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Lithuanian defence minister says EU should send humanitarian aid and military equipment to Ukraine
The European Union should provide Ukraine with both humanitarian aid and military equipment, Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said in an informal meeting of EU defence ministers in Milan this week. […]
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Lithuanian prime minister congratulates Tusk and Mogherini on appointment to EU’s top jobs
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius has congratulated Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk on his appointment as the new president of the European Council, the prime minister’s press office said. […]
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Lithuanian president reveals her vote in EU appointments
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has confirmed that during the recent meeting of the European Council she voted in favour of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk‘s appointment as the new President of the European Council but abstained during the vote on Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini‘s appointment as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister says Tusk’s and Mogherini’s appointments to top EU jobs are “compromise”
The appointment of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk as the new President of the European Council and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy was a compromise solution, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
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Lithuania’s Linkevičius tight-lipped on candidates for EU foreign policy chief
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius refuses to comment on his Italian counterpart Federica Mogherini‘s chances of being appointment the new EU foreign policy chief. Lithuania’s leaders have expressed reservations about the candidacy due to what they say are Mongerini’s Russian sympathies. […]
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President Grybauskaitė: New sanctions over Ukraine are not sufficient
The new tougher sanctions over the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, agreed by the European Council late on Wednesday night, are still not sufficient, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
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EU leaders endorse Lithuania’s euro zone membership
The European Council said on Friday that Lithuania is ready to adopt the euro in 2015. […]