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. […]
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. […]
Moscow’s border restrictions for Lithuanian-registered cars and trucks are a short-lived measure, since a long-term blockade would backfire on Russia, according to Nerijus Mačiulis, the chief economist at Swedbank Lithuania. […]
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 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. […]
As the European Union prepares for imposing sanctions against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius is also calling for blacklisting officials of the Kremlin. […]
The European Union must continue its pressure on Russia for the war in Eastern Ukraine, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
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. […]
Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė will on Monday remind Brussels of Lithuania’s request for approximately 110 million litas (EUR 32m) for the country’s dairy sector to compensate for losses sustained due to Russia’s sanctions. […]
Baltic States and Finnish agricultural organizations submitted a repeated appeal for help to the European Commission, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports. […]
Softening the existing sanctions against Russia following the recent “elections” in eastern Ukraine, unrecognized by the West, would be a huge mistake, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
The European Union (EU) may revise its sanctions on Russia in the light of Moscow’s conduct in eastern Ukraine where separatists held elections on Sunday, the EU’s Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas said in Lithuania on Monday. […]
All member states and institutions of the European Union are in favour of continuing with the existing sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine, the Lithuanian ambassador in Brussels said on Tuesday. […]
Nobody during the Monday meeting of EU foreign ministers suggested softening the existing sanctions against Russia, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said. […]
The Ministry of Economy has summarised the accomplishments of Lithuanian institutions in September in an attempt to mitigate the impact of Russia‘s sanctions on businesses. […]
“Russia is an unreliable partner, irrespectively of what it says. The world is beginning to learn how to see what Russia actually does,” says Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis. […]
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