MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: BY RATIFYING OF THE TREATY OF LISBON LITHUANIA EMPHASIZED ITS WISH FOR UNITED AND STRONG EUROPE
Added 2008-05-08
On 8 May the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania ratified the Treaty of Lisbon. Lithuania is thirteenth of 27 EU Member States, which ratified the Treaty. On 8 May the Treaty has also been ratified by Latvia.
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HAD A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
Added 2008-05-08
On 8 May Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas had a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia currently presiding over the EU Dmitrij Rupel. The ministers discussed the details of Slovenian Foreign...
FOREIGN MINISTER URGES THE AMBASSADORS TO LOOK FOR MORE EFFECTIVE FORMS OF ACTIVITY
Added 2008-05-08
During a conference “Diplomatic service for Lithuanian people: mutual connection, help to the citizens and business” held at the annual meeting of heads of Lithuanian diplomatic representations which started on 8 May Lithuanian Minister of...
NATO SCIENCE FOR PEACE AND SECURITY COMMITTEE’S SEMINAR TAKES PLACE IN LITHUANIA
Added 2008-05-07
On 7 May an international science seminar “Evaluation of Risks and Environmental Security in the Baltic Sea Region” initiated by NATO Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and NATO Science for Peace and Security Committee takes place in...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RECEIVED THE NEW AMBASSADOR OF UKRAINE
Added 2008-05-06
On 6 May Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas received Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania Ihor Prokopchuk. This is the first meeting of the Minister with the newly appointed Ukrainian Ambassador, who presented credentials to...
SEVENTEEN EU MEMBER STATES DECIDED TO APPLY VISA FEE EXEMPTIONS TO SERBIA WITH MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY
Added 2008-05-06
On 6 May Lithuania together with sixteen other EU Member States decided to apply with maximum flexibility visa fee exemptions to Serbia which are allowed by the Schengen acquis. This is the sign of the EU will to support Serbia’s European...
THE EUROPEAN UNION UNDERSTANDS THE LITHUANIAN POSITION BETTER AND BETTER
Added 2008-04-29
On 29 April, took part in the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of the European Union, where he presented Lithuania’s position regarding the mandate for the negotiations between the European Union and Russia....
LITHUANIA’S EXPERIENCE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION PRESENTED IN KISHINEV
Added 2008-04-29
Supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania’s Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion Programme, the Moldovan and Lithuanian fund ‘The Centre for European Integration Studies’ in 2008, in Kishinev, started a...
LITHUANIA COMPLIES WITH ALL THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION
Added 2008-04-29
On 25 April, the U.S. administration announced that Lithuania was removed from the Watch List, as it had improved very much its intellectual property rights protection.
DURING THE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE EUROPEAN UNION’S MANDATE FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA, LITHUANIA SEEKS SECURITY, JUSTICE AND SOLIDARITY
Added 2008-04-28
Lithuanians speaks up for the negotiations between the European Union and Russia regarding the new EU-Russia agreement. However, it is certain that Lithuania’s interests should be taken into consideration.