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Lithuania supports Global Pact for Environment initiative

September 20, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania has expressed support to the Global Pact for the Environment that would introduce provisions for environmental protection and climate change contained in a single document, which was proposed during the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, the Foreign Ministry said. […]

Ušackas ending diplomatic service to enter Lithuanian politics – interview

July 10, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian diplomat Vygaudas Ušackas, the European Union’s (EU) ambassador to Russia, says he will shortly end his diplomatic service in Moscow and engage in analytical work and politics upon return to Lithuania, listing the demographic crisis as the key challenge in his home country. […]

Lithuanian businesses worried about outcome of EU-UK talks – daily

June 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian politicians and businesses hope that the United Kingdom will remain open and part of the single market after it leaves the European Union, but they also prepare themselves for a “hard Brexit” scenario, the business daily Verslo Zinios reported on Tuesday. […]

Lithuanian stand in the Munich (Germany) Fair, which will take place June 26-29

90 our of 100 universities in the world request Lithuanian lasers

June 15, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

One of the things Lithuania is best known for is the laser industry. While perhaps not at the very pinnacle of the industry, the country does not compare all too poorly against highly developed states such as the USA, Germany, France, China and others. And at the same time the industry shows no signs of slowing down, with growing sales and increasing numbers of manufacturers, which should keep Lithuania within the top echelon of the laser industry. […]

Lithuania’s greatest struggle – affluent countries will not understand this

June 12, 2017 Erika Fuks 0

The affluent EU member states have seen population increases over the past decade and this has led to more rapid economic development among them. The less well-off member states experienced the opposite processes – a […]

M. Jastramskis: the president cannot walk away from what we currently have

June 12, 2017 Edmundas Jakilaitis 0

The annual report of the President Dalia Grybauskaitė is receiving both praise regarding its structure and specificity, while others note what was missing from the afore mentioned report – the primary focus on areas which […]

Scandalous alcohol data is analyzed: there is an important mistake in formulas and conclusions

May 19, 2017 Egle Samoskaite 0

Lithuania has some of the strictest alcohol control restrictions now but alcohol consumption in the country remains very high, says the Chairman of the public institution “European Social, Legal and Economic Projects” (ESTEP) Klaudijus Maniokas. […]

French political priorities will be visible after Govt appointment – ambassador in Vilnius

May 8, 2017 BNS EN 0

Political priorities of France will be more visible after appointment of the government, the country’s Ambassador to Lithuania Philippe Jeantaud said after pro-European centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron won the presidential elections. […]

E. Macrono delivering his victory speech in Paris

Brave European policies defeated populism – Grybauskaitė’s message to Macron

May 8, 2017 BNS EN 0

Brave European policies defeated populism and nationalism, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in a congratulatory message to France‘s president-elect Emmanuel Macron. […]

Emmanuel Macron, the French President-elect

Macron victory will ease Lithuania’s concerns over France’s stance on Russia

May 8, 2017 BNS EN 0

The victory by centrist Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential elections will mitigate the concerns in Lithuania over the Paris attitude towards Russia, says Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, director of the Vilnius University’s International Relations and Political Science Institute. […]

Three crosses coloured in the French flag colours

French-Lithuanian relationship: strategic partnership, overshadowed by „Veolia“

April 25, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian-French relationship is officially called a strategic partnership, close cultural cooperation is in place but economic relations and defence relations are rather scarce. […]

President doesn’t comment on French presidential candidates

April 25, 2017 BNS EN 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė does not comment on the French presidential candidates, saying that Lithuania will work with whoever is elected the next president of France. […]

Europe’s future scenario will depend on France’s presidential choice

April 24, 2017 BNS EN 0

Future scenarios of Europe will depend upon the choice made by France, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said in comment of the results of the first round of voting in French presidential elections where pro-European candidate Emmanuel Macron came in narrowly ahead of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. […]

Lithuania plans to send platoon of soldiers to Mali this year

February 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania is planning to send this year a platoon of soldiers to a UN peacekeeping mission in the West African country Mali, where France is leading international efforts to combat Islamic militants. […]

Court orders freeze on EUR 20 mln worth of funds of Veolia’s subsidiary

November 22, 2016 BNS EN 0

A Vilnius court has ordered a freeze on almost 20 million euros worth of funds of Vilniaus Energija (Vilnius Energy), a local district heating supplier controlled by France‘s Veolia, a move that the company describes as “an assault” against it and plans to contest. […]