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The environment and oceans portfolio assigned to Lithuania's European commissioner-designate, Virginijus Sinkevicius, will involve a lot of invisible but important work, the country's ambassador to the EU said.

The EU General Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by Achema, a Lithuanian fertilizer producer which is part of the Achema business group, over state aid for the Klaipeda-based LNG terminal.

The area of environmental protection has been gaining more and more importance in the European Union in recent years but the influence of Lithuania's Economy Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius, proposed on Tuesday for the position of European commissioner in charge of environment and oceans, will be li...

The dispute between Lithuania and Latvia over the possible import of electricity from Belarus' Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) may have to be dealt with by the European Commission, the chief executive officer of Lithuania's power transmission system operator Litgrid has said.

The three Baltic prime ministers agreed in Riga on Wednesday on the need to accelerate the implementation of the Rail Baltica European standard-gauge railway project.

Lithuanian Economy and Innovation Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius will be presented to the Seimas on Tuesday for nomination as the country's next European commissioner.

A new Eurobarometer survey released today shows a strong increase in citizens' positive perception of the European Union across the board – from the economy to the state of democracy. These are the best results since the June 2014 Eurobarometer survey conducted before the Juncker Commission took off...

Estonian railway services group Skinest Rail's company Skinest Baltija, virtually eliminated from all tenders of Lithuania's state-run railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) has filed a complaint against LG with the European Commission.

Lithuania will have to take very seriously Ursula von der Leyen's commitment to ensure gender balance in the new European Commission (EC), the country's outgoing European commissioner said on Tuesday.

Lithuania is not considering delegating a woman to represent the country at the new European Commission, despite calls from the new Commission president, says Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's decision to propose Economy and Innovation Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius as the country's candidate to be a member of the next European Commission was not coordinated with him.

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's political group in the parliament has decided to propose Economy and Innovation Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius as the country's candidate to be a member of the next European Commission.

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia can further expect sufficient funding for the synchronization of their power grids with that of continental Europe, European Commissioner for Energy Union Maros Sevcovic said in Vilnius on Friday.

The European Commission has lifted its forecast for Lithuania's GDP growth for this year and also expects the country's economy to expand faster next year.

The European Commission has fined Sanrio €6.2 million for banning traders from selling licensed merchandise to other countries within the EEA. This restriction concerned products featuring Hello Kitty or other characters owned by Sanrio, the European Commission states in a press release.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite was considered among candidates for president of the European Commission during the tense talks on key EU positions, sources in the European Council and European Parliament told BNS Lithuania.

The reduction of costs at Lithuania's LNG terminal, earlier planned as of July, is being postponed for at least a month after Achemos Grupe (Achemos Group), one of the largest private capital groups in the country and a minority shareholder in Klaipedos Nafta (Klaipeda Oil), the terminal's operator,...

The European Commission announced the Semi-Finalists of the 2019 European Social Innovation Competition. Among semi-finalists - one project from Lithuania.

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Giedrius Surplys says signals from Brussels indicate that an agreement with the European Commission on new direct payments to farmers is likely to be reached in late 2020.