European Parliament’s recommendations ahead of the EaP Summit on 24 November. […]
Lithuania’s Transport and Communications Ministry will suggest to the government to rebuild the railway stretch from Mažeikiai to Renge, Latvia, which recently caused the European Commission to impose a 28-million-euro fine for Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG). […]
The new defense integration deal signed by Lithuania and the rest of the European Union (EU) earlier this week will have new practical benefit, say analysts of the United States conservative public policy research centre Heritage Foundation. […]
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Lithuania supports the territorial integrity of Spain and calls for dialog in solving the crisis over the Catalan independence declaration as a confrontational path will mean riots and victims. […]
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg is on Thursday coming Lithuania on a two-day official visit. […]
Lithuania will not slow down the pace of relocation of refugees after expiry of the European Union’s (EU) two-year program, says Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas. […]
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