European Union

Lithuanian agriculture minister calls for extraordinary EU ministers meeting

Following the introduction of sanctions on food imports by the Russian Federation, Lithuania’s Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė has turned to Italian Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Minister Maurizio Martina, who holds the rotating presidency of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH), with a request to convene an extraordinary meeting of EU ministers of agriculture as soon as possible, possibly even in August. […]

Moscow, Russia
European Union

EU sanctions don’t spell catastrophe for Russia, expert says

One by one, Russia‘s state-run banks are feeling the brunt of new sanctions. […]

European Union

Modernizing transport: European priority

The European Commission selected a total of 106 projects that will benefit from over EUR 320 million in EU support for improving transport infrastructure across Europe. The funding will support projects announced by the Commission in 2013 and is effective through “Trans-European transport network (TEN-T) Program”; since January 2014 – the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA). […]

Head of the Russian Federal Security Service Aleksandr Bortnikov
European Union

Fifteen more people and organizations added to EU’s blacklist

The list of people and organizations subject to European Union sanctions for their role in aggression in Ukraine has been extended to include additional 15 Ukrainian and Russian nationals, as well as 18 organizations. […]

Linas Linkevičius, Catherine Ashton
European Union

Foreign Minister Linkevičius on France selling warships to Russia: Economy trumps common sense

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, who arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Tuesday, voiced a cautious position on economic sanctions against Russia, but called for imposing movement restrictions for officials close to the Kremlin and stopping sales of weaponry to Russia. […]