TALLINN – That money was allocated to Estonia and Latvia under the third call for proposals of Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is very good news since that money came at the expense of other member states, Rail Baltic coordinator Kristjan Kaunissaare said on Monday. ...
VILNIUS - EU leaders on Friday asked the European Commission to examine the possibility of screening investments from third countries, particularly from China. Lithuanian diplomats believe that the French initiative may help strengthen the national security of EU countries, but critics warn that it may lead to protectionism and undermine the principles of free trade. Nerijus Aleksiejunas, an advisor to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, says that, a...
VILNIUS - NATO will closely follow Russia's military exercises near the Baltic countries' borders, including its joint drills with Belarus and China, the Alliance's secretary general said in Lithuania on Tuesday. Jens Stoltenberg called for transparency at Russia-China joint naval drills in the Baltic Sea in late June and at Zapad, a major military exercise to be held jointly by Russia and Belarus in September. China's media reported on Mo...
According to Eurostat, the EU agency of statistics, the Lithuanian population's decline at 11,3% in 2015 was record-high among the EU member states last year. What has to be done to halt exodus from Lithuania?
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