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Lithuania’s Foreign Minister and First Vice-President of the EU Commission discuss key items on EU agenda Added 2017-10-02 On 30 September in Rīga, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the First Vice-President of the European Commission. The meeting discussed the future of the EU, cooperation with the Eastern Partnership countries,...
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister Zananavičius attends EU’s General Affairs and General Affairs (Art. 50) Councils in Brussels Added 2017-09-29 On 25 September in Brussels, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius participated in the EU’s General Affairs Council meeting. The Council discussed a provisional agenda for the October European Council.
EU-Canada Economic and Trade Agreement comes into force Added 2017-09-21 On 21 September 2017 the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union and Canada entered into force provisionally. It is one of the most ambitious EU free trade agreements that will open the Canadian market with its...
Linkevičius: Vilnius is an important capital for discussions about the Eastern Partnership’s future Added 2017-09-12 “Eastern European countries that pursue reforms and European values must be given the prospect of becoming new EU member states. Furthermore, cooperation with these countries must be upgraded to a qualitatively new level,” said Minister Linas...
EU Foreign Ministers discuss topical foreign policy issues Added 2017-09-08 On 7-8 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in an informal meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich) in Tallinn, the capital city of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the...
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister attends the Nordic-Baltic Eight Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Oslo Added 2017-08-28 On 25 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visited Oslo, Norway, where he attended the traditional Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) Foreign Ministers’ meeting. The meeting focused on issues relevant to all the countries...
Linas Linkevičius: not only Western Balkan countries, EU Eastern Partners need membership prospects, too Added 2017-07-18 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, attended the Foreign Affairs Council of 17 July 2017 to take part in a debate on the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy, on North Korea, Libya, and migration.
General Affairs Council meeting prepares the European Council Added 2017-06-21 On 20 June in Luxembourg, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius attended the General Affairs Council meeting that prepared the European Council on 22-23 June. The European Council meeting will focus on security and...
Vice-Minister Skusevičius: it is important to strengthen EU-NATO cooperation on security and defence Added 2017-06-20 The EU Foreign Affairs Council met in Luxembourg on 19 June 2017 to discuss the EU Global Strategy, EU-NATO cooperation, migration, Iraq, and counter-terrorism. The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry was represented by Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs,...
Ukrainians no longer require visas to travel to EU Added 2017-06-12 The first plane from Kyiv landed in Vilnius after the entry into force of the visa-free regime on 11 June, allowing Ukrainian citizens to enter the Schengen area without visas.