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President Gitanas Nausėda participates in a meeting of the European Political Community in Granada, Spain. On Thursday, the leaders of the European Union and partner countries discussed issues of security, strengthening resilience to global threats, and effective multilateralism, said the president’...
Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė has invited Japan’s innovative businesses to cooperate with Lithuanian companies in engineering and information technologies, the ministry reports.
Authoritarian regimes are observing the war in Ukraine and designing their foreign policy accordingly, says Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. It means that the security of the rest of the world will depend only on the Western stance and response to Russian aggression, he said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis on Monday is participating in an informal meeting of the European Union’s foreign ministers in Ukraine.
On 4 and 5 October, Latvia will host the 14th Annual Forum of the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR), “Safe and Sustainable Baltic Sea Region for Future Generations”. Its thematic focus will be placed on green energy, climate issues, and youth engagement, the Ministry of Fore...
Small salaries, nepotism, different pay for men and women for the same job – when talking about Lithuania’s labour market, such comments are common. Employee selection experts have noticed that Lithuania as an employer definitely has room for improvement, and that it is especially difficult to catch...
If a young adult decides to start living independently, one of the major challenges is accommodation, especially if they choose to move into a big city. Record-high rent prices are common in almost the entire European Union, and Lithuania’s capital Vilnius is no exception. Students, even those who h...
As the European Union is considering a new migration and asylum policy, including a solidarity mechanism to relocate migrants, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė thinks Lithuania may agree with a migrant quota instead of paying EUR 3 million annually.
President Gitanas Nausėda argues that the European Union’s solidarity mechanism on migrant quotas does not take into account that thousands of refugees from Ukraine and Belarus already live in Lithuania.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met on Wednesday with the under-secretary-general for political affairs of the United Nations, Rosemary A. DiCarlo, to discuss the role of the UN in pursuing Russia’s accountability for aggression against Ukraine, the ministry said in a press release.
A UN Refugee Agency’s representative has stated that Lithuania should allow irregular migrants enter the country before determining their status, a position highly disputed by Lithuanian politicians. Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė suggests that the situation of migrants in Belarus should be...
Ukrainian journalist Olga Konsevych who was forced to leave Kyiv because of the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine believes that dialogue between Ukrainians and Russians is impossible now as the war is ongoing. “As long as the enemy is causing us such damage, taking our lives, we cannot talk to the...
Addressing the participants of the international economic conference Vilnius 700: Creating a Better Future in a Turbulent World on Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda highlighted Lithuania’s readiness to take part in the creation of a unified, open, competitive, and peaceful Europe, where each country...
Brussels officials are hinting at a looming loss of “several hundred” millions of euros from the European Union funds for Lithuania if the Seimas rejects the Government’s tax reform proposals, reports business news website Verslo žinios (vz.lt).
In an era marked by an urgent need to address environmental concerns, Rail Baltica aims to offer eco-friendly and sustainable transportation in the region. The transport sector, while crucial for economic development, has long been one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in Europ...
On 30-31 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis attended an informal meeting of European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich) organised by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which runs from 1 July to 31 December 2023, reports the MFA.
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has reservations about Lithuania closing more than two border crossing points at the border with Belarus as this would have implications for other neighbouring countries. That is why Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have agreed to coordinate actions in case their borders ...
As the number of Belarusian citizens residing in Lithuania has increased, President Gitanas Nausėda hopes that parliament will amend legislation and impose identical restrictive measures on Belarusian and Russian nationals due to national security risks.
In June 2023, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 6.4%, stable compared with May 2023 and down from 6.7% in June 2022, reports Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU).
The Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) in the European Union has reached an agreement on new sanctions against Belarus, says Lithuania’s Ambassador Arnoldas Pranckevičius.
