Grybauskaitė: Europe is an overgrown teenager
Europe has grown more quickly than the clothes it is wearing, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė told EurActiv in an interview, stressing the need to redesign common policies and aim for more...
View ArticleLithuania is among the critics of C. Ashton‘s work
In the letter to Brussels, ministers of Foreign Affairs from European countries criticize the work of EU Foreign Affairs Agency, wrote British newspaper ‘The Daily Telegraph’, which had received the...
View ArticleMFA Linkevičius: “The Eurasian Economic Union is one of Putin’s personal...
With regard to the issue of Polish minority, changes are due in the area of personal names and land titles ‘I am here expressing my personal opinion: we need to change laws that deal with personal...
View ArticleForeign Minister met EU High Representative Catherine Ashton
During the meeting with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton on 19 March in Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius stressed that Lithuania...
View ArticleForeign Minister to attend informal meeting of EU ministers in Dublin
On 22-23 March in Dublin, Ireland, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius is participating in the informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich), informs urm.lt. The EU Foreign Ministers...
View ArticleLithuania to host a meeting of EU State Secretaries and Secretaries General
On 17 May, 2013, in Vilnius, the Chancellor of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jūratė Raguckienė will chair a meeting of EU State Secretaries and Secretaries General, the Ministry of Foreign...
View ArticlePresidency events will commence with high-level seminar on Eastern Partnership
Lithuania’s term of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union will start with a high-level seminar on the Eastern Partnership (EaP) which will be organised in Vilnius by the Lithuanian...
View ArticleEU Defence Policy Directors will address key CSDP issues
On 3 and 4 July, 2013 the EU Defence Policy Directors will engage in a discussion in Vilnius over the most important issues on the European Union Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) agenda:...
View ArticleMinister of Defence underlined the importance of cooperation with Eastern...
Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas underlined the importance of the cooperation with the EU neighbours for European security, as well as Lithuania’s particular focus to the relations with the...
View ArticleEU political directors focused on global agenda issues in Vilnius
On 8-9 July, Vilnius hosted an informal meeting of EU Political Directors of Foreign Ministries, which focused on key issues on the EU foreign policy agenda, Foreign Ministry has informed. The...
View ArticleLithuania to hold Paris seminar on enhancing EU’s role in crisis management
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs are set to co-organise a high-level seminar with the French Ministry of Defence in Paris to discuss ways of strengthening the EU...
View ArticleMinister Linkevičius and EU’s foreign affairs representative discussed...
On 23 July in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, head of the European External...
View ArticleLithuanian Presidency is actively engaged in developing more effective EU...
The Lithuanian Presidency of the EU Council is enhancing its role in development of leadership capabilities at the EU missions and operations within the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP),...
View ArticleLithuanian Ambassador to Sweden introduced key EU and NATO agenda to Eastern...
On 12 November 2013, at his residency in Stockholm, Lithuanian Ambassador to Sweden Eitvydas Bajarūnas received officials and experts from the Eastern Partnership countries participating in the course...
View ArticleA fragmented foreign policy leads to a weakened European Union
The Lisbon Treaty was designed to fundamentally alter the Common Foreign and Security Policy. At last, the EU was supposed to have the answer to Kissinger’s famous question: who do you call if you wish...
View ArticleL. Linkevičius: disinformation is a serious challenge to Western unity
On Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius participated in an EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting, where EU member state foreign ministers discussed the EU’s plans to combat...
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