Lithuania and other Central and Eastern European countries plan to resist the introduction of a permanent mandatory migrant quota system as EU interior ministers are meeting in Brussels on Monday. […]
As the Seimas Committee on European Affairs convened to consider how many refugees Lithuania is capable to receive, the Labour Party political group said it will vote against the current proposal of resettlement of refugees. […]
You know it’s the political autumn with a little over a year left until the Seimas elections simply from the party leaders and MPs being on the lookout for opportunities to give their opinions. Necessarily in the manner so that the voter, after a summer break from talking heads on TV, could tap his representative on a soft shoulder and say: “Well said, I think so too.” […]
Lithuania intends to speak against the permanent mechanism that would empower the European Commission to decide on refugee resettlement in case of future crises, says the country’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
As thousands of refugees fleeing wars in the Middle East and Africa arrive in Europe, Lithuania, too, is going to accept more asylum seekers than previously planned. Some employers in the country say they will welcome new potential employees. […]
Lithuania’s government on Thursday gave a green light to resettling 1,105 refugees from countries like Syria, Iraq and Eritrea, under a plan proposed by the European Union (EU). […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the country agrees with Brussels’ recommendation on distribution of refugees, saying that future solidarity in sharing burdens should not be based on “coercive mechanisms”. […]
The current rush of refugees is arguably the greatest challenge for the European Union throughout its history. One should hope that the crisis can be solved without endangering the overall European project. […]
Lithuania-delegated EU Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis says, in comment on Brussels’ proposal for European countries to share the refugee burden, that Lithuanians should remember their own emigrants who left for the West at the end of World War Two. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday will visit homes in St. Peter and St. Paul parish and together with Vilnius Archbishop Gintaras Grušas will meet with families from Iraq living there. […]
Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius is sceptical about the recent proposals to consult with entire parliament regarding the refugee quota for Lithuania, rather than just with the Seimas Committee on European Affairs. […]
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that distributing refugees by quotas is immoral. She also says there needs to be a systematic approach to the crisis which would distinguish between war refugees and economic migrants. […]
Globalisation that has showed up at Lithuania’s doorstep over these last few days and weeks has caught it utterly unprepared. It is a good thing: a country which still shies away from putting “airport” in English on city buses will have nowhere to hide this time. […]
The issue of refugees to be received by Lithuania should be discussed by the Political Council of the ruling coalition and presented at the parliament, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
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