Shinzo Abe
Foreign affairs

Japan’s PM coming to Vilnius, Kaunas

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is coming to Lithuania this weekend to meet with the country’s top officials and pay tribute to the memory of war-time Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara who rescued Jews in Kaunas. […]

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European Union

Lithuanian EC member finds no data of worse products for Central, Eastern Europe

There is no evidence of poorer quality of food products supplied to countries in Central and Eastern Europe, says Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, European commissioner from Lithuania in charge of health and food safety. […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Dalia Grybauskaitė
Foreign affairs

President calls PM’s proposal on Russia commission ‘irresponsible’

President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday described as “irresponsible” Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis‘ proposal that a Lithuania-Russia bilateral intergovernmental commission should resume its activities. […]

European Commission
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian government to decide on litigation with EC on EUR 11 mln fine

Lithuania’s government will decide on an appeal to the European Union‘s (EU) court to annul the European Commission‘s (EC) instruction for Lithuania to pay around 11.3 million euros for allegedly poor administration of support to agriculture. […]