Foreign affairs
Saakashvili’s hands covered in blood – Ukraine’s president in Vilnius
The hands of Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili are stained with blood, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko stated in Vilnius last week. […]
Ukraine
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Ukraine could invite international experts in Saakashvili case – Poroshenko in Vilnius
International experts could be included in the investigation of charges against former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili on receipt of unlawful support from Russia, Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko said in Vilnius on Friday. […]
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Ukrainian president vows to protect law-enforcement from political interference
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, on a visit to Vilnius, vows to protect law-enforcement bodies fighting corruption in his country from interference by politicians and says he is ready to table a bill on establishing an anti-corruption court. […]
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Energy
Lithuanian experts to share N-plant decommissioning experience with Ukraine
Lithuanian experts plan to go to Ukraine to share their experience in closing down the Ignalina nuclear power plant. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s chief of defence visits Ukraine
Lithuania’s Chief of Defense Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas is starting on Thursday a two-day official visit to Ukraine. […]
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Ukrainian president coming to Lithuania
Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko is coming to Lithuania this week. […]
CORPORATE
Eastern Partnership policy is mired in fatigue
Last Friday Brussels was host to the Fifth European Union and Eastern Partnership states – Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Belarus – summit meeting. If we are to recall the analogous meeting held in […]
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Lithuania’s Kubilius urges to keep hope about Marshall Plan for Ukraine
Lithuanian MP Andrius Kubilius on Friday suggested that hopes regarding the Marshall Plan for Ukraine should not be buried regardless of Brussels’ cautious stance on the development of the new financial mechanism and the statement by Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė that Kiev should make more efficient use of the current aid. […]
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Ukraine needs to be more persistent in reforms – Lithuanian president (Updated)
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Ukraine needs to be more persistent in carrying out reforms rather than in demanding a EU membership prospect. […]
Society
Several hundred people gather in Vilnius to mark army anniversary
Several hundred people gathered in the Cathedral Square in downtown Vilnius on Thursday noon to mark 99 years since the re-establishment of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. […]
CORPORATE
European neighbours won’t be shovelled easy promises
The fifth European Union Eastern Partnership Summit will be held on Friday. While in recent years there have been breakthroughs in implementing this programme, no particular decisions or declarations are expected in Brussels this time […]
CORPORATE
A historical opportunity to change fatigue with Eastern Partnership with ambition
The European Union and six Eastern Partnership states will meet in the fifth Eastern Partnership summit on November 24. It has already been dubbed the “survival meeting”. We will either finally doom Eastern Partnership or […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s president off to EU Eastern Partnership summit
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is Thursday leaving for Brussels to attend the European Union’s (EU) Eastern Partnership summit that should set guidelines for the organization’s relationship with the six Eastern neighbours. […]
Defence
Minister of defence says universal service impossible if defence spending stops at 2 pct
Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis says that universal military conscription in Lithuania is only possible if the country spends more than 2 percent of its GDP on defense. […]
European Union
Eastern Partnership: November summit should be forward-looking, injecting new dynamism
“The summit in Brussels should be forward-looking, injecting new dynamism providing a clear political vision for the future of our Eastern Partnership. Differentiation is key. As our resources are limited, the principle of ‘more for more and less for less’ should be implemented. We should focus our resources much more on those Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries who have made remarkable progress on their European path”, said Laima Andrikienė MEP, co-author of the European Parliament’s recommendations ahead of the EaP Summit on 24 November. […]
European Union
Heritage Foundation analysts do not view EU’s new defence deal as very serious
The new defense integration deal signed by Lithuania and the rest of the European Union (EU) earlier this week will have new practical benefit, say analysts of the United States conservative public policy research centre Heritage Foundation. […]
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