David Lidington
Politics

UK’s Europe minister coming to Lithuania

United Kingdom‘s Minister of State for Europe David Lidington is visiting Lithuania on Thursday and Friday. He is to meet with Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius and attend the Snow Meeting of security policy experts on Thursday. […]

David Cameron, Dalia Grybauskaitė
European Union

Denying benefits to EU migrants in Britain is ‘discrimination’, President Grybauskaitė says

The European Union‘s talks with the United Kingdom in the run-up to its membership referendum will be complicated, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. While she supports London’s drive to make the EU more efficient and less bureaucratic, she has said that proposals to deny benefits to EU nationals residing in Britain are “discriminatory”. […]

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Society

€21m EU and state funds to support at-risk families

Around €21 million has been allocated from EU funds and the state budget to fund the creation of community family homes. However, experts said these funds will be not enough to solve the problems of at-risk families. […]

Linas Linkevičius
European Union

Divisions emerging on keeping EU sanctions on Russia, says Lithuanian minister

Although the European Union recently agreed to extend sanctions on Russian companies until July of this year, divisions among EU members states are beginning to emerge, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said. […]

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Society

Foreign nationals make up under 1% of Lithuania’s population

Foreign citizens accounted for 0.8% of the total population of Lithuania on January 1, 2014. Among them, one eight (0.1% of the total population) were citizens of other member states of the European Union (EU), while the remaining share (0.7%) were non-EU citizens. Most foreigners living in Lithuania were from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, and Latvia, Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, reports. […]

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European Union

Georgia and Ukraine get EC’s go-ahead for visa-free travel

Georgia and Ukraine meet all benchmarks to be granted visa-free travel to the European Union, according to a report of the European Commission. Georgians and Ukrainians might be able to travel to the Schengen zone without visas as soon as next year. […]