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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda on Thursday signed a decree officially approving the candidacy of MEP Andrius Kubilius for the position of a European commissioner.

Leader of the Freedom Party Aušrinė Armonaitė says her party’s political group would be motivated to endorse any nomination for a European commissioner put forward by the coalition in exchange for the latter’s broader support to the civil union bill.

European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius will not lead European Greens in next year’s elections to the European Parliament, Politico has reported.

Vilnius is hosting Ukraine Green Recovery Conference on 28 November-1 December. On Tuesday, Virginijus Sinkevičius, European commissioner for environment, oceans and fisheries, and Ruslan Strilets, Ukraine’s minister of environmental protection and natural resources, spoke at the conference. The com...

Other members of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) have harshly criticised their colleagues Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis and Juozas Olekas after they have been featured in promotional videos of the Lithuanian Fur Animal Growers’ Association (LŽAA).

Lithuania could direct the EU's increasing funding toward reaching a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target proposed by the European Commission, Virginijus Sinkevicius, the country's European commissioner responsible for environment, oceans and fisheries, said on Wednesday.

Lithuania finds the proposed cut in cohesion funding in the EU's next long-term budget unacceptable, President Gitanas Nauseda said on his arrival in Brussels on Friday for the bloc's summit.

Lithuania's former European Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis is about to take office as the World Health Organization's special envoy for the European region.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says Lukas Savickas' professional competencies and the peripeteia of the period in the run-up to this year's parliamentary election will be what he will consider when deciding if the prime minister's advisor is suitable for the job of economy and innovation minis...

Lithuanian's European commissioner-designate Virginijus Sinkevicius is not their candidate but he gave an exceptional account of himself during his introduction in Brussels, Ska Keller, one of the leaders of the European Green Party, says.

Coordinators from all of the European Parliament's political groups, except the eurosceptic Identity and Democracy Group, support Lithuania's commissioner-designate, Virginijus Sinkevicius, sources in the EP have said.

Virginijus Sinkevicius, Lithuania's 28-year-old nominee for European commissioner, says the latest wave of climate change protests show that young people are ready to take responsibility.

The environment and oceans portfolio assigned to Lithuania's European commissioner-designate, Virginijus Sinkevicius, will involve a lot of invisible but important work, the country's ambassador to the EU said.

The area of environmental protection has been gaining more and more importance in the European Union in recent years but the influence of Lithuania's Economy Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius, proposed on Tuesday for the position of European commissioner in charge of environment and oceans, will be li...

The Lithuanian parliament approved on Thursday the nomination of Economy and Innovation Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius for European commissioner.

Lithuanian Economy and Innovation Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius will be presented to the Seimas on Tuesday for nomination as the country's next European commissioner.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda approved on Wednesday a reshuffled Cabinet with three new ministers.

Lithuania will have to take very seriously Ursula von der Leyen's commitment to ensure gender balance in the new European Commission (EC), the country's outgoing European commissioner said on Tuesday.

Half of ministers in Lithuania, seven out of 14, are taking their annual leave this week.

Lithuania is not considering delegating a woman to represent the country at the new European Commission, despite calls from the new Commission president, says Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.