LITHUANIA CALLS FOR EU TO ALLOCATE MORE FUNDS FOR COOPERATION WITH EU’S NEIGHBORING AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES
Added 2011-07-15
At the informal meeting of EU development ministers on 14-15 July in Sopot, Poland, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius called for the European Union to increase the financing of cooperation with the EU’s...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE AND ODIHR DIRECTOR DISCUSSED HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR
Added 2011-07-13
On 13 July in Vilnius, Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis met with Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...
ACTIVE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS CAN BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS
Added 2011-07-13
On 13 July at the ongoing Conference for National Human Rights Institutions in Vilnius, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė stressed that independent national human rights institutions (NHRI) were...
OSCE MEETING AIMS TO STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATION'S MEDIATION AND DIALOGUE FACILITATION CAPACITY
Added 2011-07-13
The Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship, with the support of the Swiss Delegation to the OSCE and the Conflict Prevention Centre, is hosting an expert meeting on 12 July 2011 in Vienna on strengthening the mediation-support capacity of the Organization....
OSCE CHAIRPERSON DISCUSSES NAGORNO-KARABAKH NEGOTIATIONS WITH MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS
Added 2011-07-12
VILNIUS, 12 July 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis today met the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group: Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov...
VILNIUS IS TO HOST OSCE CONFERENCE FOR NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS
Added 2011-07-12
Vilnius is to host a Conference for National Human Rights Institutions on 13-14 July, organised by Lithuanian chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY INVITES THE PUBLIC TO DISCUSS LITHUANIA’S UPCOMING EU PRESIDENCY
Added 2011-07-12
Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs invites everyone to take part in the public discussion “Lithuania in the European Union: set to take the helm after 7 years of membership,” which will take place at the Palace of the Grand Dukes...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES OVER VOLGA BOAT DISASTER
Added 2011-07-11
VILNIUS, 11 July 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, expressed his solidarity and sympathy with the people of Russia today."I am deeply shocked and saddened by the news of the Volga boat...
IN MOSCOW, LITHUANIAN, POLISH AND RUSSIAN REPRESENTATIVES SIGN FINAL DOCUMENTS OF THE DEMARCATION OF STATE BORDERS
Added 2011-07-11
On 6 July at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow, heads of Lithuanian, Polish and Russian delegations signed final documents of the demarcation of state borders and completed marking the junction point at...
AMBASSADORS TO OSCE, IN MOLDOVA, SUPPORT RESUMPTION OF OFFICIAL 5+2 TALKS IN SEPTEMBER
Added 2011-07-11
CHISINAU, 7 July 2011 – The need to restart official negotiations without preconditions between the sides in the Transdniestrian conflict was reiterated by Ambassador Renatas Norkus of Lithuania, the Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent...