Europe is not ready to defend itself without the help of the United States, but European countries are making great efforts to strengthen their capabilities, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Arnoldas Pranckevičius says.
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The Baltic States and Poland are calling on their European allies to start working on a 13th package of sanctions against Russia, says Lithuanian Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Arnoldas Pranckevičius.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has appointed Mantas Adomenas, a former MP, Arnoldas Pranckevicius, the head of the European Commission Representation in Lithuania, and Egidijus Meilunas, a long-time diplomat, as vice-ministers.
The European Commission is expected to table this fall a formal proposal to member states and the European Parliament to stop the biannual clock change.
The European Commission identifies increasing investment in human capital and boosting productivity and labour supply as key challenges for Lithuania.
The Baltic states can expect support of the European Union (EU) to their bid of synchronizing their electricity grids with Western Europe in this and the next multiannual budget, if the decision on the interconnections is made by mid-2018, says Arnoldas Pranckevičius, the head of the European Commis...
The European Commission has recognized Lithuania's so-called social model package, including its new Labour Code, as a structural reform and granted the country the requested flexibility in meeting its public deficit target.
The European Union (EU) is currently faced with pressure from populists, Russia and the ISIS group that aim to create the atmosphere of fear and chaos, says the European Commission's (EC) representative in Lithuania Arnoldas Pranckevičius.
Arnoldas Pranckevičius, an adviser to the president of the European Parliament and the chairman of the Lithuanian community in Belgium, has been appointed head of the Representation of the European Commission in Vilnius.
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democratic announced that the party's leader Gabrielius Landsbergis would be the prime minister, if the party is involved in formation of the government after the upcoming elections.
Arnoldas Pranckevičius, adviser to the president of the European Parliament, says that while the European Union might seem slow and irresolute when it comes to external challenges like Russia's actions in Ukraine, its adherence to rules and procedures is what makes it a beacon of a different and bet...
The proposal for the European Union to purchase Mistral ships from France is welcomed in Brussels and is a way out of a particularly complex situation, says Arnoldas Pranckevičius, External Policies Advisor to the President of the European Parliament.
