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CORPORATE
Three funerals in European Civilization and One Resurrection (Part 1)
There are two camps forming a debate about the misunderstandings concerning current European political understanding, today and for the bright or not so bright future: pessimists say that the end of the EU and all […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania initiates historical visit by Israeli PM to Brussels
Lithuania has initiated a historical visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Brussels to meet with EU foreign ministers, diplomats confirmed on Tuesday. […]
CORPORATE
Eastern Partnership policy is mired in fatigue
Last Friday Brussels was host to the Fifth European Union and Eastern Partnership states – Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Belarus – summit meeting. If we are to recall the analogous meeting held in […]
Foreign affairs
EU sends clear signal to Belarus over Astravyets N-plant – Lithuanian president’s adviser
The European Union has expressed solidarity with Lithuania over a nuclear plant that Belarus is building close to the border, thus sending an important and clear message to Minsk, an adviser to President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
European Union
Astravyets N-plant of concern to all of Europe – Juncker
All of Europe is concerned about the Belarusian nuclear power plant project in Astravyets, which constantly comes under severe criticism from Lithuania due to its safety standards, says the European Commission’s President Jean-Claude Juncker, adding that Brussels would keep a close eye on the situation. […]
European Union
Istanbul Convention could be up for ratification in Lithuania by 2018 – deputy socmin
The so-called Istanbul Convention against abuse of women and domestic violence could be proposed for parliamentary ratification in Lithuania by the end of the year, says Vilma Šilalienė, deputy minister of social security and labour. […]
Foreign affairs
Minsk says it’s open to cooperation with EU on N-plant project
Belarus says that it is open to cooperation with the European Union on its nuclear power plant, a project that Lithuania says is unsafe. […]
Foreign affairs
Ukraine needs to be more persistent in reforms – Lithuanian president (Updated)
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Ukraine needs to be more persistent in carrying out reforms rather than in demanding a EU membership prospect. […]
Foreign affairs
Seimas proposes 44 names for ‘Magnitsky list’
The Lithuanian parliament adopted on Thursday a resolution suggesting 44 names for inclusion in the so-called Sergei Magnitsky list of people to be barred from entering the country. […]
CORPORATE
European neighbours won’t be shovelled easy promises
The fifth European Union Eastern Partnership Summit will be held on Friday. While in recent years there have been breakthroughs in implementing this programme, no particular decisions or declarations are expected in Brussels this time […]
CORPORATE
A historical opportunity to change fatigue with Eastern Partnership with ambition
The European Union and six Eastern Partnership states will meet in the fifth Eastern Partnership summit on November 24. It has already been dubbed the “survival meeting”. We will either finally doom Eastern Partnership or […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s president off to EU Eastern Partnership summit
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is Thursday leaving for Brussels to attend the European Union’s (EU) Eastern Partnership summit that should set guidelines for the organization’s relationship with the six Eastern neighbours. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s 2018 draft budget meets fiscal discipline requirements – European Commission
Lithuania’s draft budget for 2018 complies with the fiscal requirements of the Stability and Growth Pact, the European Commission said on Wednesday. […]
European Union
Brussels hails improving ties with Belarus, but vows to keep up pressure over N-plant
In the lead-up to the European Union‘s Eastern Partnership summit, officials in Brussels hail improving relations with Belarus, but promise Lithuania that they will keep up pressure on Minsk to ensure the safety and security of its Astravyets nuclear power plant. […]
CORPORATE
A project that may spark disputes between neighbours
A legislative project being discussed in Seimas right now to regulate strategic company operations may have a negative impact on the recently recovering Lithuanian – Polish relations. The neighbours, just as all other investors, unlikely […]
Defence
EU money for anti-misininformation efforts positive but not enough – Lithuanian professor
After the European Union (EU) earmarked money for financing efforts to combat misinformation from third countries starting next year, Vilnius University lecturer Mantas Martišius said it was a positive step, noting that 800,000 euros per year was not enough. […]
Politics
Lithuanians want Skvernelis, Nauseda, Matijosaitis for president – Delfi/Spinter poll
People in Lithuania would vote for Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, economist Gitanas Nausėda and Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis in presidential elections, shows a poll published on delfi.lt news portal on Monday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian EC member: Russia plans to take pork imports ban to political level
Russia has no plans of raising the 2014 imports ban on pork from the European Union (EU), however, plans to move the restrictions to the list of political sanctions after the unfavourable decision by the World Trade Organization (WTO), says the EU food safety commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis of Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s president off to EU summit on economic inequality
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is Friday flying to Gothenburg, Sweden, for an European Union (EU) summit that will discuss economic inequality and social security. […]