PoliticsDirector-General of the World Health Organization welcomes health policy of Lithuania’s Government2015-09-15, 12:40Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan, who is on her visit to Vilnius. The meeting has focused on Lithuania's achievements in the field of health. The Prime Minister has drawn the WHO Director-General's attention to the fact that health policy is a strategic priority for Lithuania's Government, in compliance with its National Progress Programme for 2014-2020. Migration, development and the crisis on the agricultural markets will be debated by MEPs during the plenary session on Wednesday. Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, will discuss taxation regulations for multinational companies with the economic committee and the special committee on tax rulings on Thursday. He will be joined by commissioners Pierre Moscovici and Margrethe Vestager. Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, gave his first State of the Union speech in plenary on Wednesday morning, focusing on migration and the situation in Greece. MEPs also supported a emergency scheme for relocating asylum seekers from Italy and Greece to other member states and welcomed the Commission's new proposals for dealing with the growing influx of refugees. They also approved a ban on cloning farm animals and a stricter ban on seal products. On 10 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the new Ambassador of Latvia Einars Semanis. The officials discussed the bilateral relationship between Lithuania and Latvia, laying special emphasis on cultural ties and the creation of a common information space. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius: we will address current refugee crisis together with the rest of the Community2015-09-11, 09:29In response to European Commission's (EC) proposal for Lithuania to accommodate additional 780 refugees, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said that Lithuania understands the extent of the burden weighing on the shoulders of the entire Europe and the need for solidarity in sharing the responsibility with the rest of the Community. Members of the Committee on Legal Affairs meet with the delegation of the Supreme Court of Ukraine2015-09-10, 12:23On 8 September 2015, Julius Sabatauskas, Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs; Stasys Šedbaras, Deputy Chair of the Committee; and Vilija Aleknaitė Abramikienė, Member of the Committee, had a meeting with the delegation of judges from the Supreme Court of Ukraine. The delegation was led by Yaroslav Romaniuk, President of the Supreme Court of Ukraine. The meeting was also attended by Rimvydas Norkus, President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Lithuania, and Virgilijus Valančius, Team Leader of the EU Project "Support to Justice Sector Reforms in Ukraine". Refugee crisis must be first priority, says Juncker in 2015 State of the Union debate2015-09-09, 12:16"The first priority today is and must be tackling the refugee crisis," said European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker during the 2015 State of the Union debate at the European Parliament on Wednesday 9 September. "The EU is facing migration, the economic crisis and wars in its neighbourhood. We have to contribute to a solution to these challenges," said EP President Martin Schulz, EP's President in his opening remarks. President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the President of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, Yaroslav Romaniuk, and the President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, Rimvydas Norkus, to discuss the ongoing constitutional and judicial reforms in Ukraine. Representatives from Ukrainian courts, currently visiting Lithuania, are interested in our country's judicial system, the principles governing the operation of courts and Lithuania's experience in carrying out reforms aimed at improving judicial activities. In New York, the Seimas Speaker stressed the role of world parliaments for peace and democracy2015-09-06, 12:14Addressing the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, underlined the importance of national parliaments in dealing with peace and democracy issues worldwide seeking to contribute to positive changes. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will discuss the challenges facing Europe on 9 September from 9.00 CET. It will be his first State of the European Union speech since Parliament elected him to the post following the EU elections in May 2014. It has been a testing time for Europe with lacklustre economic growth, high debt and unemployment levels and a serious refugee crisis. Find out what leading MEPs expect from the address and follow our live coverage on Wednesday. |
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