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Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Lithuania's Algirdas Butkevičius

What defence help do the Baltics want from Sweden?

February 19, 2015 Loukas Christodoulou 0

As the head of Latvia‘s foreign policy committee says Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia could be Russia‘s next target, after the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea, the Baltics’ defence ministries tell Radio Sweden what defence help they want from Sweden. […]

Lithuanian president: Russia violating truce in Ukraine, EU must respond

February 19, 2015 BNS 0

The West must tighten the existing sanctions against Russia in response to Moscow’s and pro-Russian separatists’ failure to comply with the Minsk agreement, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]

Poland and Lithuania hold consultations on Ukraine in preparation for Eastern Partnership summit

February 18, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 17 February, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Andrius Krivas discussed Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, preparations for the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga and the review of the European Neighbourhood Policy with Polish MFA Undersecretaries of State Henryka Moscicka-Dendys and Konrad Pawlik. […]

Lithuanian president to attend Maidan memorial events in Ukraine

February 18, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė will this week go to Ukraine to attend events to mark the anniversary of Euromaidan rallies. […]

Lithuanian MP rejects opposition’s accusations of EU softness on Russia

February 17, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Gediminas Kirkilas, Deputy Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament and Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs, a social democrat, says he does not agree with the criticism of right-wing parties that accuse the European Union of being too soft on Russia. […]

LitPol Link to be delivered on schedule

February 17, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Construction of the the high voltage power interconnection LitPol Link between Poland and Lithuania is progressing according to the planned timeline. […]

Lithuanian president: All eurozone countries must be financially disciplined

February 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who took part in an informal meeting of the European Council on Thursday, says that all member-states of the eurozone must carry out a responsible fiscal and economic policy and Greece is no exception. […]

Vladimiras Putinas, Francois Hollande'as, Petro Porošenka, Angela Merkel

Minsk agreement: Devil’s in the details

February 12, 2015 Egle Samoskaite 0

After 14 hours of tough talks, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have reached an agreement on what to do about situation in eastern Ukraine, where hostilities have already claimed over 5,400 lives. However, the leaders did not hold a customary joint press conference. […]

Minister Linkevičius: We’ll see Sunday morning if agreement in Minsk means anything

February 12, 2015 BNS 0

It’s too early to speak about real progress in eastern Ukraine following the Minsk talks as it’s still not clear whether the agreements reached will be implemented, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says, adding that no final decisions have been made on key issues. […]

Lithuanian MP awarded French Legion of Honour order

February 11, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On 12 January, the president of France signed a decree under which Lithuania’s Deputy Seimas Speaker, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, Social Democrat MP Gediminas Kirkilas has been appointed as an officier of the Legion of Honour. […]

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini

Mogherini stresses historic responsibility in talks on Ukraine

February 11, 2015 BNS 0

The European Union‘s (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says that the French and German leaders attending the Minsk talks on peace in Ukraine on Wednesday will speak on the EU’s behalf, emphasizing the historic responsibility of the talks. […]

Lithuania calls for strengthening EU’s external borders

February 11, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuania’s Deputy Foreign Minister Rolandas Kriščiūnas, who attended General Affairs Council in Brussels on Tuesday, has stressed the necessity to strengthen the security of the European Union‘s external borders. […]

Angela Merkel, Vladimiras Putinas, Francois Hollande'as

Ukraine peace talks: What are the goals and the stakes?

February 10, 2015 DELFI EN 0

While Ukraine‘s government forces are fighting pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Donbass region, Western leaders are engaging in a tense diplomacy game with Russian President Vladimir Putin. […]

Chancellor Merkel and President Obama discuss Ukrainian situation as fewer options remain to resolve crisis

February 10, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited United States President Barack Obama in the White House on Monday. The visit, which had been planned for some time, saw both leaders discuss a wide array of trade and security issues. The recent developments in Ukraine, with Russia destabilizing the country, dominated a large part of the talks and the hour-long joint press conference that followed. The press conference was attended by Vice-President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Ambassador Susan Rice. […]

EU postpones new Russia sanctions at Ukraine’s request

February 10, 2015 BNS 0

The European Union on Monday postponed the implementation of new sanctions against representatives of the Russian government and separatists in response to Ukraine‘s request, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said. […]

Lithuania shares regional development and local governance experience with Ukrainian officials

February 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Roman Chuprynenko during his meeting with Lithuanian Deputy Interior Minister Julius Morkūnas was presented with Lithuania’s experience in the area of reforms of regional development and local governance, the Interior Ministry said. […]

Lithuanian president says she trusts Merkel and rejects fears of “second Munich”

February 9, 2015 BNS 0

Amid fears by some politicians of a new “Munich Agreement” in talks on the situation in eastern Ukraine, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said that she trusts that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not betray Ukraine or Lithuania. […]

“Riga Process” moves ahead towards creating EU Energy Union

February 8, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuania’s Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis paid a visit to Riga to take part in a conference on the creation of the European Energy Union. Latvia is currently presiding over the Council of the European Union. The Lithuanian energy minister says such union might contribute to dealing with issues which are given insufficient attention on the current EU agenda and which lack European-level support. […]

Opinion: Lithuania drives bottom-up transparency approach in the EU

February 7, 2015 Tomasz Pilewicz 0

What distinguishes Lithuania on the map of EU member states preparation toward 2014-2020 frameworks is agile and also transparent preparation process. From the governance system point of view it looks similar to other EU countries, as there is a “super ministry” coordinating the EU funds related process in general, and various Management Authorities (ministries, national funds, development agencies), which operate closer to final beneficiaries. […]

Businesses exporting to Belarus should expect obstacles, warns Lithuanian ambassador

February 6, 2015 ELTA EN 0

As Belarus has joined the Eurasian Economic Union, companies developing their production in this country will enjoy new opportunities, however, businesses exporting to Belarus or transit of goods should expect certain difficulties, says Evaldas Ignatavičius, Lithuania’s ambassador to Belarus. […]