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Economy
R&D expenditure in Lithuania among lowest in EU
Research and development (R&D) expenditure in Lithuania was among the lowest across the European Union (EU) in 2013, data from Eurostat shows. […]
Opinion
Lithuanian experts outline three scenarios for Eastern Partnership
Experts from the Eastern Europe Studies Centre (EESC) presented the study “Eastern Partnership (EaP) in a Changing Security Environment: ‘Muddling Through’ or New Incentives for Reform?”. The event took place at the Lithuanian Parliament on 12 November. […]
Defence
Society
Lithuania among EU’s least generous in granting citizenships
The Lithuanian citizenship was granted to relatively few individuals compared to many other European Union (EU) countries in 2012, the EU’s Eurostat statistics agency said. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian MPs: Serbia’s chairmanship of OSCE will earn extra points
Serbia’s Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2015 will strengthen Serbia’s position on the international political arena and give it extra points in integration into the European Union (EU). […]
European Union
Lithuanian foreign minister: EU supports internal reforms in Ukraine
On 17 November in Brussels, the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting addressed the situation in Ukraine. The ministers discussed the tense security situation in eastern Ukraine, raised the question of extending EU sanctions on Russia and called for the immediate implementation of internal reforms in Ukraine, the Lithuanian MFA informs. […]
European Union
EU to sanction Ukraine separatists but wants dialogue with Russia
European Union governments moved to put more Ukrainian separatists under asset freezes and travel bans on Monday but took no action to step up economic sanctions on Russia despite voicing alarm about an upsurge of violence in Ukraine, Reuters reports. […]
European Union
EU commissioner notes progress in anti-Ebola efforts in Africa
Progress has been made in the efforts to mitigate the Ebola epidemic in Africa, but more instruments and doctors will be needed to contain the spread of the virus in more remote regions, says the European Union‘s (EU) Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis of Lithuania. […]
European Union
Lithuanian foreign minister: EU must continue pressure on Russia over Ukraine
The European Union must continue its pressure on Russia for the war in Eastern Ukraine, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
European Union
Lithuanian foreign minister to discuss Ukraine at EU Foreign Affairs Council
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius will attend the European Union‘s (EU) Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday. The main topic on the agenda is the situation in Ukraine. […]
Foreign affairs
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Lithuanian foreign minister hopes for additional EU sanctions on Russia
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has expressed hope that the European Union (EU) will announce on Monday additional sanctions for a group of people amid the war in Eastern Ukraine. […]
Opinion
Opinion: The deathly risks of doing business with Russia
In the evening of 20 October 2014, the first snow fell in Moscow. CEO of one of the world’s biggest oil companies, Total, Christophe de Margerie had a meeting in the residence of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to discuss future investment in Russia. […]
European Union
EU commissioner Andriukaitis: Ebola is not a threat far away
The situation in western Africa, the epicentre of the Ebola epidemic, remains extremely fragile and Europe should not view the problem as something very far away, says the European Union‘s (EU) Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis. […]
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The New York Times columnist: US will trade Eastern Europe for Iran
The United States may turn a blind eye to the big Russian military build-up on the Ukrainian border in exchange for Moscow’s assistance in Iran’s nuclear negotiations, foreign news reviewer Roger Cohen of The New York Times has warned. […]
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Opinion
Opinion: Lithuania has become EU’s pupil star in energy policy, but…
With the launch of “Independence”, Lithuania’s long-and-hard-fought striving for energy diversity and independence has definitely seen a big boost. But behind the jubilant scene stands the avuncular European Union that has long been encouraging the member states to seek brave solutions in tackling energy security issues. Now time has come for Brussels to rejoice, too – EU energy policies are playing out well in Lithuania. […]
Politics
Lithuania adopts constitutional law in line with EU’s Fiscal Compact
At its plenary sitting on Monday, the Seimas of Lithuania adopted the legislation implementing the European Union‘s Fiscal Compact treaty signed in 2012. […]