Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is going to Tallinn on Monday to meet with the country's leaders and sign the agreement on European-gauge Rail Baltica railway.
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It is understandable why at the end of this year political analysts raise questions from evermore acute angles. Edward Lucas for one has expressed fears as to whether NATO will withstand Donald Trump’s administration or if the European Union can still be saved.
The European Union (EU) should aim at ensuring safety of its population and economic development, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said at a meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk in Vilnius.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is currently participating in a European Council meeting at which she and other European heads of state discussed Great Britain's decision to leave the European Union. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
The European Union will not be the same after the United Kingdom's in-out referendum, even if British voters decide to remain, says Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
The European Commission has called on Lithuania to deal with labour market problems, particularly a decline in the working age population, to improve the coordination of innovation policies and to encourage the development and absorption of new technologies.
Per pastarąsias kelias savaites ne vienas komentatorius kalbėjo, kad Vladimiro Putino režimui iškils iššūkių arba jis netgi bus nuverstas. Galbūt kai kurie iš jų tiesiog pasidavė būtent tokios režimo baigties trokštančiam mąstymui.
The European Union and Turkey agreed on a deal on Friday which will mean that migrants arriving in Greece from Sunday will be sent back across the Aegean Sea.
The European Union's (EU) agreement with Turkey on returning migrants may open new migration routes to Europe, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after arriving at the European Summit on Thursday.
As part of the European Union's attempt to help solve the migrant and refugee crisis, Lithuania plans to provide Turkey, which has pledged to accept illegal immigrants traveling to Greece, with €5.2 million.
The organisation Brits Abroad has urged UK expats to vote to remain in the EU in the referendum planned for June 23, 2016.
Failure to protect the EU's external borders poses an existential threat to its Schengen free travel area, according to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Brussels on Monday for a special European Council meeting to discuss measures to stem migrant flows to Europe in cooperation with Turkey and preserve the functioning of the Schengen passport-free area.
European Council President Donald Tusk has said economic migrants will not be welcome in Europe, making an appeal not to come and warning they will they will be turned away.
Lithuanian migration to the United Kingdom will not be affected by benefit cuts recently agreed on by British and EU leaders, says social policy expert Romas Lazutka.
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.
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.
Discrimination against some EU citizens cannot be price for avoiding Brexit - Lithuanian President (1)
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.
The European Commission has presented a package of proposals to ensure the Eropean Union's energy security, including a measure allowing the EC to review and block member states' agreements with third-country gas suppliers if they threaten other members' energy security.