Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met with President of Moldova Maia Sandu on Tuesday, together with his counterparts from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Poland.
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Vilnius is ready to share its European integration experience with Sarajevo, President Gitanas Nausėda says.
The presidents of the Baltic States have signed a joint declaration supporting Moldova’s accession to the European Union (EU), the Lithuanian President’s Office reports.
In the second quarter of 2024, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.3% in both the euro area and the European Union (EU), compared with the previous quarter, according to a preliminary flash estimate published by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office.
As of July 18, cars with Belarusian registration numbers are not allowed to enter the territory of the European Union. Those that have arrived will have to either leave within six months or be registered in Lithuania, the Customs has announced.
President Gitanas Nausėda, together with the leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Poland, has addressed President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council Charles Michel in a letter urging the European Union (EU) to protect its borders with Russia and Belarus, ...
Based on the European Union’s Pact on Migration and Asylum, Lithuania would have to either accept 158 migrants every year or otherwise pay over EUR 3 million to a special solidarity fund. A public opinion poll shows that a third of Lithuanians would agree with migrant resettlement in Lithuania but a...
This year is special for Lithuania, with plenty of elections and various important dates. Just recently, we have commemorated the 20th anniversary of Lithuania joining NATO, and a little bit later – the 20th anniversary of the European Union (EU). 9 May is another important celebration – Europe Day....
On 1 May, presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – Gitanas Nausėda, Edgars Rinkēvičs and Alar Karis – issued the joint statement on the 20th anniversary of membership of the Baltic States in the European Union.
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.4% in April 2024, stable compared to March according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
The European Union’s (EU) migration and asylum rules were tightened in early April, yet President Gitanas Nausėda and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, who are participating in the 2024 presidential election, disagree whether Lithuania should accept 158 migrants annually or instead pay EUR 3 million ...
Lithuania’s former president Dalia Grybauskaitė believes that the 2024 US presidential election will be a challenge for the European Union.
Heating equipment supplier Vilpra, owned by the family of presidential candidate Ignas Vėgėlė, might have circumvented EU sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus by supplying goods through Kyrgyzstan, shows a report by journalistic investigation centre Siena, Laisvės TV and Belarusian investigative ...
In the euro area the government deficit to GDP ratio declined from 3.7% in 2022 to 3.6% in 2023, and in the European Union (EU) it increased from 3.4% to 3.5%, reports Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office.
Lithuania has not yet decided whether it will take a quota of asylum seekers set for each year in the wake of the new EU-level decisions on migration and asylum policy, a deputy interior minister says. The alternative would be to pay a few million euros to a support fund instead.
In January 2024, compared with December 2023, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU).
In the fourth quarter of 2023, house prices, as measured by the House Price Index, fell by 1.1% in the euro area and rose by 0.2% in the EU compared with the same quarter of the previous year. In the third quarter of 2023, house prices fell by 2.2% and 1.1% in the euro area and EU, respectively. The...
More details have emerged about law enforcement’s raid at the Labour Party’s headquarters. The Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) has announced that it is investigating misappropriation of property and document forgery.
The debate that broke out in Spain on punishment for animal abuse and sexual exploitation has reached Lithuania. Portals of dubious reputation falsely claim that the European Union prepares for decriminalising bestiality.
Speaker of the Saeima of Latvia Daiga Mieriņa on Tuesday in Riga met with Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova Igor Grosu. She stated that Latvia is and will remain one of the strongest supporters of Moldova’s European integration, reports the press service of the Saeima.
