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LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTRY IS COMMITTED TO ITS “GLOBAL LITHUANIA” PROGRAMME (VilNews, 13 October 2012) Added 2012-10-13 Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis is personally committed to the “Global Lithuania” program and to strengthening ties with the diaspora. During a recent working visit to the United States, he made a special trip to a national...
LITHUANIAN POET VENCLOVA RECEIVES YET ANOTHER AWARD (BNS, 14 September 2012) Added 2012-09-14 VILNIUS, Sep 14, BNS – Lithuanian philosopher, poet, literature researcher and dissident Tomas Venclova has received yet another award. This time the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has presented a sign of honor – Lithuanian Diplomacy Star...
OUTGOING US AMBASSADOR TO LITHUANIA: I WONDER HOW YOU DID IT IN CRISIS – INTERVIEW (BNS, 13 September 2012) Added 2012-09-13 VILNIUS, Sep 13, BNS – Outgoing US Ambassador to Lithuania Anne E. Derse says she was surprised at how Lithuania managed to emerge from a deep recession and get back to economic growth." I wonder how you did it," the ambassador said in an...
GOETHE MEDAL FOR LITHUANIAN HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR (Deutsche Welle, 28 August 2012) Added 2012-08-28 She witnessed the greatest tragedies of the 20th century, but has dedicated herself to reconciliation. For her work, literature professor and critic Irena Veisaite is a recipient of this year's Goethe Medal.
AZUBALIS IN RIGA: DESPITE BELARUS SELF-ISOLATION, NECESSARY TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF EASTERN PARTNERSHIP (The Baltic Course, 24 August 2012) Added 2012-08-24 During the annual meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Baltic States and Germany held on 23 August in Riga, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis and his colleagues discussed the most important issues of EU's economic...
LITHUANIA DEVELOPING AS EU FOOTHOLD ON CHINA (The Baltic Times, 22 August 2012) Added 2012-08-22 Next month sees the 21st anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between China and Lithuania, and it will come with hopes for a healthy growth in trade between the two countries, reports ChinaDaily.
FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER: EU PRESIDENCY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING EUROPE CLOSER TO LITHUANIA (en.15min.lt, 17 August 2012) Added 2012-08-17 In the second half of 2013, Lithuania is assuming presidency over the Council of the European Union – an honour and duty rotating among the 27 EU member states. Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leškevičius...
LITHUANIA'S STRATEGISTS LOOK IN THE NORDIC DIRECTION (en.15min.lt, 2 August 2012) Added 2012-08-02 Every year, Lithuania is moving closer and closer to its neighbours in the North. The extent of foreign direct investment from Scandinavia continually grows, the export curve turns upwards. Strategic projects are also moving forward –...
AZUBALIS: LITHUANIA AND POLAND FOR CENTURIES HELD TOGETHER IN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM (The Baltic Course, 30 July 2012) Added 2012-07-30 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis pointed out that Lithuania and Poland had held together in a struggle for freedom for centuries, therefore we have to respond to new threats of the 21 century together as well.
LITHUANIAN VICE-MINISTER DISMISSES STATEMENTS ABOUT HUGE LOSSES CAUSED BY SANCTIONS ON BELARUS AS THEORETICAL SPECULATIONS (BNS, 23 July 2012) Added 2012-07-23 VILNIUS, Jul 23, BNS – Lithuanian businesses will not incur major loses amid the European Union's (EU) sanctions on Belarus, as the measures are not aimed against all of the Belarusian businesses or society, Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister...