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European Union
Lithuania calls for dialog in solving Catalan crisis
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Lithuania supports the territorial integrity of Spain and calls for dialog in solving the crisis over the Catalan independence declaration as a confrontational path will mean riots and victims. […]
Opinion
Catalonia. Spain. Twilight for Europe
I am writing this text on October 15, two weeks after the historic referendum in Catalonia which Spain tried to wreck with brutal police methods. In spite of endless threats and violence, 90% of Catalans […]
European Union
European Union
Seimas committee calls use of force in Spain unjustifiable
The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday described as unjustifiable the use of force in Spain against participants of last Sunday’s referendum on Catalonia‘s independence. […]
European Union
Violence in Spain will burden Madrid-Catalonia dialogue – Lithuanian president
Sunday’s violence in Spain will burden the dialogue between Madrid and supporters of Catalonia‘s independence, says Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
European Union
Spain needs dialogue with its citizens – Lithuanian formin
Spain is in crucial need of a dialogue with its citizens, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said following clashes between police and protesters in Catalonia, Spain, over the region’s independence referendum. […]
European Union
Comparison of Catalonian, Baltic independence ideas wrong – Foreign Minister Linkevičius
Comparing the Catalonian aspirations to break free from Spain with the Baltic states’ movement to gain independence from the Soviet Union would be incorrect, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
CORPORATE
European cities demand a say in refugee policy
“Europe hasn’t failed, states have – as administrative subjects”, Raul Romeva, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Institutional Relations and Transparency in the Catalan Government, said as he closed an international forum on refugee integration earlier in May. […]
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Would Kennedy say “I am a Catalonian” today?
In thinking about European values and ideals, I wish to address all Europeans and particularly their political leaders. I particularly am addressing high-ranking politicians in Norway, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. I hope to touch their conscience and their courage. […]
Opinion
Opinion: The EU and Russia – how to obtain independence legitimately
Once again there is an air of crisis across Europe. […]