LISTENING TO AND PERPETUATING TESTIMONIES OF TOTALITARIAN TRAGEDY SURVIVORS IS THE DUTY OF ALL OF US, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
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Preservation of painful memory of totalitarian regimes should not be limited to dry theoretical details in textbooks or official statistics. The duty of all of us is to listen to and to perpetuate testimonies of people who have themselves survived...
LITHUANIA WANTS EU’S 2014-2020 BUDGET TO NARROW THE GAP BETWEEN MEMBER STATES
Added 2011-11-15
On 15 November at the European Union’s General Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis said that the EU had to further the cohesion policy’s principle, i.e., to reduce economic,...
IN BUDAPEST, LITHUANIA'S FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER CALLS FOR NOT REDUCING EU SUPPORT TO LESS-DEVELOPED MEMBER STATES
Added 2011-11-14
On 10 November at the meeting of thC EU’s member states belonging to the Group of Friends of the EU Cohesion Policy in Budapest, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas voiced Lithuania’s position on the essential...
EUROPEAN UNION HAS TO APPLY UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED BY ALL NEIGHBOURS, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
Added 2011-11-14
On 14 November at the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis stressed that the EU’s support – closer political cooperation, economic integration and...
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHALLENGES TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM IS HELD AT THE TOLERANCE CENTRE
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On the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance on 16 November, Vilnius is to host an international conference “Tolerance and Totalitarianism. Challenges to Freedom” with a focus on the activities of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group in...
SUCCESS OF THE EU-RUSSIA COOPERATION DEPENDS ON MUTUAL EFFORT, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
Added 2011-11-14
On 13 November at the EU foreign ministers’ informal discussion in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis said that the EU-Russia cooperation would be successful only if both sides would make effort. Moreover,...
LITHUANIAN AND BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS ISSUES OF BILATERAL AND REGIONAL COOPERATION
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On 11 November on his first working visit to London, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and the U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed the most important issues of the European Union, security policies, and bilateral...
MEETINGS IN DELHI FOCUS ON THE PROMOTION OF POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL COOPERATION BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND INDIA
Added 2011-11-11
On 11 November in New Delhi, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė opened the Lithuania-India Business Forum that was organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and, together...
OSCE MEETING ON PREVENTING RACISM AND HATE CRIMES BEGINS WITH CALLS FOR GREATER EFFORTS TO COMBAT INTOLERANCE
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VIENNA, 10 November 2011 – A two-day OSCE meeting aimed at identifying ways to prevent racism, xenophobia and hate crimes began today with calls for greater efforts to combat hatred and intolerance.
IN LONDON, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS ON FURTHERING OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS DIALOGUE BETWEEN LITHUANIANS LIVING ABROAD AND IN LITHUANIA
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On 10 November at the meeting with representatives from various Lithuanian organizations of the United Kingdom in London, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis called on furthering of the business dialogue that was successfully...