Strength of Lithuania and Poland comes from European values and trans-Atlantic cooperation President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite participated in the commemorative event held on the occasion of Poland's Independence Day, on J. Pilsudski Square. More...

Europe Finance Chiefs Commit to Curb Budget Deficits European Union finance ministers committed to start reining in budget deficits by 2011 at the latest even as they said economic stimulus remains necessary to nurture the recovery from the deepest slump in six decades. More...

European Policy Priorities of the Spanish EU presidency were discussed in Madrid On November 10, in Madrid, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Usackas and his Belgian, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian and Spanish counterparts discussed European policy priorities during forthcoming Spain's Presidency of the Council of the European Union. More...

Fewer hours worked and more part-time work in the EU27 Employment in the EU27 and the euro area began to fall in the second quarter of 2008 as a result of the economic crisis. Between the second quarters of 2008 and 2009, employment1 dropped by 1.9 percent to 222.7 million persons in the EU27 and by 1.8 percent to 145.5 million in the euro area. More...

Estonia will probably join euro in 2011, Moody's says Estonia, which is planning to become the next country to join the European common currency, will probably be able to adopt the euro in just over a year, Moody's Investors Service said. More...

Swedish newspaper expresses support towards Vike-Freiberga's candidacy In its opinion section today, Swedish daily ''Dagens Nyheter'' (DN) recommended former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga be elected as the first European Union president. ''The EU needs and strong, stable leader that is able to unite. Her name is Vaira Vike-Freiberga,'' the newspaper writes. More...

Strategic guidelines of Lithuania’s European Union policy for 2008 – 2013 Strategic gudelines of Lithuania’s European Union policy for 2008 – 2013 “More Europe in Lithuania and more Lithuania in Europe!” More...

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