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Lithuanians among most enthusiastic about EU membership, want UK to stay – poll
A new poll shows that 70% of Lithuanians were positive about the country’s EU membership, the fifth highest rating in the European Union. […]
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Three of four UK demands to avoid Brexit agreed upon, says Lithuanian President
European Union and British negotiators have reached agreement on most of Britain’s demand for reforms, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said, adding that agreement on London’s proposal to cut benefits for EU migrants was also in sight. […]
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Discrimination against some EU citizens cannot be price for avoiding Brexit – Lithuanian President
European Union countries must look for compromise and help the British government convince the British people to stay in the Union, but not at the price of discrimination against EU citizens, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė ahead of important talks in Brussels. […]
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EC proposal calls for more power to intervene in member states’ gas supply agreements
The European Commission has presented a package of proposals to ensure the Eropean Union’s energy security, including a measure allowing the EC to review and block member states’ agreements with third-country gas suppliers if they threaten other members’ energy security. […]
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Lithuania ‘cannot imagine’ EU without Britain
Lithuania cannot imagine the European Union (EU) without the United Kingdom, says the country’s Ambassador to the EU Jovita Neliupšienė. […]
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EU’s refugee relocation from Greece ‘disappointing’, says ambassador
The European Union‘s response to Greece‘s requests for refugee relocation has been disappointing so far, Greek Ambassador to Lithuania Iraklis Asteriadis says. […]
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Germany’s change of heart on refugees will affect all Europe, Lithuanian analyst says
Germany is having second thoughts about welcoming refugees and this will have effects throughout Europe, says Lithuanian political scientist Kęstutis Girnius. […]
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Refugee resettlement in Lithuania and EU ‘is failing’
Lithuania and the European Union is likely to fail to implement the refugee resettlement plan, says Government Vice-Chancellor Rimantas Vaitkus. […]
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Draft proposals to keep Britain in EU to hit Lithuanian migrants in UK
Draft proposals by European Council president Donald Tusk to keep Britain in the European Union include proposals for an ‘emergency brake’ that would allow countries to curb in-work benefits to migrants for up to four years that could affect the many Lithuanian emigrants living and working in the UK, or planning to move to the UK. […]
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Lithuanian president on refugees: no documents, no asylum
The European Union must prioritize the security of European citizens over that of refugees, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė believes. If that requires reintroducing border controls, so be it, she said in an interview with LRT radio. […]
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Europe’s security might trump freedom of movement, Lithuanian minister says
The European Union might have to sacrifice the free movement of people for the sake of security, if it fails to control the flow of migrants, Lithuanian Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
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EU to demand veto on Gazprom deals with EU countries including Lithuania
The EU is seeking new powers to vet gas contracts between Russia and EU countries like Lithuania and the Baltic States before they are signed in an effort to curb the influence of Gazprom on European Union gas markets. […]
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Brexit is bigger challenge for EU than refugees, Lithuanian MP says
Britain’s planned referendum on quitting the European Union is a bigger challenge to the EU than the migration crisis, says Gediminas Kirkilas, the chairman of the Lithuanian parliament’s European Affairs Committee, after meeting with his Baltic and Polish counterparts. […]
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EU must tighten migration policies or risk political instability, Lithuanian president says
The European Union must tighten its immigration policies as a massive influx of refugees could otherwise create political instability, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in an interview to Bloomberg. […]
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Lithuanian billionaire’s move to UK raises questions about double taxation avoidance agreement
The move of billionaire Nerijus Numavičius, Lithuania’s wealthiest person, to the UK has raised questions about how the tax agreements between the two countries, designed to avoid double taxation, will apply in Numavičius’ case. […]
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Refugee resettlement stalling: European Parliament debates binding obligations including Lithuania
Policymakers increasingly admit that Europe’s refugee relocation mechanism is stalling – countries like Lithuania feel it first-hand. Lithuania’s participation has not started on a high note – the only family (four persons) relocated under the mechanism is already suing the country for granting legal protection rather than refugee status. […]
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EU budget review likely to fund response to refugee crisis, says Finance Minister
The European Commission could find additional funding for handling the refugee crisis by reviewing the European Union‘s budget, said Lithuanian Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius. […]
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EC’s investigation still long way from sanctioning Poland, Lithuanian expert says
Warsaw cannot ignore the fundamental rules of the European Union said a leading Lithuanian political scientist as the European Commission opened an unprecedented investigation into the rule of law in Poland. […]
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London does not wish to breach fundamental principles of EU – Lidington in Vilnius
London is not seeking to restrict the free movement of persons or workers in the European Union, but finds it unfair that incoming immigrants can use the UK‘s benefit system without having contributed to it, said UK’s Minister of State for Europe David Lidington in Vilnius. […]
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Denying benefits to EU migrants in Britain is ‘discrimination’, President Grybauskaitė says
The European Union‘s talks with the United Kingdom in the run-up to its membership referendum will be complicated, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. While she supports London’s drive to make the EU more efficient and less bureaucratic, she has said that proposals to deny benefits to EU nationals residing in Britain are “discriminatory”. […]