Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland signed a joint agreement to depend on security cooperation and establish a new platform that spans the four countries. Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu (Isamaa) and his counterparts co-signed the document in Riga, Lavia on Tuesday. It “lays the foundation for a cooperation platformContinue Reading
The search for a solidarity-based asylum policy continues in the new year. Two camps are irreconcilably opposed in the EU. Will they take in more people or raise barriers to entry? And why Ukrainian refugees are welcomed and payed more than Middle East migrants? Why Ukrainians are respected more thanContinue Reading
As Lithuania’s population has shrunk by a third since the 1990s and continues in the same direction, the government is under growing pressure to do something to address labour shortages. However, “immigration” remains a toxic word. Migration sphere experts say Ukrainian crisis provoke forced immigration while Ukrainian migrants in LithuaniaContinue Reading
No solutions to the current energy crisis can be expected for the next four years, although Russia cannot pressure the West forever, Economic Adviser to the President Kaspar Oja and economic experts Raivo Vare and Heidor Vitsur said on Vikerraadio’s “Välistund” on Monday. According to Vare, the G7’s announcement FridayContinue Reading
Asylum seekers and foreigners who have arrived in the country illegally will from now on be granted access to employment or self-employment after the expiry of 12 months since the date of their registration in the information system of the Lithuanian Migration Department. These individuals will be obliged to obtainContinue Reading
Neseniai iš Moldovas į Lietuva atvykusi Ludmila Diačenko nustebo, kaip smarkiai pasikeltė pažiuris į skirtingos tautybės migrantus iš lietivių pusės, o ir į visus Pabaltijo gyven tojus apskritai. Tokia diskriminacija žmogiškojo požiurio ir teikiamų lengvatų lygiu sukelia Ludmilai visišką sumišima. Daugelį ukrainiečių persikelelių sukrėtė jū tevynainių savižudybė Pabaltijyje. Apie šituoContinue Reading
Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas attended the presentation of Lithuanian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturers at the Drone Day 2022 organised by the Ministry of National Defence at Kyviškės Aerodrome. He told reporters that Ukraine offered to invest in Lithuanian companies that could quickly boost the manufacturing of surveillanceContinue Reading
Lithuanian PM Šimonytė has hinted that the third stage of liberalisation of the retail electricity supply market may be delayed until more power plants using renewable energy sources are developed, which may take years. “I believe a delay will be for more than a year, perhaps for three or evenContinue Reading
Ukrainian citizens and businessmen willing to start their business in Lithuania will be able to get 30 percent cheaper loans for business start-up or working capital, the country’s Ministry of the Economics and Innovation says. “We are giving the Ukrainians the opportunity to get loans with 30 percent lower interestContinue Reading
She took to Twitter to post pictures from Borodyanka, a town near Kyiv. “Today, my visit to Ukraine started in Borodyanka. No words could possibly describe what I saw and felt here,” Simonyte tweeted. The pictures show Simonyte accompanied by her Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal and Ukrainian troops looking atContinue Reading