BNS The visit to Vilnius by Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj initially planned for Monday was called off due to negotiations with Serbia, diplomats confirmed to BNS. “Please be informed that the visit of the Kosovar foreign minister has been cancelled due to urgent talks …
The missile defence system under development in Poland may become a regional project, however, the time is too early for negotiations with partners, Polish Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said during a visit in Lithuania. “We are open to see the project becoming a project of …
BNS Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius has stressed the importance of closer cooperation between the European Union and NATO at an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Dublin. At the meeting, Linkevicius raised the issue of EU-NATO relations and called for making …
Minister of Energy Jaroslav Neverovič took part in informal Ministerial meeting “A Sustainable Future for Nuclear Energy”, writes enmin.lt. Participants of the meeting discussed the impact of nuclear energy to carbon emission reduction and stressed the importance of nuclear safety. Ministers agreed that the safety …
British euroskeptics have criticized the statement made by House of Commons Speaker John Bercow in Lithuania – he said the UK would not cease its membership in the European Union (EU), even if a referendum is held. “John Bercow is meant to be an impartial …
Last week Finland formally invited Lithuania to join a Nordic military instructors’ team being formed for the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali). Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been invited to join the team formed in concert by Finland and Sweden, urm.lt reports. …
The Lithuania Tribune met with Stefan H. Johannesson (Iceland’s chief EU accession negotiator) to discuss various relevant points of his visit in Lithuania and what his country hopes to achieve in the future in terms of the EU negotiations during the Lithuanian presidency of the …
Representatives of Lithuanian farmers said on Friday they were not happy with the transitional period to faster increase of payments envisaged in the new budget of the European Union (EU). Meanwhile, government officials say the provision that the payments will reach 196 euros per hectare …
On 21 January, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, in a speech in London, said he will offer his country a referendum on membership of the EU in the next five years. He said that he wants to renegotiate the terms of UK’s membership in the …
The budget of the European Union could function at half of the proposed cost to EU taxpayers while boosting economic growth, according to a new report, 50:50 for 2020, published in Brussels today, newdirectionfoundation.org writes. As European leaders gather in Brussels for a second attempt …
Would you like to spend a week participating in a European simulation project organised by BETA e.V? BETA e.V (the ‘Bringing Europeans Together Association’) is a politically independent, non-profit organisation, founded in August 2008 in Mainz, Germany. Its main goal is to engage young and …
President Dalia Grybauskaitė, currently attending the Munich Security Conference, underlined that Europe needs a strong and deeper economically and politically integrated union, president.lt reports. The Munich Security Conference, held annually in Bavarian capital Munich, is a major and most important world forum where global solutions …
The Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 31 January in Brussels adopted conclusions on EU Support for Sustainable Change in Transition Societies. The main aim is to help partner countries and their citizens promoting democratic governance, political and economic freedom, urm.lt reports. “Until recently …
ICT2013 will bring together Europe’s best & brightest in ICT research, with businesses old & new, web start-ups and digital strategists to chart a path for Europe’s ICT research policy. Join us to share your vision for the future with EU policy-makers, and see the …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has started his first visit to Brussels by meetings with EU top officials. One of the main objectives of the visit is to discuss Lithuania`s preparation for EU Presidency and introduce priorities of the new Lithuanian Government, lrv.lt writes. Earlier today, …
Egidijus Vareikis | the Lithuania Tribune As the old joke goes, no really smart man will admit to being ignorant about three things – sex, sports and foreign policy. In other words, many people think that foreign relations is easy to understand. It is important …
British Prime Minister David Cameron has proposed sometime after 2015 to hold a referendum where Britons decide whether or not they want to stay in the EU. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite notes that in a political and economical sense, and integrated Europe is more useful …
A weekly look at some of the stories and views that were in the headlines last week: On Sunday,20 January, a building, which houses a business centre in Kaunas, came up in the CNN list of 11 of Europe’s most bizarre buildings. ‘The building amazes …
The aspirations of the new government to improve relations with Russia are ambitious and optimistic. The governmental programme states that the “Lithuanian-Russian relations require a ‘recharge’. Lithuania is going to pave its communication with Russia with the European values that would strengthen mutual trust, while …
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius says the European Union will listen to concerns expressed by the British prime minister after he announced earlier on Wednesday plans to hold a referendum on the UK’s EU membership. But, Linkevicius added, London cannot expect sudden amendments …
