Dalia Grybauskaitė
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Lithuanian president hopes for extension of Russia sanctions

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė hopes the European Council will extend the sectoral sanctions for Russia, in place since last July, during its meeting several weeks hence. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuanian president delivers State of the Nation address: The world is not a peaceful place

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė made her annual State of the Nation address at the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, on Thursday. In her speech, the president mostly focused on national defence, security challenges stemming from Russia‘s aggressive policies, as well as emigration of working-age population. Grybauskaitė also stressed the need to work more on addressing social issues, particularly in childcare institutions. […]

Linas Linkevičius
European Union

Lithuanian foreign minister says burden-sharing of refugees in EU must be voluntary

At the EU General Affairs Council meeting on 19 May in Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius discussed progress in implementing measures to tackle migratory flows in the Mediterranean Sea region adopted at a special meeting of the European Council on 23 April 2015. […]

D. Grybauskaitė, F. Mogherini, M. Schultzas, A. Merkel, N. Anastasiades
European Union

EU to work out plan by June against Russian “disinformation campaigns”

The European Union‘s (EU) institutions intend to work out a strategic communication plan by June to “challenge Russia‘s ongoing disinformation campaigns”, heads of EU states and governments have agreed in Brussels. […]

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European Union

EU defence ministers understand threat from Russia, Lithuania’s Olekas says

Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says that defence ministers of the European Union countries perceive the threat of a hybrid armed conflict rising from the East and the need for the EU to be ready to repel this threat. […]