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Lithuanian president to attend EU summit with Obama Added 2009-03-30 VILNIUS, Mar 30, BNS - Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus is going to Prague this coming weekend to attend the first meeting of heads of European Union (EU) countries with US President Barack Obama. The President's Office told BNS that the agenda...
Belarus' future lies in Europe - Lithuanian PM Added 2009-03-30 VILNIUS, Mar 27, BNS - Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius on Friday's meeting with the academic community of the European Humanities University (EHU) rejoiced in the university's successful activity in Vilnius for five ongoing years and...
Lithuanian formin: economic crisis commits EU consider closer cooperation with Eastern neighbors Added 2009-03-30 VILNIUS, Mar 28, BNS - Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas told his European Union (EU) colleagues in Prague on Saturday that the current economic crisis commits the EU to consider more intensive cooperation with Eastern neighbors.
EU Leaders Have Agreed on the Additional Funding for Electricity Interconnections Added 2009-03-23 After the first working session of the European Council that ran late into the night, Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius welcomed the agreement on an additional EUR 5 billion investment in European energy and infrastructure projects. This...
REUTERS: Lithuania said on Wednesday it could meet the criteria for euro entry in 2010 Added 2009-03-19 VILNIUS, March 18 (Reuters) - Lithuania said on Wednesday it could meet the criteria for euro entry in 2010 and adopt the single currency a year or two later, as planned, but was ready for a speedier move if the EU suggested this as a cure for...
Speech by Professor Vytautas Landsbergis at the public hearing of the European Parliament on condemnation of totalitarian regimes, 18th March 2009 Added 2009-03-18 What we have to speak here about today, – and everywhere and consistently, – is the legacy of gross crimes of Communist regimes. The problem for the mankind and human civilization is not the crime as such, - Holodomor, Katyn, etc. – to be counted,...
AFP: L'entrée des Baltes dans l'Europe de l'énergie: une question en suspens (PAPIER D'ANGLE) Added 2009-03-18 VILNIUS, 18 mars 2009 (AFP) - Les trois ex-républiques soviétiques de la Baltique peinent à intégrer pleinement au reste de l'Union européenne leurs réseaux énergétiques encore très liés à Moscou, une situation que pourrait exacerber la fermeture...
BNS: Lithuanian PM says EU could fast-track Baltics into euro zone Added 2009-03-18 VILNIUS, Mar 18, BNS - Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius indicated on Wednesday that a political decision by the European Union to speed up the accession of the Baltic countries to the eurozone could help them ease the effects of the...
AFP: EU leaders under pressure to revive economies ahead of summit Added 2009-03-17 BRUSSELS, March 17, 2009 (AFP) - EU leaders face massive pressure ahead of a summit this week to plough more taxpayer money into their faltering economies, but are showing little inclination to answer growing calls for action. The leaders, at a...
BNS: EU ministers back Baltic links project - Lithuanian foreign minister Added 2009-03-17 VILNIUS, Mar 16, BNS - European Union (EU) foreign ministers in an assembly held in Brussels approved the European Commission's (EC) proposal to allocate 175 million euros (LTL 604 million) towards the energy link to connect Sweden with the Baltic...