The proposal for the European Union to purchase Mistral ships from France is welcomed in Brussels and is a way out of a particularly complex situation, says Arnoldas Pranckevičius, External Policies Advisor to the President of the European Parliament. […]
Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, the Lithuanian nominee for the European Commission, attended his confirmation hearings at the European Parliament on Tuesday. Andriukaitis, who is tipped for the health portfolio, would not rate his performance, but said that answering questions of the European Parliament members was a worthwhile experience. […]
If Vytenis Andriukaitis of Lithuania is entrusted with the health and food safety portfolio in the new European Commission, his office, starting from 1 November, would be led by Arūnas Vinčiūnas, Lithuania’s deputy permanent representative to the EU. […]
Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Lithuanian nominee for the health and food safety portfolio in the new European Commission, says that as a commissioner he will encourage the EU’s most powerful member states to invest more in health and will work on the tobacco and cross-border healthcare directives and GMO regulation. […]
Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich, former leader of the Labour Party and member of ALDE/ADLE Group in the European Parliament, might be in trouble for questionable assistant hiring practices. Fellow Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, of the PPE Group, on Monday asked the European Parliament to look into the matter, BNS reports. […]
Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Lithuanian nominee for the health and food safety portfolio in the new European Commission, is introducing himself to members of the European Parliament and answering their questions on Tuesday. […]
European Parliament President Martin Schulz has sent a letter to European Parliament Member from Latvia Tatjana Zdanoka (Latvian Union of Russians), telling her that he has immediately informed the proper authorities in Ukraine regarding her comments about Crimea, which are “in contradiction to the EU’s stance”. […]
Nominations were made on Tuesday for the European Parliament’s 2014 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Among them is the Ukrainian EuroMaidan movement, which led to the overthrow of the regime of Viktor Yanukovych, Euractiv reports. […]
The Russian government, involved in the bloody conflict in eastern Ukraine, has intensified the harassment of the Baltic states, says Lithuanian member of the European Parliament Valentinas Mazuronis. […]
Europe’s right wing will suggest member-states of the European Union (EU) to buy out the Mistral warships under construction in France commissioned by Russia, Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Tuesday. […]
President of the European Parliament (EP) Martin Schulz informed before Monday’s plenary session in Strasbourg that the EP has received a request from the Lithuanian authorities to lift the immunity of Member of the European Parliament Viktor Uspaskich, who is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. […]
Lithuania’s former health minister Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, who was on Wednesday officially confirmed as candidate for the health and food safety portfolio in the European Commission, says that the field is very important amid the Russian attempts to politicize food safety issues and the EU negotiations with the United States on a trade agreement. […]
The European Union (EU) must impose tougher sanctions against Russia but the Europeans should understand that those measures may also affect the Union, president of the European Parliament says. […]
The European Commission has completed the list of proposed new EU commissioners, EUObserver.com reports. With enough women to meet the requirements of the European Parliament, it can approve the new 28-member team headed by Jean-Claude Juncker. […]
The Lithuanian candidate for European commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis intends to discuss his duties with the Commission‘s new President Jean-Claude Juncker this week. […]
Member of the European Parliament Valentinas Mazuronis has addressed his colleagues in the European Parliament in an open letter. The Lithuanian representative has called to apply maximum sanctions against Russia, to impose a full embargo on its military weapons without any exceptions and to provide help to Ukraine. […]
On the occasion of the 75th Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way, the Baltic communities of Sweden in co-operation with Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Embassies, Estonian Swedes Cultural Organisation and the Måndagsrörelsen (The Monday Movement) organized in Stockholm a meeting to commemorate the historical events. […]
Lithuania’s Order and Justice party, which has won two mandates in the European Parliament, has been left with a debt of nearly 1 million litas (EUR 289,000), shows a financial report submitted to the Central Electoral Commission. […]
Lithuania’s acting Prosecutor General Darius Raulušaitis on Monday turned to European Parliament President Martin Schulz with a request to take away the immunity from prosecution of Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich. The Lithuanian Court of Appeals is currently hearing a fraud case against him. […]
On Thursday the European Parliament approved the composition of EP delegations to parliaments in non-EU countries. […]
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