PoliticsThe EAPL vice-chairwoman: Prime Minister should partly take responsibility, not just pat politically correct speeches2014-01-14, 15:50As it was already reported, today, on the Day of the Freedom Defenders of Lithuania, members of the faction of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania at the formal sitting of the Seimas, during the speech of Vytautas Landsbergis, have left the Seimas room of the 11th March. This was their way to express protest against the politicized decisions of courts and huge financial penalties imposed for the use of mother tongue. Through this protest members of the Seimas also recalled that 23 years ago, exactly in January 1991, just after the bloody events of that time, no one else but Vytautas Landsbergis had signed the Law on National Minorities, that was successfully operating for nearly two decades - until 2010; then it was cancelled by the conservative-liberal majority of the government. Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Strasbourg to attend a plenary session of the European Parliament. Tomorrow, January 14, the President will present the results of Lithuania's EU Presidency to Euro-parliamentarians of all the 28 member states who were directly elected by European citizens as their representatives. Greece at the helm… MEPs have their say ahead of plenary debate2014-01-13, 20:02Greece took over the EU Council presidency on 1 January for its fifth stint at the helm. It is a presidency that is special in that it includes the European elections scheduled for May. Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras will this week present his government's priorities to the Parliament and discuss them with MEPs. Ahead of this debate we asked the heads of the Greek party delegations in Parliament's political groups and the independent MEPs for their take on the presidency. Protesting against the financial repressions for the use of native language members of the EAPL faction left the Seimas room2014-01-13, 13:29Today, on the Day of Freedom Defenders, during the speech of Vytatutas Landsbergis during the solemn sitting of the Parliament, members of the faction of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania have left the Seimas room of the 11th March protesting against huge fines imposed by courts for the use of the native language. The President offered condolences on Ariel Sharon's passing2014-01-13, 11:21President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended condolences to Israeli President Shimon Peres on the death of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Debate of EU and U.S. experts in Trakai focuses on Eastern Partnership prospects and strengthening Transatlantic ties2014-01-12, 08:38On 9-10 January in Trakai, the traditional Snow Meeting brought together European and North American experts and policymakers in the field of international and security policy, who discussed the transatlantic partnership between the European Union and the United States of America, prospects for deepening political association and economic integration of the Eastern European countries with the European Union. V. Tomaševski: national minorities are determined to win the fight for their rights2014-01-11, 14:58At a press conference organized on Friday by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (EAPL) important issues of social policy, economy, introduction of euro and the issue of national minorities were discussed. The Prime Minister meets with outgoing Apostolic Nuncio Luigi Bonazzi2014-01-11, 11:13On Friday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with outgoing Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to Lithuania, Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi. The Prime Minister thanked the Archbishop for his significant contribution in strengthening and fostering the bilateral relationship between the Republic of Lithuania and the Holy See. Horrendous penalty for bilingual boards in the Vilnius region2014-01-11, 10:3043 400 litas (12 569 euros) or 100 litas (about 30 euros) for each day of delay of the execution of court judgement on bilingual street names in Šalcininkai district – this is what Mr Boleslav Daškevič, Director of the Administration of the Šalčininkai district self-government has to pay. This was ruled by the Vilnius Regional Court on Christmas Eve, 23rd December 2014. There is one month for the execution of the verdict. EAPL faction: ‘We deplore, that loyalty and honest work of national minorities for the sake of Lithuania are not valued’2014-01-10, 11:01The Seimas faction of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania has issued a statement in which it stressed that despite the fact that more than two decades ago Polish community in Lithuania actively supported and defended the independence of Lithuania, now its rights to use its native language are still being limited and even huge fines are imposed for the use of it. |
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