Agnė Širinskienė
Foreign affairs

EU-Canada trade pact still sitting in Lithuanian Seimas committee’s drawer

The Seimas Committee on Health Affairs (CHA) does not plan to make its decision on the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union and Canada in the near future, although Lithuanian diplomats expected the parliament to decide on this issue by the end of its last spring session. […]

Rokas Masiulis
Foreign affairs

After meeting with Vestager, transport minister mum on future decisions for railway company

Lithuania’s Transport and Communications Minister Rokas Masiulis has so far provided no comment on the decision to be taken by the country’s government to fix the competition violation established by the European Commission in connection to Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) dismantling of a railway stretch to Latvia, a move that led to an EC fine of nearly 28 million euros. […]

Linas Linkevičius
Foreign affairs

Astravyets stress tests do not prove plant’s safety – Lithuanian formin

The stress tests of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) under construction in Belarus close to Lithuania’s border do not prove that the nuclear facility is being built safely, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]

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Foreign affairs

2 refugees from Eritrea transferred to Lithuania under EU program

Lithuania has transferred two refugees from Eritrea – a male and a female – into its territory under the European Union (EU) program. […]

Dominica following hurricane Maria
Foreign affairs

Lithuania provides EUR 10,000 in aid to hurricane-hit Dominica

The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that it has allocated 10,000 euros in aid to the Hurricane Maria-hit Caribbean island of Dominica. […]