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EU must maintain ambitious Eastern Partnership agenda, Lithuanian foreign minister insists

At the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 16 March in Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, while speaking about the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit on 21-22 May 2015, noted that it was important to set a strategic direction for Eastern Partnership and take a further step forward from the Warsaw and Vilnius Summits, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]

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Some EU countries had bilateral export talks with Russia, EU Commission confirms

The European Commission says that representatives of some EU member states have apparently met with Russia‘s representatives in recent months to discuss food export issues without informing the EU’s executive body or other countries. […]

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Bank of Lithuania joins other Eurosystem banks in massive cash injection programme

The Bank of Lithuania, jointly with the European Central Bank (ECB) and other central banks of the Eurosystem as of 9 March is undertaking an expanded asset purchase programme. Under this programme, the central banks of the Eurosystem will buy bonds issued by euro area governments, agencies and European institutions in the secondary market, Lithuania’s central bank has announced. […]

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Lithuania hopes for speedier TTIP negotiations

In the meeting with UK’s Director for International Trade & Export Control of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Chris Barton, the Lithuanian Government’s Chancellor Alminas Mačiulis brought up the subject of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and its current relevance, the press service of the Government said. […]

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Lithuania expects EC’s support for Rail Baltica

Lithuania’s Minister of Transport and Communications Rimantas Sinkevičius is meeting with Violeta Bulc, the European Commissioner for Transport, on Tuesday. During the meeting, the officials will discuss transport issues important to Lithuania, including the progress of the Rail Baltica project and its funding possibilities. […]