PoliticsPresident Dalia Grybauskaitė underlined at a special Euro Summit meeting that negotiations on assistance to Greece could be restarted only if its government took on the obligation to implement further austerity measures. Luxembourg takes over Council presidency: Luxembourg MEPs share their expectations2015-07-08, 14:54From 1 July the rotating six-month presidency of the Council of the EU has been in the hands of one of the smallest, yet most experience member states. On 8 July MEPs hold a plenary debate on the challenges it will have to tackle, including the Greek debt crisis, an increase in irregular migration and the preparation for the climate change conference in Paris in December. Just before the start of the presidency, we asked all of the country's six MEPs for their views. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will attend tomorrow morning's key plenary debate on the future of Greece and the conclusions of his summit meeting on Tuesday with EU leaders and of the 25-26 June European Council. Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will join the debate, which starts at about 9.30 in the Strasbourg plenary chamber. On July 7 Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army General Raymond Odierno will conduct a visit to Lithuania at the invitation of the Commander of the Lithuanian Land Force, Major General Almantas Leika. The European Commission takes note of and respects the result of the referendum in Greece. Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Philippe Jeantaud, the new Ambassador of France to the Republic of Lithuania. The Speaker welcomed the Ambassador to Lithuania and expressed her hope that the excellent relations between Lithuania and France would be developed further. During the meeting, the new Ambassador and the Speaker of the Seimas discussed the economic, cultural, educational, and social matters. Minister Linkevičius: diplomatic service must stay focused and active, facing new challenges2015-07-04, 15:12Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius underlined the importance of a focused and active diplomatic service during the Convention of Lithuanian Ambassadors, which began on 1 July. The Seimas closed its 6th regular (spring) session that started on 10 March 2015. During the session, the parliamentarians convened for 50 plenary sittings where they adopted about 400 legal acts. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with outgoing Ambassador of Ukraine Valery Zhovtenko. The Prime Minister has thanked the Ambassador for his personal contribution in the development of excellent bilateral relations, expressed support for Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity, and emphasized that Lithuania will continue to provide every assistance to Ukraine. President Dalia Grybauskaitė, on an official visit to Croatia, and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović opened a bilateral high-level energy forum "Towards the European Energy Union". |
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