Lithuanian Ministry of Energy launched a complaint to the European Commission regarding abuse of dominant position by the Russian gas supplier Gazprom On 25 January 2011 the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania launched a complaint to the European Commission requesting to investigate the abuse of dominant position by the Russian gas supplier Gazprom. More...

Support from the Commissioner for key provisions of Lithuanian Energy Independence Strategy Commissioner for energy Günther Oettinger in his letter sent to the minister Arvydas Sekmokas has expressed support for the Lithuanian Energy Independence Strategy. The European Commission has provided with a positive evaluation of key axes of the new strategy – regional nuclear power plant project and chosen model of transposition of the Third Energy Package into national legislation. More...

Lithuanian foreign vice-minister and heads of EU diplomatic representations in Minsk discussed the situation in Belarus On 21 January in Vilnius, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius met with heads of EU diplomatic representations in Minsk and discussed with them the priorities of Lithuania’s Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the situation in Belarus. More...

Lithuanian residents evaluate the country’s upcoming EU Presidency positively Lithuanian residents positively evaluate the country’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2013, the opinion poll results show. On 3-12 December, this public opinion survey was carried out at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. More...

Support of the Lithuanian populiation for the EU remains high The support of Lithuanian citizens for the country’s membership in the European Union remains steadfast and high, the opinion poll results show. On 3-12 December, this public opinion survey was carried out at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. More...

At the EU General affairs council, Lithuanian foreign minister highlights the importance of investment protection in Serbia On 14 December in Brussels, at the European Union’s General Affairs Council meeting, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis noted that in order to draw closer to the EU, Serbia needed to improve its business environment fundamentally. The Minister made this statement during the discussion regarding the Council’s conclusions on the EU’s enlargement policy. More...

Lithuania and 5 other EU member states call on the European Commission to keep alive the memory of the crimes by totalitarian regimes Foreign Ministers of Lithuania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Romania and Hungary call on the European Commission to take further actions in preserving Europe’s collective memory of the crimes committed by totalitarian regimes, and in ensuring an appropriate approach to these crimes and their victims, in order to prevent the rebirth of totalitarian ideology and commitment of international crimes in the future. More...

Support to EU-Georgia talks and the country’s integration into NATO was emphasized at the meeting in Vilnius At the meetings with the delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David Jalagania, a senior official from the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed the support to Georgia in its negotiations on Association Agreement with the European Union and to the bid of this South Caucasus country to join NATO. More...

Foreign minister urges to facilitate movement between the EU and Eastern partnership countries next year At the meeting of the European Union member states and Eastern Partnership countries on 13 December in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis highlighted the need to promote mobility and people-to-people contacts, the necessity to facilitate visa regime for partner countries, to develop commercial relations and to resolve protracted conflicts in the Eastern Partnership countries. More...

Political commitment and coordinated actions are required to enhance the competitiveness of the Baltic Sea region, Lithuanian foreign vice-minister says On 7 December, at the annual progress conference on the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region in Transport Priority Area, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas noted that competitiveness, attractiveness and prosperity of the region could be enhanced only through strong political commitment and coordinated actions of all the actors concerned. More...