Ukraine needs 20 years of work to become a full-fledged member of the European Union, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid said in an interview to the Ukrainian online portal Yevropeiska Pravda (European Pravda). According to Kaljulaid, neither Ukraine, Georgia nor Moldova meet the requirements for EU membership yet. “There are aContinue Reading
At the end of the protest «against compulsory vaccination» outside the government building in Riga, some protesters exhibited provocative behaviour. One police officer was attacked. Police have commenced a criminal procedure. At first protesters started gathering at the Freedom Monument at around 19:00 p.m. Around 20:00 p.m. protesters made theirContinue Reading
People are holding state and municipal flags and posters saying “STOP Discrimination”, F**k National Certificate”, and also chanted “Disgrace, disgrace”. “We need to protect the state, the Constitution, to defend our rights, a free choice, for our rights not to be restricted, irrespective of whether a person wants to getContinue Reading
Under the proposed amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens, in case of the declaration of war, an emergency or extreme situation due to mass influx of foreigners, asylum requests can be submitted to the State Border Guard Service at border checkpoints or transit zones upon legalContinue Reading
We must show that there’s no free access to the territory of the European Union, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson says, having arrived in Vilnius to assess the ongoing migration crisis. “This is a provocation of the Lukashenko regime. (…) And we have to make it clear thatContinue Reading
Former commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, MEP Riho Terras (Isamaa) urges the PM and foreign minister to raise the alarm over what he describes as a hybrid campaign against Lithuania. Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko (no longer recognized as president by the West) is becoming bolder by the day. HeContinue Reading
On Tuesday, he visited the General Silvestras Zukauskas Training Area in Pabrade where the German 10th Armored Division and Lithuania’s mechanized infantry brigade Iron Wolf are taking part in Exercise Schneller Degen, the first time Germany is holding a command-post exercise of such kind on a territory of an ally.Continue Reading
Around 1,500 illegal migrants will be accommodated in a tent camp in Rudnininkai military training area in Lithuania’s district of Salcininkai as the country is dealing with an illegal migration crisis, Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite says. “A decision has been made and tents are being taken to Rudininkai training areaContinue Reading
The Committee of Permanent Representatives at the Council of the European Union (COREPER) has approved the EU’s IT agency eu-LISA, located in Tallinn, as the seat of the EU cross-border data exchange channel e-CODEX. “The fact that e-CODEX will be located in Estonia is very welcome, as the digitalization ofContinue Reading
“Those vaccines that are already in possession of healthcare institutions, they cannot be taken, and those receiving countries would not be able to accept them,” Anzelika Oraite of the Health Ministry told BNS. Her comment came in response to Lithuania’s preparations to donate coronavirus vaccines to Eastern Partnership countries andContinue Reading