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Europe shouldn’t wage trade wars with US – Lithuanian president
The European Union should not wage a trade war with the United States, as it would harm both sides, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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MEPs to visit Lithuania in April over Ignalina N-plant closure projects
A delegation of members of the European Parliament will come to Lithuania next month to see how projects for decommissioning the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) are being implemented. […]
Economy
Lithuania has to increase investment in human capital – European Commission
The European Commission identifies increasing investment in human capital and boosting productivity and labour supply as key challenges for Lithuania. […]
Economy
Lithuania joins warning of 7 north European countries on scope of euro zone reform
Lithuania and seven more countries in northern Europe on Tuesday warned against rushing with the ambitious integration of the euro zone in fields that are still lacking a unified position of European Union (EU) member-states. […]
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Strasbourg court rejects complaint over Lithuanian writer Petkevičius’ book
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday rejected a complaint by the daughter of the late Lithuanian writer Vytautas Petkevičius over her liability for false statements published in her father’s book about the father of Lithuania’s first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis. […]
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Guy Verhofstadt Brings his EU reform ideas to Vilnius
A large enthusiast and captivated audience came out on a very cold Saturday afternoon to hear former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt speak at the annual Vilnius Book Fair. Verhofstadt is currently fraction leader of the Liberal Group in the European parliament. However, on Saturday his main message were his ideas for European reform and to make the EU stronger, more efficient, and to avoid more Brexit-like defections of the world’s largest and most powerful trading block. […]
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Lithuania seeks equal direct payments for farmers – Grybauskaitė in Brussels
Lithuania seeks that direct payments to its farmers are as close as possible to those received by their counterparts in the EU’s “old” member states, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said at a informal meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on Friday. […]
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Lithuania wants to keep current structure of EU commissioners after Brexit – president
Lithuania wants to keep the current scheme of appointment of European commissioners where every country delegates one member of the European Commission (EC) after Brexit, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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Lithuania’s president off to Brussels for talks on EU’s post-Brexit budget
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Brussels on Thursday for informal talks among the leaders of the European Union‘s (EU) member-states about the community’s 2021-2027 budget. […]
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Dispute on Lithuanian sanctions for Russian TVs moves to EU Court of Justice (Updated)
The Lithuanian government will seek to prove at the EU Court of Justice that the media watchdog’s order for rebroadcasters to move Russian TV channels to their paid packages over violations is in line with EU legislation. […]
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Lithuania will support Poland in dispute with EC – Grybauskaitė
Lithuania intends to support Poland in the dispute with the European Commission (EC) on the controversial judicial reform, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė in a position that her Polish counterpart described as well-balanced. […]
Economy
EU commission to make efforts toward uniform direct payments to farmers – Juncker
The European Commission is aware of the issue of different levels of direct payments for farmers and will make efforts to make these payments uniform across the bloc, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in Vilnius on Friday. […]
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Baltic states ask EU to include power network synchronization in next budget
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Thursday urged the leaders of the European Union (EU) to envisage funds in the community’s new budget for synchronization of the Baltic electricity networks with Western Europe. […]
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European Broadcasting Union concerned over Seimas scrutiny of Lithuania public broadcaster
Officials from the European Broadcasting Union say that the ongoing parliamentary scrutiny of the activities of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) may undermine the independence of the public broadcaster. […]
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Lithuania’s politicians united on Rail Baltica project – Bulc in Vilnius
The stance taken by Lithuanian politicians on Rail Baltica gives hope that the European-gauge railway project will remain a priority, regardless of changes in the administration, European Commissioner in charge of transport policies Violeta Bulc has said in Vilnius. […]
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Lithuania made progress in boosting traffic safety – EC member Bulc in Vilnius
Lithuania has significantly improved the statistics of traffic safety over the past few years, European Commissioner Violeta Bulc has said in Vilnius. In her words, the issue remains among the top priorities in the European Union (EU) transport sector. […]
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EU transport commissioner calls Lithuanian Railways reorganization ‘a step forward’
EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc says that Lithuania’s decision to reorganize Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) by transferring its passenger and freight transportation and infrastructure management operations to three subsidiary companies is an important decision, but time will show if the chosen model is sufficient. […]