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The European Commission's proposed 750-billlion-euro economic recovery instrument will not reduce funding for environment, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevicius says.

Virginijus Sinkevicius, Lithuania-delegated EU Commissioner who is responsible for environment, oceans and fisheries, will on Thursday visit Klaipeda to present an initiative for reducing pollution in the Baltic Sea.

Virginijus Sinkevicius, the new European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, says the EU's fight against climate change will require lifestyle changes.

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 Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's decision to propose Economy and Innovation Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius as the country's candidate to be a member of the next European Commission was not coordinated with him.

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's political group in the parliament has decided to propose Economy and Innovation Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius as the country's candidate to be a member of the next European Commission.

In 2006, the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda welcomed the Norwegian company Omega, which develops project management software primarily for oil and gas industries and the public sector. Since then, the local division has been growing its capacity and is currently looking to add around 20 skilled de...

Urban was founded in 2014 by Jack Tang and Giles Williams to provide easy and affordable access to wellness, so people can live happier and healthier every day, a press release from Invest Lithuania states.

Dana Incorporated, a world leader in highly engineered solutions for improving the efficiency, performance, and sustainability of powered vehicles and machinery, will be opening a new global shared service center in Vilnius, Lithuania. The center will employ approximately 100 people in a variety of ...

The Lithuanian subsidiary of London-based cross-border payments facilitator Earthport (AIM: EPO) – Earthport Payment Services UAB – has been granted a Payment Institution license by the Bank of Lithuania, an Invest Lithuania press release states.

In the last 2 years, the number of Lithuanian MPs who declare with which interest groups or lobbyists they meet has doubled. Last year, parliamentarians also announced 1,5 times more meetings than in 2017. These figures are reported in research conducted by Transparency International Lithuania, whic...

What can we predict about the nearing presidential and European Parliament elections now that the municipal elections ended?

Something special should be said on a morning such as this. Indeed, elections, which are the most important for most, were just held. Firstly, important because mayors and municipal council members are the closest to the people of all the branches of government. And second, these elections will chan...

Homanit, a leading manufacturer of medium-density (MDF) and high-density (HDF) wood fibreboards from Germany, has announced building a plant in the Vilnius region. The company is expecting to around 100 million euro and hire 440 employees in the first five years of operations, a press release from I...