LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE IN ECONOMICS WITH LITHUANIAN ROOTS ROBERT SHILLER
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On 17 October, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius congratulated Robert Shiller, a Lithuanian American, on receiving the 2013 Nobel Prize in economics and invited him to visit Lithuania.
LITHUANIA ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CAMEROON
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On 16 October, Lithuania established diplomatic relations with the 173rd country, which is Cameroon. Cameroon is often referred to as “Africa in miniature” for its geological and cultural diversity. In New York, the Lithuanian Minister...
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDS TO GRANT THE STATUS OF CANDIDATE FOR EU MEMBERSHIP TO ALBANIA, AND THAT ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA BE OPENED
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On the 16th of October the European Commission (EC) adopted the annual European Union Enlargement Package, which this year comprises of the EU enlargement strategy and regular progress reports of Iceland, Turkey and Western Balkan countries...
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WILL HELP EU CITIZENS RECOGNISE EUROPEAN VALUES, SAID THE VICE-MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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Communication specialists should stimulate pro-European movement in the European Union more actively and, with the European Parliament elections coming up, help citizens to better understand what the European Union stands for, and what it is...
EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL TO PREPARE FOR EASTERN PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT, WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA
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European Union trade ministers will meet in Luxemburg on October 18 to discuss trade aspects of the Eastern Partnership Summit and preparations for the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference. Ministers will also be invited to approve a mandate,...
ACTIVITIES OF OFFICE OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA DISCUSSED IN VILNIUS
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On 16 October in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas met with Valentin Inzko, the High Representative of the International Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The meeting discussed the international...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER L.LINKEVIČIUS IN NEW YORK PRESENTS PRIORITIES FOR LITHUANIA’S EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY
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At the Consulate General of Lithuania in New York on 15 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, who is paying a visit to the U.S., presented priorities for the Lithuanian Presidency of the EU Council to...
INVITATIONS TO VILNIUS SUMMIT HANDED OUT TO HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS OF EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES
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On 15 October, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas handed out invitations to heads of diplomatic missions of the six Eastern Partnership countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine...
IN VILNIUS, EMINENT ACADEMICS AND POLICYMAKERS TO DISCUSS THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN THE EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS
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On 17 October in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture will co-host an informal meeting of senior officials of the EU’s Foreign Ministries and Ministries of Culture, who are...
LITHUANIAN AND POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS, BRITISH MINISTER OF STATE ISSUE A JOINT STATEMENT ON EASTERN EUROPEAN PARTNERS
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At the Wilton Park conference “The Eastern Partnership: moving ahead” on 14 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Radosław Sikorski, and David Lidington, the...