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Lithuanian immigrants rush to get UK residency cards ahead of referendum
Lithuanian immigrants in the UK are rushing to get residency cards as the referendum on British withdrawal from the European Union approaches. […]
European Union
European Union
EU decision-making too slow but deal to avoid Brexit close, says Lithuanian President
European Union leaders are running behind events on the ground in their attempts to find solutions to the ongoing refugee crisis, said Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė who is attending a European Council meeting in Brussels. […]
European Union
Lithuanians among most enthusiastic about EU membership, want UK to stay – poll
A new poll shows that 70% of Lithuanians were positive about the country’s EU membership, the fifth highest rating in the European Union. […]
European Union
Three of four UK demands to avoid Brexit agreed upon, says Lithuanian President
European Union and British negotiators have reached agreement on most of Britain’s demand for reforms, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said, adding that agreement on London’s proposal to cut benefits for EU migrants was also in sight. […]
Global LT
Lithuanians in Britain more concerned about Brexit than benefit cuts
The Lithuanian community in Great Britain have more concerns about the possibility of the country leaving the European Union than proposals to cut benefits for EU migrants. […]
European Union
Discrimination against some EU citizens cannot be price for avoiding Brexit – Lithuanian President
European Union countries must look for compromise and help the British government convince the British people to stay in the Union, but not at the price of discrimination against EU citizens, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė ahead of important talks in Brussels. […]
Defence
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Britain ‘preparing for NATO-Russia conflict in Eastern Europe’
A major British army exercise to practice an Iraq invasion-scale operation with US forces in Jordan is in preparation for a possible confrontation with Russia in Eastern Europe. […]
European Union
Draft proposals to keep Britain in EU to hit Lithuanian migrants in UK
Draft proposals by European Council president Donald Tusk to keep Britain in the European Union include proposals for an ‘emergency brake’ that would allow countries to curb in-work benefits to migrants for up to four years that could affect the many Lithuanian emigrants living and working in the UK, or planning to move to the UK. […]
Culture
Lithuania gets spot in 2nd Eurovision semi-final
Lithuania will perform in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 on May 12, according to the results of the allocation draw on Monday. […]
Culture
War and Peace director Tom Harper: ‘I felt like an army general myself, but with less severe consequences’
Tom Harper, director of the BBC‘s latest adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s epic War & Peace, returns to Vilnius, the backdrop of many of the series’ scenes, for the first screening in Lithuania. David van Roon of the Lithuania Tribune speaks with Harper about Lithuania’s most beautiful film locations, local cuisine and how directing an army of actors in a battle scene is not all that different from commanding an actual army. […]
European Union
Brexit is bigger challenge for EU than refugees, Lithuanian MP says
Britain’s planned referendum on quitting the European Union is a bigger challenge to the EU than the migration crisis, says Gediminas Kirkilas, the chairman of the Lithuanian parliament’s European Affairs Committee, after meeting with his Baltic and Polish counterparts. […]
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Putin ‘probably approved’ murder of ex-spy Litvinenko, says UK inquiry
The murder of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006 was “probably” approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the report of a British public inquiry into the death. […]
European Union
London does not wish to breach fundamental principles of EU – Lidington in Vilnius
London is not seeking to restrict the free movement of persons or workers in the European Union, but finds it unfair that incoming immigrants can use the UK‘s benefit system without having contributed to it, said UK’s Minister of State for Europe David Lidington in Vilnius. […]
Politics
UK’s Europe minister coming to Lithuania
United Kingdom‘s Minister of State for Europe David Lidington is visiting Lithuania on Thursday and Friday. He is to meet with Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius and attend the Snow Meeting of security policy experts on Thursday. […]
European Union
UK’s proposal on benefits to EU citizens is discriminatory, Lithuanian president says
On Thursday in Brussels, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with British Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of the European Council. The meeting was held on the initiative of the British PM. […]
Defence
Olekas: Deployment of UK troops to Baltics is reactions to Moscow’s actions, not vice versa
Lithuania’s Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says that the UK‘s decision to send army units to the Baltic states and Poland is a reaction to Russia‘s actions in the region, therefore Moscow’s statements about reciprocal steps are misleading. […]
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