Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s ambassadors, honorary consuls start annual meetings
Lithuania’s ambassadors and honorary consuls on Monday started their annual conventions. […]
European Union
Politics
Seimas adopts amendments on personal info protection
The Seimas of Lithuania on Saturday adopted amendments to the Law on the Legal Protection of Personal Data, related to the ongoing personal data reform in the European Union. […]
Energy
EU to present its assessment of Astravyets NPP’ stress tests
The European Union is set to publish its stress test assessment for Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus near the Lithuanian border. […]
Foreign affairs
EU Brexit negotiator Barnier to visit Lithuania this week
The European Union‘s top Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is set to come to Lithuania this week. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania denies entry to 4 Pakistanis with Fan-IDs
Lithuanian border guards last night prevented four Pakistanis with World Cup Fan IDs from entering the country. […]
Foreign affairs
Football fans have smoothly travelled via Lithuania, minister says
Football fans have smoothly travelled from mainland Russia to its exclave of Kaliningrad via Lithuania, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas said on Thursday. […]
Defence
Lithuanian defmin signs JEF deal in London
Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis on Thursday signed the agreement on the creation of the UK Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) during his visit to London. […]
Politics
Longer Russian-language programs will have to be dubbed in Lithuanian, Seimas decides
Programs with a duration exceeding 90 minutes, broadcast in the Russian or any other non-EU language, will have to be dubbed in Lithuanian, after the Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted an amendment to the Law on the Provision of Information to the Public, with 81 votes in favor, no votes against and six abstentions. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian judge appointed to the EU Court of Justice
Irmantas Jarukaitis, a judge from the Lithuanian Chief Administrative Court, has been appointed to the Court of Justice of the European Union. […]
Foreign affairs
Football fans travelled to Russia’s Kaliningrad via Lithuania without incidents
Around 1,600 football fans traveled by train to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad via Lithuania on Thursday night without any incidents, Renatas Požėla, commander of border guards, told BNS Lithuania. […]
Energy
Power grid synchronization is final step in Lithuania’s European integration – president
A political agreement to be signed in Brussels on Thursday on the Baltic power grids’ synchronization with the Continental European system marks Lithuania’s final step toward full energy independence and integration into Europe, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said. […]
Energy
Economy
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president discusses budget, migration, security with EU ambassadors
President Dalia Grybauskaitė met on Wednesday with EU member states’ ambassadors accredited to Lithuania to discuss EU budget, migration and security issues. […]
Defence
Lithuania draws up cyber security strategy
The Lithuanian Defense Ministry has for the first time drawn up a national cyber security strategy. […]
Economy
Lithuania must rely on innovation, not EU money, to avoid middle-income trap – EU official
Lithuania has to ensure technological progress and innovation to avoid falling into a middle-income trap, a senior European Commission (EC) official said on Wednesday. […]
Politics
Lithuania drafts anti-exclusion plan for its southeast
Lithuania’s Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas on Wednesday introduced the government to a plan aimed at reducing social and economic differences in southeastern Lithuania. […]
Economy
Sudden drop in EU support pushes Lithuania into middle income trap, finmin says
A sudden drop in the European Union‘s cohesion support is raising the possibility of Lithuania getting into the middle income trap, Lithuanian Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka says. […]
CORPORATE
Kęstutis Girnius. Three for the European Union and Lithuania
The European Union member states are struggling with three major problems – migration, strengthening the Eurozone and the United Kingdom‘s withdrawal conditions. The first question worries the so-called populists the most, the second – France, […]
European Union
Lithuanian formin urges EU to agree on European-level application of Magnitsky list
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Monday called on the European Union to agree on the application of the so-called “Magnitsky List” at European level. […]