European Parliament

MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats, says he will definitely run in this year's general elections, refuting earlier suggestions that there might be conditions for his giving up a seat in the European Parliament for one in the Lit...

Though a wave of discontent spread though the ruling coalition when Minister of Finance Rimantas Šadžius was appointed to be Lithuania's representative to the EU's Court of Auditors, it seems like those waves are subsiding.

Social democratic and liberal members of the European Parliament are the most productive Lithuanian delegates, according to mepranking.eu, a website analysing the record of MEPs.

Viktor Uspaskich, a Lithuanian member of the European Parliament and the founder of the Labour Party, has announced he is leaving the party.

Georgia and Ukraine meet all benchmarks to be granted visa-free travel to the European Union, according to a report of the European Commission. Georgians and Ukrainians might be able to travel to the Schengen zone without visas as soon as next year.

A Lithuanian member of the European Parliament, Antanas Guoga, who has Australian citizenship, has recently discovered that Lithuanian laws do not allow foreign citizens to run in parliamentary elections. Guoga was planning to be a candidate of the Liberal Movement party in Vilkaviškis single-member...

Political magazine Politico has announced the list of the most influential personalities in European politics, "The 28 People from 28 Countries who are Shaping, Shaking and Stirring Europe". Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Antanas Guoga has become the first Lithuanian to be included in the l...

The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, has adopted amendments to election laws that will prevent members of the European Parliament, municipal councils and town mayors from running for parliament without risking their mandates.

Petras Auštrevičius, a liberal member of the European Parliament, says that European policies need to change. The Lithuanian MEP believes, however, that Europe itself is a great structure and should not be changed.

Antanas Guoga, member of the European Parliament, has announced he will be running for a seat in the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, in next year's general elections.

On Thursday, MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis addressed Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of the Energy Union, and Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for competition, saying that the planned Nord Stream 2 project contravenes primary energy security objectives of th...

At the European Parliament (EP) vote in Brussels on Thursday on distribution of 120,000 refugees among European Union (EU) member-states, the opinions of Lithuanian MEPs split.

Lithuania intends to speak against the permanent mechanism that would empower the European Commission to decide on refugee resettlement in case of future crises, says the country's Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis.

European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker warned Moscow Wednesday the security of European Union member nations was sacrosanct, amid growing alarm in eastern states over the crisis in Ukraine.

Lithuanian MEPs Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Zigmantas Balčytis of the Social Democrats and Liberal Antanas Guoga were the country's most active members in the European Parliament over the 1st year of their term, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports.

Greece's decision to prepare an action plan and "tighten belts" is a step forward, says MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, Chairman of the conservative Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD).

A group of European lawmakers, including Lithuania's representatives, have nominated murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov for the European Parliament's annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' speech in Strasbourg on Wednesday did not convince Lithuanian MEPs who said they only heard excuses but not real proposals on ways to deal with the debt crisis after Greek voters turned down creditors' demands in a referendum on Sunday.

Rebecca Harms, Co-Chair of the Group of the Greens at the European Parliament, says that shale gas extraction will not contribute to reducing carbon dioxide emissions. And if shale gas is going to be extracted, then tight regulation related to environment and water resources is needed.

The European Parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of a report drafted by Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis on the European Union's relations with Russia.