The Eastern Partnership program needs a new EU strategy, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says, adding that the Eastern Partnership policy needs to be taken to a new level.
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"The summit in Brussels should be forward-looking, injecting new dynamism providing a clear political vision for the future of our Eastern Partnership. Differentiation is key. As our resources are limited, the principle of ‘more for more and less for less’ should be implemented. We should focus our ...
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, and his Ukrainian counterpart discussed a proposed plan for EU financial aid for Ukraine, dubbed as "the new Marshall plan", as they met in Kiev on Thursday.
The fourth Eastern Partnership Summit was held in Riga on 21-22 May 2015. The joint Declaration of the Riga Summit did not reaffirm either the European perspective of the Eastern European Partnership countries consistently demonstrating the best performance or the political support to Georgia and Uk...
The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Linas Kojala, Analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. The Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga: What are the main expectations for the Eastern Partnership policy in the long term?
The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Linas Kojala, Analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. The Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga: What are the main expectations for the Eastern Partnership policy in the short term?
The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Linas Kojala, Analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. The Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga: what are the main negative outcomes from it, we asked Kojala?
The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Linas Kojala, Analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. The Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga: what are the main positive outcomes from it, we asked Kojala?
A delegation headed by Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius left for Paris on Wednesday to open membership negotiations with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The European Union launched its Eastern Partnership programme in 2009, soon after Russia's 2008 war on Georgia. It was proposed by Poland and Sweden, with enthusiastic support from Lithuania. Russia has ever since been blaming the programme for trying to undermine its interests in the countries Mosc...
Georgia can expect a visa-free regime with the European Union next year but Ukraine might need to wait for it due to the ongoing war in the east of the country, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that at the European Union's (EU) Eastern Partnership Summit the EU will once again assure its commitment to cooperate with countries of Eastern Europe. However, the extent of cooperation will depend on the resolve of each country.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has indicated that former Soviet states that are part of the European Union's Eastern Partnership programme should not expect any promises of full membership.
Lithuanian president snaps at Latvian journalist after being asked about gay rights and basketball (22)
A Latvian journalist has felt the wrath of the Lithuanian president after asking several questions that "have not been agreed upon". The president insistently, and rather gracelessly, refused to answer questions about gay rights in Lithuania, a supermarket roof collapse in Riga and basketball.
The gloomy mood ahead of the EU Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga this week is in a stark contrast with the expectations that prevailed before the similar meeting in Vilnius one and a half years ago.
Georgia's ambassador to Lithuania, Khatuna Salukvadze, says that the Eastern Partnership summit to be held in Riga on 21 May cannot end in awkward silence instead of offering clear answers.
Georgian Foreign Minister: Those who doubt value and success of Eastern Partnership, look at Georgia
When the leaders of 34 countries meet on 21-22 May for the Riga Eastern Partnership Summit, we will be confronting geopolitical realities which are dramatically different from those which framed our last gathering.
In order to discuss matters related to security, energy and transportation, the prime ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will meet in Vilnius on Friday for informal talks.
On 23-24 March in Copenhagen, political directors of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) discussed regional issues, challenges to Ukraine's security and territorial integrity, preparations for the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga, prospects for relations with Russia, ways to increase resilience...