Ukraine risks seeing a historic free trade deal with the EU slip away for "a very long time" if it fails to make the moves needed for agreement at a summit next week, EU president Lithuania said on Tuesday.
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November202013
November132013
Lithuania, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, said on Wednesday that Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych could still save a historic free-trade deal with the European Union.
October222013
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas warned Tuesday Israel would be to blame if ongoing peace talks collapsed over its military control of a border with Jordan.
October212013
European Union rotating president Lithuania called Monday for Israel to stop building settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying they were impeding the peace process.
October152013
Lithuania on Tuesday took a step towards legalising the ritual slaughter of livestock for food, seeking to expand its exports after neighbouring Poland imposed a ban.
October112013
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an end to time-consuming customs checks on Lithuanian goods, after the EU accused Moscow of politically-motivated trade restrictions, Lithuania said Friday.
October072013
The European Commission called on Russia Monday not to overreact after Moscow banned dairy imports from EU member Lithuania, a former Soviet state.
October072013
Russia on Monday halted all dairy imports from EU president Lithuania in a trade row over the tiny Baltic state's attempts to draw ex-Soviet nations such as Ukraine closer to the 28-nation bloc.
October052013
Russia said Saturday it would ban some Lithuanian dairy imports following the tiny Baltic state's attempt to draw ex-Soviet nations such as Ukraine closer to the European Union.
October032013
Lithuanian prosecutors on Thursday declined to investigate fresh claims that a Saudi terror suspect was held in an alleged secret CIA jail in the Baltic state.
October022013
Lithuania, holder of the EU's rotating presidency, warned Russia on Wednesday that it risks souring ties with the 28-nation bloc over what it termed "politically motivated" customs checks on the Baltic state's goods.
September262013
Human rights group Redress on Thursday said it had lodged a complaint with Lithuanian prosecutors over a Saudi terror suspect who says he was held in a secret CIA jail in the Baltic state.
September242013
European Union states agreed on Monday to implement a free trade accord with Ukraine immediately after it is signed, amid Russian pressure on Kiev against the landmark deal.
September202013
The European Union on Friday insisted that Ukraine free jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko if it expects to sign a deal bringing Kiev closer to Europe.
September162013
Lithuania, which holds the EU presidency, on Monday denounced the customs checks Russia imposed on its exports amid tension over their ties with post-Soviet states.
August302013
The European Commission on Friday said it did not expect eurosceptics to achieve "dramatic" gains in European polls next year, despite rising xenophobic sentiment in the region.
August082013
Inflation in Lithuania fell in July for the third month running, official data showed on Thursday keeping the country well within one of the targets for adopting the euro in 2015.
August082013
Inflation in Lithuania fell in July for the third month running, official data showed on Thursday keeping the country well within one of the targets for adopting the euro in 2015.
July172013
The European Union said Wednesday that China, the world's largest carbon emitter, was willing to cooperate more closely to address climate change worldwide ahead of a key global pact due in 2015.
July102013
US and the EU will hold security talks this month in Brussels and Vilnius, with the US spying that infuriated Europeans to come up in the discussions, Lithuania said Wednesday.