Valentinas Mazuronis
Politics

Lithuania’s Labour Party calls for refugee quota revision

Labour Party‘s Chairman Valentinas Mazuronis has asked the parties in Lithuania’s governing coalition to revise the country’s refugee quota. […]

Petras Auštrevičius
European Union

Lithuanian MEP: Europe shouldn’t change principles that worked so far

Petras Auštrevičius, a liberal member of the European Parliament, says that European policies need to change. The Lithuanian MEP believes, however, that Europe itself is a great structure and should not be changed. […]

Kalle Palling
Opinion

Opinion: Balticconnector will help neutralise pressure of Russian gas

In October, Estonian and Finnish gas companies, with the support of the national governments, jointly applied to the European Commission for financing of the construction of Balticconnector – the transmission pipeline network that would connect the gas networks of the two countries. Reaching an agreement and submitting the application marks a very important intermediary stage, writes the Chairman of the European Union Affairs Committee of the Estonian parliament Kalle Palling (Reform Party). […]

David Cameron
European Union

Some of Cameron’s proposals require amending EU treaties, President Grybauskaitė says

President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė says most of the proposals brought forward by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron concerning the European Union‘s (EU) reform would require negotiations, because complex procedures would have to be initiated to amend the EU’s treaties. […]

No Picture
Society

Lithuanian police to assist in dealing with migrants in Slovenia

Twenty Lithuanian police officers from mobile units of Police Headquarters of Vilnius, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Alytus Counties will be sent to Slovenia following the request from Slovenia’s Ministry of the Interior. […]