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LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ACQUAINTED REPRESENTATIVES FROM JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE PERPETUATION OF HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE AND JEWISH CULTURE IN LITHUANIA Added 2011-09-22 On 21 September in New York, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis acquainted representatives from Jewish organizations with Lithuania’s efforts to perpetuate Holocaust remembrance and to preserve the Jewish cultural heritage...
OSCE CHAIRMAN CONDEMNS THE ATTACK IN ANKARA AND EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO RELATIVES OF THE VICTIMS Added 2011-09-21 The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis, condemned a bombing attack in Ankara on Tuesday that killed three people and wounded 34.
STREET IN VILNIUS WILL BE NAMED AFTER JUOZAS RUTKAUSKAS Added 2011-09-21 The memory of Juozas Rutkauskas, the Righteous among the Nations, will be perpetuated in Vilnius.  Street will be named after Juozas Rutkauskas in Viršuliškės eldership, Vilnius. Today, the Vilnius City Council approved this decision.
MFA AIMS TO ADD PERSECUTORS OF BELARUSIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER AND ITS LEADERS TO THE LIST OF PERSONS DECLARED PERSONA NON GRATA IN LITHUANIA Added 2011-09-21 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiated the inclusion of Belarusian officials, associated with the persecution of the Belarusian Human Rights Centre Viasna and its leaders into the national list of persons declared persona non grata in Lithuania.
OSCE CHAIRPERSON CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF FORMER AFGHAN PRESIDENT RABBANI Added 2011-09-21 NEW YORK, 20 September 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned the suicide bomb attack in Kabul that killed Afghanistan’s former President and Head of the High Peace...
EXPERT MEETING SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN OSCE CRISIS RESPONSE Added 2011-09-21 The potential for enhancing early response to crises and emerging conflicts is the focus of a meeting in Vienna on 20 September 2011 hosted by the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre. This is the fourth and final...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER THANKS THE U.S. PRESIDENT FOR SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS ENHANCING LITHUANIA’S ENERGY INDEPENDENCE Added 2011-09-21 Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis attended the launching of the international initiative The Open Government Partnership (OGP) on 20 September in New York and thanked the U.S. President Barack Obama for his country’s...
LITHUANIA RAISES THE ISSUE OF NON-COMPLIANCE OF NEIGHBOURING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF NUCLEAR SAFETY Added 2011-09-20 At the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that opened on 19 September in Vienna, the Lithuanian delegation will actively raise questions regarding safety of nuclear power plants, also issues of fulfilment of...
OFFICIALS DISCUSS VISA ISSUANCE TO INCOMING TOURISTS IN DRUSKININKAI Added 2011-09-19 On 19 September in Druskininkai, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė chaired the circuit meeting of the interdepartmental working group on the optimization of procedures for issuing visas for tourists,...
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OF LITHUANIA AND IRELAND IS MARKED IN DUBLIN Added 2011-09-19 On 15 September at the Griffith College Conference Centre in Dublin, the Lithuanian Embassy in Ireland and the Lithuanian folklore band “Lietuviškas dobilas” (Lithuanian Clover) marked the twentieth anniversary of the...