WorldThe EU Commission should go on negotiating with the USA to remedy “deficiencies” in proposed “Privacy Shield” protection for EU citizens’ data transferred to the US for commercial purposes, Parliament says in a non-legislative resolution passed on Thursday. Speaker of the Seimas: we hope that Georgians, who are celebrating the 25th anniversary of independence, can soon travel to the EU visa-free2016-05-27, 16:51On her official visit to Tbilisi, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, congratulated Georgia on its 25th anniversary of independence and stressed that Lithuania had always supported and would continue to support Georgia on its path of European integration. President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to discuss preparations for the NATO summit in Warsaw and the situation in Ukraine. Nadiya Savchenko is free and back in her country. The Ukrainian pilot was released today from a Russian prison - in exchange for the release of two Russian prisoners, in an overdue gesture of human compassion. Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister highlights importance of EU-NATO cooperation in Brussels2016-05-24, 18:48On 24 May in Brussels, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Raimundas Karoblis took part in the EU’s General Affairs Council meeting, which prepared the European Council of 28 and 29 June and focused on migrants’ integration. On 23-24 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius is participating in the first World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, which is dedicated to humanitarian assistance. The purpose of the summit is to take concrete steps to improve the humanitarian system, so that it will be able to address the mounting humanitarian needs of the 21st century. Lithuanian Foreign Vice-Minister stresses importance of compliance with Council of Europe’s fundamental values and principles2016-05-22, 16:49On 18 May, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas participated in the 126th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which was held in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, as the country ended its term of the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. In the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and his Latvian and Estonian counterparts met with the United States Secretary of State John Kerry. The G7 Summit in Japan on 26 and 27 May 2016: the European Union’s role and actions2016-05-20, 16:19This year, the G7 summit will take place from 26 to 27 May in Ise-Shima (Japan). The European Union will be represented by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. An EgyptAir plane from Paris to Cairo crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. It is not yet clear what exactly happened to the Airbus 320. |
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