Andrus Ansip
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Estonians and Finns must decide on LNG terminal fast, EC vice-president says

European Commission Vice-President of the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip said on Friday at a conference in Tallinn that Estonia and Finland have to move forward fast with the LNG terminal project, because there is prevailing investment drought in Europe and no one is going to wait until Estonia and Finland finish deliberating different solutions, Aripaev Online reports. […]

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Economy

Lithuania has great opportunities to develop advanced logistics services,transport minister says

The total investment in Lithuania’s transport sector during the new EU financing period is likely to be more than EUR 5 billion, whence 47 percent will be used to modernise Lithuanian railway network and 36 percent to modernise road infrastructure (26 percent in pan-European highways, 6 percent in municipality roads and 4 percent in national and regional roads). […]

Foreign affairs

Lithuanian government regrets Italy’s termination of 1991 coup suspect’s handover

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has expressed regret over Italy‘s decision to terminate the handover of Vasily Kotlerov, a Russian national who is wanted in Lithuania for his alleged involvement in 13 January 1991 attempted coup and killings. […]

Petras Auštrevičius
European Union

Lithuanian MEP: Russia is deliberately sabotaging Lithuania’s transport business

Member of the European Parliament Petras Auštrevičius addressed the European Commission on Thursday, urging to take action against Russia which is hindering entrance of Lithuanian road vehicles carrying goods of the European Union (EU) and other countries. […]

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European Union

Lithuania wants faster completion of TTIP negotiations between EU and US

On Tuesday, 25 November, at a conference The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: a Strategic Opportunity, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, Chancellor of the Government Alminas Mačiulis stressed that it was very important to speed up implementation of decisions to conclude negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and the United States of America (US) as soon as possible, the prime minister’s press service informs. […]

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Society

Lithuania’s population decrease most intensive among EU countries

The decrease in Lithuania’s population in 2000-2013 was the most pronounced across the European Union (EU), says director of the Institute of Human Geography and Demography Vlada Stankūnienė. […]

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President Grybauskaitė: Russia made accusations against entire Europe

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said that the statement of head of Federal Customs Service of Russia Andrey Belyaninov, who said that Lithuanian vehicle inspection was made stricter because the country is used to import illegal embargo goods from the entire European Union, is an accusation on the EU as a whole. She also said that solutions will have to be found at the European level. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuania condemns treaty between Georgia’s Abkhazia and Russia

Lithuania expresses its firm support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said in a statement. […]