13 June 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the death of ambassador Stasys Lozoraitis and 2 August marked his 90th birthday. Such anniversaries are often a good time to reflect on the life and career. […]
The Prosecutor General‘s Office of Lithuania says it has taken all necessary actions for the extradition of Vasily Kotlerov, a Russian citizen detained in Italy who is one of the suspects in the so-called 13 January case. It has been reported that Kotlerov disappeared in Italy. The Lithuanian prosecutors say they are looking into information about his whereabouts, adding that he could be tried in absentia. […]
Lithuanian transport companies fear that their trucks will have to wait at the border with Russia from several weeks up to a month, as the rate at which vehicles clear customs and are allowed to cross into Russia remains extremely low, the vice-president of the national road carriers association Linava said on Friday. […]
Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that cooperation between the Seimas of Lithuania and the state Duma of Russia is almost non-existent. […]
“Europe had been waiting for an engagement party for two years but it was called off a week before,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius on the evening of 28 November 2013 after Ukraine refused to sign the association agreement with the European Union (EU). […]
Professor Kęstutis Girnius has once again decided on DELFI to calm everyone down by saying there is no real danger of Russian aggression against Lithuania. I once again risk becoming what Mr. Girnius calls a “professional Cassandra” by constantly scaring people with the Russian threat. […]
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. […]
The European Union‘s sanctions are not aimed at ordinary Russian citizens, and Europe is committed to further invest in people-to-people contacts, the Lithuanian EU Ambassador to Russia, Vygaudas Ušackas, said in his welcome speech at the opening of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum in Tallinn. […]
Julius Misiūnas, deputy president of the Lithuanian National Road Carriers’ Association Linava, says that Russia is applying stricter inspection rules to Lithuanian trucks at the border because Russia had refused to participate in the TIR system activities and so no longer has means to ensure transparent transportation of goods into the country. […]
The European Commission has been informed abut the restrictions imposed by Russia on Lithuanian carriers who are subjected to strict customs checks, European Union Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas said on Thursday. […]
Lithuania’s gross domestic product could fall by four percent if all exports to Russia came to a halt and some of logistic companies went bankrupt, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Thursday, adding that the likelihood of the worst-case scenario is low. […]
Arnoldas Pranckevičius, adviser to the president of the European Parliament, says that while the European Union might seem slow and irresolute when it comes to external challenges like Russia‘s actions in Ukraine, its adherence to rules and procedures is what makes it a beacon of a different and better world. […]
Lithuania intends to turn to the European Commission over Russia‘s measures restricting the movement of Lithuanian vehicles at the border, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday. […]
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has refrained from comments on President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s strong-worded statements on Russia, noting that the European Union (EU) should speak in one voice on the matter. […]
If stepped-up checks of Lithuanian trucks at the Russian border remain in place for an extended period of time, Lithuania’s transport sector would suffer substantial losses, which may hit hard the entire national economy, the economists have warned, adding that new Russia’s restrictions will undermine Lithuania’s competitive edge in the region, as far as re-exports of goods from the West to Russia are concerned. […]
Lithuania on Monday presented a diplomatic note to Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov, who was summoned to the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, over the discriminatory border crossing procedures imposed on Lithuanian vehicles by Russia, said Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas. […]
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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