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PH, Lithuania boost security ties
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. on Monday met with visiting Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Dovilė Šakalienė in Makati City, with a view on signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for enhanced defense cooperation. “This visit...

Poland Restores Border Controls with Lithuania and Germany to Fight Illegal Migration
Starting July 7, Poland will reinstate border controls with Lithuania and Germany. This decision was made as part of efforts to combat illegal migration, as announced by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, according to information from the PAP...

Poland is temporarily reinstating border controls with Germany and Lithuania. Hereʼs why
Poland is introducing temporary border controls with Germany and Lithuania from July 7 due to rising tensions over illegal immigration. This was reported by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, according to the Polish publication WP Wiadomości. He...

Poland reintroduces border controls with Germany, Lithuania in latest Schengen blow
Poland will introduce temporary controls at its borders with Germany and Lithuania from next Monday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced. The decision came on Tuesday, one day after Tusk had teased the measure at a press conference. He framed it...

IHL Summer School on intl humanitarian law starts
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/RedCrossUkraine/ URCS-IHL IHL Summer School on intl humanitarian law starts KYIV. July 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The 2025 Summer School on International Humanitarian Law (IHL Summer School), a flagship initiative of...

U.S. Congressional Delegation Visits Lithuania For Strategic Security Talks
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 1. On June 30, a delegation of U.S. Congressional employees who support members of the Senate and House of Representatives in their official duties visited Lithuania for a series of...

Polish government criticises “citizen patrols” blocking migrant returns on German border
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Poland to introduce border controls with Germany and Lithuania
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that temporary border controls will be introduced on the country’s borders with Germany and Lithuania from the 7th of July, Politico reports. The decision comes as tensions rise over illegal...

Sabutis: Lithuania and Turkey discuss new multimodal transport links
In Istanbul, Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Eugenijus Sabutis and Turkey’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, discussed strengthening bilateral ties in logistics, rail freight and civil aviation....

Tusk Announces Resumption of Border Controls with Germany and Lithuania
Poland will reintroduce temporary controls on the German and Lithuanian borders, Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister has said. He added that the controls will come into force on Monday, July 7. “We have decided to restore temporary border...

Poland temporarily re-establishes Border Controls with Germany and Lithuania
Poland will temporarily re-establish border controls with neighboring Germany and Lithuania, the country’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. The decision comes after Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, made a tougher migration policy a pillar...

Robinhood establishes first European crypto hub in Lithuania
VILNIUS, June 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. financial services company Robinhood has selected Lithuania as the home of its first European cryptocurrency operations hub, the Baltic News Service (BNS) reported on Monday. According to a statement from...

Philippines and Lithuania sign pact on defense cooperation
Baku, June 30, AZERTAC Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Lithuanian Minister for National Defense Dovilė Šakalienė on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on defense cooperation, according to the...

Poland to temporarily reinstate border controls with Germany and Lithuania
WARSAW, Poland -- Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with neighboring Germany and Lithuania, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday. The decision comes after new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made tougher migration policy a...
Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with Germany and Lithuania
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with neighboring Germany and Lithuania, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday. The decision comes after new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made tougher migration policy a...

Dutch government targets loophole letting non-EU workers bypass labor rules
The Dutch government is moving to close a legal loophole that allows temporary workers from outside the European Union to bypass strict labor migration rules through indirect employment by Eastern European staffing agencies, outgoing Minister Eddy...

Small nations, shared threats: Philippines, Lithuania ink defense deal
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines signed a defense cooperation agreement with Lithuania on Monday, June 30, establishing a "strategic-level" partnership between two countries separated by thousands of miles but facing similar threats from...
Poland to start controls on borders with Germany, Lithuania over migration
By Alan Charlish and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland will introduce temporary controls along borders with Germany and Lithuania on July 7, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, echoing several other European Union countries in...

US fintech giant Robinhood establishes first European hub in Lithuania
Robinhood, a leading US financial services company, has established its first European hub in Lithuania. The company obtained both a Category A financial brokerage license and a crypto asset services provider license, from the Bank of Lithuania....

Poland mulls border controls with Germany, Lithuania: PM
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Monday that the government is considering reinstating border controls on the country's borders with Germany and Lithuania in response to concerns over illegal migration, reported Xinhua. At a press...