European Parliament

  • European Union

EP president advisor Pranckevičius: Proposal for EU to purchase Mistral ships is “original and creative”

The proposal for the European Union to purchase Mistral ships from France is welcomed in Brussels and is a way…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuanian EC nominee on his performance before European Parliament: This is not a beauty contest

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, the Lithuanian nominee for the European Commission, attended his confirmation hearings at the European Parliament on Tuesday.…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Office of Lithuania’s EC delegate to be tun by diplomat Vinčiūnas

If Vytenis Andriukaitis of Lithuania is entrusted with the health and food safety portfolio in the new European Commission, his…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuania’s EC nominee Andriukaitis tells EP he will seek to attract more investment in health

Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Lithuanian nominee for the health and food safety portfolio in the new European Commission, says that as…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian MEP Uspaskich in trouble over assistant

Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich, former leader of the Labour Party and member of ALDE/ADLE Group in the European Parliament, might…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuania’s EC nominee Andriukaitis to appear before EP committees on Tuesday

Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Lithuanian nominee for the health and food safety portfolio in the new European Commission, is introducing himself…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Latvian MEP slammed by EP leaders for comments on Crimea

European Parliament President Martin Schulz has sent a letter to European Parliament Member from Latvia Tatjana Zdanoka (Latvian Union of…

10 years ago
  • European Union

EuroMaidan nominated for EP’s Sakharov prize

Nominations were made on Tuesday for the European Parliament’s 2014 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Among them is the…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian MEP: Russia has intensified harassment of Baltic states

The Russian government, involved in the bloody conflict in eastern Ukraine, has intensified the harassment of the Baltic states, says…

10 years ago
  • European Union

EU entertains idea to buy out Mistral warships from France

Europe's right wing will suggest member-states of the European Union (EU) to buy out the Mistral warships under construction in…

10 years ago
  • European Union

EP to consider lifting Lithuanian MEP’s immunity

President of the European Parliament (EP) Martin Schulz informed before Monday's plenary session in Strasbourg that the EP has received…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuanian EC candidate: Food safety will be crucial in context of political events in Eastern Europe

Lithuania's former health minister Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, who was on Wednesday officially confirmed as candidate for the health and food…

10 years ago
  • European Union

EP President Schulz: New sanctions on Russia may slow down EU’s growth

The European Union (EU) must impose tougher sanctions against Russia but the Europeans should understand that those measures may also…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuania’s European commissioner nominee tipped for health portfolio

The European Commission has completed the list of proposed new EU commissioners, EUObserver.com reports. With enough women to meet the…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuanian EC candidate to discuss his duties with Juncker on Thursday

The Lithuanian candidate for European commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis intends to discuss his duties with the Commission's new President Jean-Claude…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuanian MEP addresses his colleagues about situation in Ukraine

Member of the European Parliament Valentinas Mazuronis has addressed his colleagues in the European Parliament in an open letter. The…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and Baltic Way anniversaries commemorated in Stockholm

On the occasion of the 75th Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way, the Baltic communities of…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian Order and Justice party 290,000 euros in debt after EP elections

Lithuania's Order and Justice party, which has won two mandates in the European Parliament, has been left with a debt…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania turns to European Parliament to strip MEP Uspaskich of legal immunity – again

Lithuania's acting Prosecutor General Darius Raulušaitis on Monday turned to European Parliament President Martin Schulz with a request to take…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Most Lithuanian MEPs assigned to work with Eastern Europe

On Thursday the European Parliament approved the composition of EP delegations to parliaments in non-EU countries. [...]

10 years ago