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The European Council's decision to relocate 40,000 refuges from Greece and Italy to other EU member states over the next two years is a symbolic step, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says, adding that the migration problem needs a more serious solution.

EU leaders have agreed that 40,000 refugees will be relocated from Greece and Italy to other EU member states over the next two years. The relocation of refugees will be based on solidarity and national integration capacities rather than mandatory quotas.

The meeting of the European Union's (EU) Justice and Home Affairs Council next week should establish the number of refugees Lithuania will have to accept, Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says.

Lithuania's unwillingness to accept refugees that are flooding Southern European countries shows a lack of solidarity with other EU member states, Lithuanian EU Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis says.

Lithuania is joining the European Union-led Operation Naval Force in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED) by posting an officer to the headquarters of the operation in Rome, Italy. The Lithuanian officer began serving in the position of officer on duty at the Combined Operations Centre on 28 May, said t...

Lithuania's foreign policy is not without some ambivalence. Vilnius aspires to be a regional leader and set an example to other small countries, Lithuania demands to be treated as a respected full-fledged member of the European Union, NATO and the international community. Its own actions, however, d...

EU member states should be given the right to decide themselves whether to accept refugees from Greece and Italy and how may of them to accept, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says.

The European Commission on Wednesday suggested relocating up to 710 refugees to Lithuania in a move aimed at resolving the Mediterranean migrant crisis.

It is estimated that over 10,000 people visited the Lithuania's Pavilion at the universal exposition EXPO 2015 in Milan, Italy, over a period of several days, Lithuania's Ministry of Environment said.

Ar yra dar kokia nors sritis, kurioje mokami didžiuliai pinigai ir nereikalaujama jokios patirties? Yra, tik keista, kad tikrai nedaug kas tam ryžtasi – juk bandoma parduoti tai, ko nebesugrąžinsi. O kiek jūs užsiprašytumėte už savo nekaltybę? Šios merginos bandė tai padaryti ir joms nutiko labai įd...

Norway will take over the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic states in May, while the Italian contingent will stay in Šiauliai, Lithuania, for the second shift to reinforce the mission.

The project on the upgrade and maintenance of street lighting networks in Vilnius may fall through as Italy’s Gemmo, the project contractor, may run out of time to agree with banks on funding.

Italy's Typhoon fighter-jets serving in the NATO air policing mission of the Baltic states were scrambled from Šiauliai air base in late hours of Tuesday to escort 11 Russian war planes flying above the Baltic Sea from mainland Russia to its Kaliningrad region.

Lithuanian theatre director Eimuntas Nekrošius has been made the Commander of the Order of the Star of Italy for his special merits in strengthening cultural cooperation between the two states.

Italy, which is serving its first shift in NATO's Baltic air policing mission, will leave its fighter-jets in Lithuania longer than planned, while Belgium and Portugal will this year send their troops for training, Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said.

Lithuania will deliver a shipment of humanitarian aid worth EUR 83,532 in response to the appeal of the Head of the European Commission DG for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, Lithuania's MFA said.

“The legacy left by the Italian Presidency to Europe is growth and not just austerity,” according to Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in his address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on November 26, 2014, when Juncker’s new plan was presented.

Portugalijos avalynės gamintojai pastaruoju metu stipriai konkuruoja su italais ir siekia tapti vienais iš geriausių pasaulyje.

Having arrived in Lithuania to conduct the Baltic air policing mission for the first time, Italian troops say they are prepared to prevent any violations.

The NATO air-policing mission carries huge symbolic value, Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said at the Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai on Wednesday.