Africa

  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

L. Kasčiūnas: How many migrants shall Lithuania take in this time?

The deadline established two years ago for EU Member States to take in a fixed number of refugees has expired.…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Angolan foreign minister to visit Lithuania

Angolan Foreign Minister Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti is to pay a working visit to Vilnius on Thursday. [...]

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

UN official says Lithuania won’t avoid immigration amid climate change

European governments must prepare to deal with new flows of migrants who will leave their countries because of climate change…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuanian IT entrepreneurs find success in Africa

Lithuanian IT entrepreneurs are increasingly looking to Africa to grow their business and develop new products, with a range of…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuanians oppose unskilled migrants despite labour shortages

There is a growing recognition that immigration will be needed to solve skill shortages in the Lithuanian labour market, but…

8 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuanian president on refugees: no documents, no asylum

The European Union must prioritize the security of European citizens over that of refugees, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė believes. If…

9 years ago
  • Economy

New push to exploit Middle East markets for dairy and meat products

Lithuanian meat and milk processors and the Ministry of Economy have created a joint working group to prepare and implement…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania falls short of its development aid commitments

Proudly transitioning from an aid receiver to an affluent Western society, Lithuania has yet to live up to its commitments…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian troops leaving for Somalia anti-piracy operation

Lithuania's port city of Klaipėda is hosting on Monday a farewell ceremony for the Lithuanian troops leaving for the European…

9 years ago
  • European Union

Distributing refugees alone will not solve problem, Lithuanian president says

Lithuania is ready to share the immigrant burden with South Europe but this measure alone will not solve the problem…

9 years ago
  • Society

Future leaders of Africa met at International Summer School at MRU

Tomorrow’s leaders of Africa met all this week at the Transparency International (TI) Summer School held on the campus of…

9 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuanian government considers sending helicopter to Mediterranean

Amidst the European Union's (EU) efforts to solve the immigration crisis, the Lithuanian government is considering the possibility to assign…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s MFA condemns terrorist attack in Kenya

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) strongly condemned the brutal terrorist attack of 2 April in the university town…

10 years ago
  • European Union

EU commissioner notes progress in anti-Ebola efforts in Africa

Progress has been made in the efforts to mitigate the Ebola epidemic in Africa, but more instruments and doctors will…

10 years ago
  • European Union

EU commissioner Andriukaitis: Ebola is not a threat far away

The situation in western Africa, the epicentre of the Ebola epidemic, remains extremely fragile and Europe should not view the…

10 years ago
  • European Union

EU Health Commissioner Andriukaitis going to Ebola outbreak countries

The European Union's (EU) Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, delegated by Lithuania, plans to go to the…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Vilnius student Monika discovers Africa

Lithuanian student Monika Povilėnaitė got a fascinating look at life in the West African state of Ghana when she took…

10 years ago