Greece
European Union

Lithuanian president: Greece wants others to pay for its party

Greece wants to feast and to have other countries pay its bills, Lithuania’s president has said, adding that Lithuania has a tough stance towards the Greek debt crisis in particular as the country does not want, in the president’s words, to take responsibility for several decades of living beyond its means. […]

Raimundas Karoblis
European Union

EU united on Russia sanctions, Lithuanian diplomat says

EU ambassadors were united on Wednesday when they agreed to extend the existing economic sanctions against Russia until the end of January, 2016, Lithuania’s Permanent Representative to the EU Raimundas Karoblis says. […]

Rebecca Harms
European Union

German MEP in Lithuania: Shale gas extraction is unnecessary

Rebecca Harms, Co-Chair of the Group of the Greens at the European Parliament, says that shale gas extraction will not contribute to reducing carbon dioxide emissions. And if shale gas is going to be extracted, then tight regulation related to environment and water resources is needed. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
European Union