Section: The Baltic Course (Latvia)
In Q2, rate accounts for 21 asylum applicants per million inhabitants in EU
In the second quarter of 2015, Lithuania received 60 first time asylum applicants, or by 42% more compared with the previous quarter (45). The Q2 rate accounts for 21 asylum applicants per million inhabitants, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), said. Asylum applicants in Lithuania were mostly from Ukraine, Georgia, and...
MFA at Vilnius Democracy Forum: we must bring values back on European agenda
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius welcomed the first Vilnius Democracy Forum on 14-15 September, which explored challenges to security following Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. During the event, the Lithuanian foreign minister highlighted the importance of values to foreign policy and called for striking a balance...
Two Estonian journalists in Ukraine’s anti-Russian sanctions list
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko confirmed yesterday anti-Russian sanctions proposed by the National Security and Defence Council (SNBO) and a list of persons, against whom sanctions and restrictions are enforced in relation to the events in the Donbass and the Crimea; the list includes also two Estonian journalists, LETA/Public Broadcasting...
Ukraine introduces new sanctions against Russia; 4 persons from Latvia also included
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on September 17th expanded a list of sanctions against Russian companies and individuals held responsible for the ex-Soviet state’s eastern uprising and for Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, reports LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Wizz Air based 4th aircraft in Vilnius
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, implements its further expansion plans in Lithuania: 4th Airbus A320 aircraft is added to its base in Vilnius airport and started 5 new routes to Billund, Munich-Memmingen, Stockholm, Glasgow and Kyiv, reported BC the Vilnius Airport. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Belarusian businessmen move to Lithuania
The current unpredictable economic situation in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine forces businessmen to seek a safe haven for their money and ideas in the West. From year to year the number of companies that have moved from the CIS countries to Lithuania is increasing, reported BC Invest Lithuania. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Five suspects in 13 January case are in Ukraine
Of 66 suspects in the 13 January case, five defendants currently are in Ukraine. As Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s Office notes, although Ukraine has completely satisfied the legal assistance requests of Lithuania, the extradition of the suspects is impossible, informs LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Lithuania shares its judicial reform experience with Ukraine
President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite met with Chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Yaroslav Romanyuk and Chairman of the Supreme Court of Lithuania Rimvydas Norkus and discussed the Constitutional and judicial reform that is being implemented in Ukraine, reports LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Lithuania to finance studies of 67 foreign master’s students in 2015
This year Lithuania will devote particular attention to the studies of Ukrainian students. Striving to promote transnational nature of studies and attract gifted foreigners to study in Lithuania, the state will provide support for the master’s programmes. This year 67 foreign master’s students will receive support to study in...
Full length container train Viking arrived in Ukraine from Klaipeda
Full length train Viking, carrying 72 containers, has arrived in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv from Lithuania’s port city of Klaipeda on September 4th, reports LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
