PoliticsLithuanian Ambassador to Russia summoned to Vilnius for consultations2014-03-02, 13:45On 2nd March Renatas Norkus, Lithuanian Ambassador to Russian Federation was summoned to Vilnius for consultations. Parliament gives green light to visa-free travel for Moldovan citizens2014-03-01, 14:03Moldovan citizens will soon be able to travel to the EU's border-free Schengen area without a visa, under a draft law approved by Parliament on Thursday and already informally agreed with the Council. Moldova is the first Eastern Partnership country to meet all the requirements for visa-free travel laid down in the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan. President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the former President of Poland, Aleksander Kwaśniewski. Territorial integrity and stabilization of economy are Ukraine’s key challenges today2014-02-28, 10:46On 27 February, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius began his one-day visit to Kiev by honouring those who were killed on Maidan. The Lithuanian Foreign Minister also met with the Parliament Speaker and Ukraine’s Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov, the new Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the head of the Security Service Valentin Nalivaichenko, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrey Dashchitsa, the Minister of Youth and Sport Dmitro Bulatov, Members of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) Borys Tarasyuk and Petro Poroshenko. The Lithuanian Foreign Minister also met with the Lithuanian medical staff who had rushed to Kyiv to provide help. The President spoke on the phone with Yulia Tymoshenko2014-02-27, 10:55President Dalia Grybauskaitė spoke on the phone with the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko. The President received letters of credence from Pakistani Ambassador2014-02-26, 11:04President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from Pakistan's Ambassador Masroor Ahmed Junejo. Candidates to Lithuanian president's office begins collecting signatures2014-02-25, 12:21Candidates pretending to participate in the presidential election to take place on May 11, 2014, in Lithuania have already begun collecting signatures. Voters may support candidates by signing once either online or in signature sheets. The President congratulated Estonia on Independence Day2014-02-24, 11:33President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations, on behalf of the Lithuanian people and on her own behalf, to President Toomas Hendrik Ilves of Estonia on the 96th anniversary of Estonia's Declaration of Independence. Statement by EU High Re presentative Catherine Ashton on the latest developments in Ukraine2014-02-23, 19:26The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement on 22 February: One more referendum planned in Lithuania – against euro introduction2014-02-22, 12:19The initiative group of the referendum against land sale to foreigners does not want to be content with only one referendum. They are also planning to ask the nation about the introduction of the euro planned in 2015. |
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