She is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas.
“EU budget talks, NATO’s summit and Eastern Partnership issues are planned to be discussed,” Government Vice-Chancellor Deividas Matulionis told BNS.
The Romanian prime minister will also visit Latvia and Estonia as part of her Baltic tour.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the government is looking for sources to fund the planned reintroduction of a reduced 9 percent VAT rate on district heating and hot water services this year, but sticks to his position that the rate should be raised to 15 percent starting next year. […]
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed 75 years ago is remembered as the beginning of an alliance between Hitler and Stalin that divided Eastern Europe between the two totalitarian dictators and opened the way to World War II. That it certainly was, but the accord had another impact as well: reaction to it marked the beginning of an alliance between Lithuania and her Baltic neighbours with the United States. […]
There’s no basis to speak about a pause in the EU enlargement process, despite recent statements of the new European Commission president, says European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule. […]