AUSTRIA’S HASTY DECISION TO RELEASE THE SUSPECT IN JANUARY 13TH CASE UNDERMINES PRINCIPLE OF EU SOLIDARITY, BALTIC FOREIGN MINISTERS SAY
Added 2011-07-19
The hasty decision taken by Austrian authorities to release the suspect in the so-called “January 13th case” diminished the efficient international legal cooperation in criminal cases among EU member states, as well as the principle of...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DREW ATTENTION OF THE EU GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL TO AUSTRIA’S RELEASE OF A SUSPECT IN JANUARY 13TH CASE
Added 2011-07-19
At the European Union’s General Affairs Council meeting in the evening of 18 July in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis drew the attention of other EU foreign ministers to the actions of the Austrian...
DURING AFGHANISTAN’S TRANSITION TO GREATER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COUNTRY, EU HAS TO CONTINUE CONTRIBUTING TO ITS STABILIZATION ACTIVELY
Added 2011-07-18
Afghanistan has to remain a priority for the EU policy as the responsibility for the country is being transferred into Afghan hands, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis stressed at the European Union’s Foreign Affairs...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH HIS AUSTRIAN COUNTERPART
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On 18 July during the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council meetings in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis met with Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Spindelegger to...
THE DEED BY DARIUS AND GIRĖNAS IS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF RESOLUTION AND INSPIRATION, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER
Added 2011-07-18
At a commemorative event dedicated to the 78th anniversary of the flight of Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas across the Atlantic Ocean on 17 July in Poland, Szczecin, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas said that the...
LITHUANIA PRESENTS A NOTE TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRIA OVER THE DECISION TO RELEASE A SUSPECT IN JANUARY 13TH CASE
Added 2011-07-18
On 18 July, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė presented a note to Austria’s Chargé d’Affaires Josef Sigmund, requesting Austria to explain on what basis and why so hastily the...
LITHUANIAN, SWEDISH AND POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS ORGANIZED THE MEETING OF THE GROUP OF FRIENDS OF UKRAINE
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An informal meeting of the Group of Friends of Ukraine was organized before the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 18 July in Brussels. The informal meeting was organized by Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO TURKEY ON THE DEATH OF TURKISH SOLDIERS
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VILNIUS, 16 July 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, commented on a clash between government forces and militants in the Diyarbakır province of Turkey which resulted in the deaths of thirteen and...
REMEMBRANCE OF VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST PROMOTES RESPECT AND SPIRITUAL VALUES, FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS AT THE MEMORIAL IN KAUŠĖNAI
Added 2011-07-17
On 17 July at the opening ceremony of the renewed tragedy memorial in Kaušėnai village, Plungė region, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė noted that preservation of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust...
LITHUANIAN MFA WILL PRESENT A NOTE TO AUSTRIA REGARDING THE RELEASE OF THE SUSPECT IN THE 13TH OF JANUARY CASE
Added 2011-07-16
On Monday, 18 July, at the order of Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis, the ambassador of Austria to Lithuania will be summoned to the MFA of Lithuania and will be presented a note regarding the release of the suspect in the...