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  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian EC member: EC starts drafting unified food quality assessment methodology

The European Commission has ordered the development of a unified food quality assessment methodology in the European Union (EU) to…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania seeks EP support to Marshall Plan for Ukraine

Lithuanian politicians who have proposed a plan of European Union's (EU) financial aid to Ukraine aim to secure support at…

7 years ago
  • Culture

Decorative Tibetan-language sign to be unveiled in Vilnius’ Tibeto Skveras

Decorative signs in the Lithuanian and Tibetan languages will be unveiled in Tibeto Skveras, a small public garden in Vilnius'…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Jurbarkas district expected to return EUR 1 mln in EU funds – daily

The district of Jurbarkas, which borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, is to return almost 1 million euros in EU…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian troops leaving for Mediterranean Sea operation

Twelve troops of the Lithuanian Armed Forces' 2nd Ship Maintenance Group are leaving for southern and central part of the…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Eurostat finds food prices in Lithuania among EU’s lowest

Prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages in Lithuania last year were among the lowest across the European Union (EU), figures…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Another 12 refugees relocated to Lithuania under EU program

Twelve refugees from Syria were relocated to Lithuania under the European Union (EU) program, the Migration Department said on Wednesday.…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Foreign Ministry calls for immediate release of demonstrators in Russia

The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expressed its concern over the detention of demonstrators in Russia and called for their…

8 years ago
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  • Opinion

Lithuania’s greatest struggle – affluent countries will not understand this

The affluent EU member states have seen population increases over the past decade and this has led to more rapid…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Another 23 refugees relocated to Lithuania under EU program

Twenty-two refugees from the Middle East were relocated to Lithuania last week under the EU's resettlement program, the Migration Department…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

President Dalia Grybauskaite congratulates Ukraine on visa-free travel, calls for further reforms

President Dalia Grybauskaite on Friday congratulated Ukrainians on the start of visa-free travel to the European Union and urged them…

8 years ago
  • Opinion
  • Politics

M. Jastramskis: the president cannot walk away from what we currently have

The annual report of the President Dalia Grybauskaitė is receiving both praise regarding its structure and specificity, while others note…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania backs Brussels initiative on defense fund

Lithuania's government supports the European Commission (EC) initiative to set up a European Defense Fund, which Brussels believes would enable…

8 years ago
  • Society

Some 50,000 Lithuanians support European initiative on family definition

Around 50,000 people in Lithuania have supported a European initiative to define marriage as a union between a man and…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Slovenian president to pay official visit to Lithuania

Slovenian President Borut Pahor on Monday is coming to Lithuania for an official visit that will focus on defense and…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Foreign minister to take part in Baltic, Nordic and Visegrad Group meeting in Poland

Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius on Tuesday is taking part in a meeting of foreign ministers of the Baltic, Nordic and…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania allowed to interview refugees in Italy – minister

Interior Minister Eimutis Misiunas says that his Italian counterpart, Marco Minniti, has agreed to allow Lithuanian officials to conduct interviews…

8 years ago
  • Defence
  • Opinion

Little green men from new incubators

There a has been growing concern in Europe regarding the Kremlin’s new methods of formulating the aggressive fifth column whose…

8 years ago
  • Economy

EP member: Baltic states should be strong on Rail Baltica project

Amid the increasingly heated discussions in the Baltic states about the financing of the European-gauge Rail Baltica project from European…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Defense minister urges EU to step up capacities against hybrid threats

Enhancement of European capacities against cyber threats has to be among top priorities of the community, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis…

8 years ago