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President Grybauskaitė on EU investment plan: The goal now is to cause the snowball effect
The European Union‘s key goal is to start a snowball effect so that each euro from public coffers attracts 15 euros of investment from various other sources, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has told LRT radio before leaving for a Brussels summit on Thursday. […]
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EU pledges support to synchronization of Baltic and European power systems
The European Union (EU) intends to provide financial support to the instruments that would ensure synchronization of Baltic electricity grids with Western European power networks after the current financial perspective expires in 2020, EU leaders said in conclusions approved at the summit in Brussels. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president gets provocative question from Russian reporter in Brussels
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė arrived in Brussels on Thursday for an EU summit, where she was instantly approached by a Russian-speaking reporter with a provocative question. […]
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Lithuania outdid Greece in accountability of EU Council presidency spending
Lithuania outdid Greece in terms of EU Council presidency accountability, international anti-corruption non-governmental organization Transparency International has said. […]
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French officer and Finnish journalist to present Vilnius case on EU-US trade talks at EU Council simulation
When flags of 28 European Union (EU) member-states are put down on a round table in Paris on Thursday, a French civil aviation administration officer and a Finnish newspaper journalist will sit behind the Lithuanian flag. […]
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EU announces new set of sanctions on Russia
After a week’s delay, the European Union has declared a new set of sanctions on Russia. […]
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Lithuanian deputy parliament speaker: Italian EU Council presidency will affect EU’s foreign policy
“The Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) should make an impact on the EU’s foreign policy. It is the search for a new momentum in EU foreign policy that is one of the key priorities of the Italian Presidency. I am sure that this task will not pose a problem to Italy as one of the founding members of the Community that presides over the Council of the EU for the twelfth time,” said Gediminas Kirkilas, Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, according to the press service of the Seimas. […]