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From May 31 to June 1, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius was visiting Kyiv, where he and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara co-chaired the 3rd Meeting of the Council of the...

On Wednesday the EU Competitiveness Council debated audit reform, with just a month to go before the end of the Irish EU presidency. Commissioner Barnier opened the debate, saying that the EC could s...

Discard ban and sustainable fishing cornerstones of new agreement First published: Fri, May 31, 2013, 01:00 Victory has been claimed by all sides in agreeing the new Common Fisheries Policy, the 10-year plan for managing fish...

United States Department of State, Country Reports on Terrorism 2012 - Cyprus, 30 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/51a86e91c.html [accessed 31 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not...

Lithuania will promote the idea of switching to visa-free travel between Russia and the European Union during its Council of the European Union presidency, Lithuanian Ambassador to Russia Renatas Norkus said.

VILNIUS - On May 21 in Brussels, Deputy-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Vytautas Leskevicius called on EU Ministers of European Affairs to confer wide powers on the Irish presidency of the...

BNS Lithuania is properly prepared to take over the rotating EU presidency, Vital Moreira, the chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, said in Vilnius on Thursday. “Lithuania is undoubtedly well...

BNS Lithuania’s Permanent Representative to the European Union Ambassador Raimundas Karoblis said that the recent dismissal of Minister of Economy Birutė Vėsaitė just before the upcoming EU presidency is not a precedent as...

On 29 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius held a meeting with the Danish Minister for European Affairs Nicolai Wammen, who is currently visiting Vilnius. The Lithuanian Foreign Minister said that...

Farm leaders remain determined to strike a CAP reform deal before the end of June - despite some difficult unresolved issues. A deal by the end of the month requires the agreement of the European Commission, European Council... All similar articles: 76 »

The School of Medicine, to coincide with Ireland's presidency of the EU, is hosting a Eurolife steering committee meeting on May 29th. Eurolife, a network of eight prestigious academic institutions across Europe, facilitates...

On 28 May in Brussels, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas attended the meeting of EU development ministers and called for more attention to reforms in developing countries, Foreign Ministry...

Yesterday, the working lunch between Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves focussed on bilateral relations, regional projects and the Lithuanian Presidency of the European Union, the...

Latvia's priorities for the presidency of the Council of the European Union will be defined by the beginning of 2014, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (Unity) told reporters after the EU Presidency Coordination Council's...

On 27 May in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius attended the opening ceremony of the headquarters for the European Endowment for Democracy and assessed this initiative to promote the...

BNS The cyber attack launched against delfi.lt news portal should be a significant signal for Lithuania in the run-up to its presidency over the European Union (EU) Council, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the...

VILNIUS - The priorities of the EU climate policy and other relevant environmental issues were discussed last week at the meeting between the members of the Seimas Committee on Environment Protecti... All similar articles: 188 »

BNS Martynas Lukoševičius, an adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, on Tuesday stressed the importance of cooperation with the European Parliament during the forthcoming Lithuanian EU presidency. He also said a...

Greece, which will take over presidency of the European Union in January 2014 for six months, is going to seek a looser EU visa regime for Russians in that period, Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Kourkoulas said on Tuesday.

Turkey wants to be included in an upcoming EU-US free trade deal, amid fears its EU accession process might take too long to complete. "We think Turkey should be part of all free trade agreements being signed, otherwise it...

Some 75 staff members from the Irish EU presidency joined other civil servants from the European Commission, the Council of the EU, the European External Action Service, the European Parliament, to run the Brussels marathon...

There’s some good news for farmers in Wicklow and around the country struggling to provide feed for their livestock. The EU Commissioner for Agriculture says the European Commission is prepared to help Irish farmers who are...

The success of health, economic and climate resilient strategies in Africa were the focus of an international conference in Trinity College Dublin, which formed part of Africa Day celebrations. The conference, Africa Rising -... All similar articles: 530 »

Irish FM Eamon Gilmore said in Brussels Monday the Irish EU presidency "hopes" to restart accession talks with Turkey "next month" after a three-year-long pause by opening a chapter on regional issues. Turkish FM Ahmet...

As Lithuania’s presidency over the European Council (EC) is approaching, various declarations concerning the directions and priorities of Lithuanian foreign policy have emerged and commitments have been assumed on behalf of the...

Aiming at its successful Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Lithuania is searching for compromises and consensus with other EU Member States, the Press Office of the Seimas has informed. This kind of attitude was...

BNS Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is scheduled to go to Germany to discuss priorities of the forthcoming Lithuanian EU presidency with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The prime minister’s spokeswoman Evelina...

An important vote on the future of the European Union’s privacy laws has been delayed again. On Monday, the civil liberties committee of the European Parliament met to discuss the latest draft of Europe’s Data Protection...