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Ukraine – important partner in the EU regional cooperation

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė received Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn, who is currently in Lithuania on a working visit. more »

Putin's saucy birthday gift

A group of journalism students in Moscow pose semi-naked for a steamy calendar wishing Russia's prime minister a happy birthday. more »

200 rescued from burning ferry

Some 200 people are rescued from a burning passenger ferry off the coast of Germany after an explosion rocked the ship. more »

Hungary accident: European team of five experts to start working on the ground on Monday

A European civil protection team of five experts from France, Belgium, Sweden, Austria and Germany will arrive in Hungary on Monday morning to support the Hungarian authorities in their efforts to combat the pollution caused by the break of a sludge depository in the city of Ajka. more »

One in three men and one in five women aged 25 to 34 live with their parents

In the EU27 in 2008, 20% of women and 32% of men aged 25 to 34 lived with at least one of their parents. more »

Nobel Prize for Literature: European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, congratulates Mario Vargas Llosa

The President of the European Commission said, “With this Nobel Prize, the international community acknowledges the fruitful work of one of the best writers of our times. more »

Jacques Delors: Europe needs a "soul"

Europe needs a secular "soul" and the European project is running into trouble through a combination of individualism, globalisation and a lack of interest from national governments. more »

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will focus on cooperation with partners

At the fall meetings of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on 8 October in Palermo, Lithuania’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE Ambassador Renatas Norkus will deliver a speech about the strengthening of ties between the OSCE and the Mediterranean partners. more »

EIB and African Development Bank finance first large-scale wind farm in Africa

The European Investment Bank and African Development Bank today agreed to provide EUR 45m to design, build and operate onshore wind farms on four islands in the Cape Verde archipelago. more »

2011 budget - MEPs make room for new policy priorities

MEPs want future EU budgets to accommodate new policy priorities as well as negotiations on new sources of financing. more »

Regional policy must be more flexible and focus on job creation

EU cohesion policy not only needs adequate funding, it should also be more flexible to reflect regional differences, says Parliament in two resolutions adopted on Thursday on cohesion policy priorities after 2013. more »

Africa needs basic health care, as well as clever drugs

“Vertical” health funds targeting specific diseases such as AIDS, malaria or TB have achieved some success, but only at the cost of draining resources from basic “horizontal” health infrastructure such as clinics. more »

Russia thanks Lithuania for sending aid to fight forest fires

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov thanked Lithuania for helping Russia to fight forest fires. more »

Opening of Brussels plenary session: support for Hungary following toxic flood

At the opening of today's plenary session in Brussels, Parliament's President Jerzy Buzek made reference to Monday's flood of toxic waste in Hungary, the anniversary of the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and the EP's support for abolition of the death penalty. more »

Flight attendants go Gaga

Philippine flight attendants just dance to Lady Gaga in safety demo. more »

Taking stock of Europe's relations with China

China and the European Union will hold their annual meeting in Brussels on 6 October. more »

Media freedom and safety of journalists on the priority list for Lithuania's upcoming OSCE chairmanship

Lithuania will encourage the governments of the OSCE participating states to take more pro-active measures to ensure the safety journalists and to put more effort into investigating cases of violence against journalists, and will emphasize the importance of media self-regulation. more »

The President presented letters of credence to Lithuania’s Ambassador to Egypt

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite presented letters of credence to Dainius Junevičius as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Arab Republic of Egypt. more »

The Second International Forum “Cash Circulation and Self-Service Banking” is held in Moscow

On October 18-19, the second International Forum “Cash Circulation and Self-Service Banking. Cash out. Cash In. Cash Recycling in Russia and the CIS 2010” will be held in Moscow, Russia. more »

The President presented letters of credence to Lithuania’s Ambassador to Poland

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė presented letters of credence to Loreta Zakarevičienė as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Poland. more »