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Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister stresses the need to strengthen the EU’s external border security Added 2015-02-11 On 10 February, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas participated in the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Brussels. At the meeting the Latvian Work Programme of the EU Council Presidency was presented and...
Lithuanian and Romanian Foreign Ministers discuss closer cooperation Added 2015-02-10 In the margins of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 9 February in Brussels, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs of Linas Linkevičius met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Bogdan Lucian Aurescu to discuss prospects of...
EU Foreign Ministers Delay Russia Sanctions. wsj.com, February 9, 2015 Added 2015-02-10 ByLaurence Norman and Naftali Bendavid BRUSSELS—European Union foreign ministers on Monday delayed for a week the implementation of sanctions against a new group of individuals and companies in Russia and eastern Ukraine, citing momentum behind...
Arrival and doorstep by Linas Antanas LINKEVIČIUS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, at the Foreign Affairs Council on 9 February 2015, in Brussels. europa.eu, February 9, 2015 Added 2015-02-09 Arrival and doorstep by Linas Antanas LINKEVIČIUS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, at the Foreign Affairs Council on 9 February 2015, in Brussels:...
Arming Ukraine is a ‘Logical Move,’ Says Lithuania Minister. wsj.com, February 9, 2015 Added 2015-02-09 Laurence Norman Feb. 9, 2015 BRUSSELS—Sending defensive weapons to Ukraine is a “logical step,” Lithuania’s Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevicius, said Monday, breaking ranks with most of his European colleagues. Asked about the debate in...
Lithuanian Foreign Minister and Norwegian Ambassador discussed cooperation on children’s rights protection Added 2015-02-06 On 6 February, Minister Linas Linkevičius and Dag Malmer Halvorsen, Ambassador of Norway to Lithuania, discussed the protection of the rights of Lithuanian citizens in Norway and possible cooperation of the two countries on children’s rights...
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister and Belarusian Deputy Minister discuss EU-Belarus relations in Minsk Added 2015-02-05 On 4 February a delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania headed by Vice-Minister Andrius Krivas  and a delegation of Belarus, headed by Elena Kupchina, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus, held consultations in Minsk. The...
Lithuanian Foreign Vice-Minister meets with Israel’s new Ambassador to Lithuania, discusses bilateral cooperation Added 2015-02-04 On 4 February, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas met with new Ambassador of Israel to Lithuania Amir Maimon. The Vice-Minister underlined that the opening of the Israeli Embassy in Vilnius constituted an important step...
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister and Finnish Under-Secretary of State discuss bilateral relations and situation in the region Added 2015-02-04 On 4 February in Helsinki, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius met with Jaakko Laajava, Political Under-Secretary of State of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.  The meeting discussed bilateral economic...
Lithuania will contribute to the Council of Europe’s assistance to Ukraine Added 2015-02-04 On 2 February, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the Council of Europe Vytautas Leškevičius signed an agreement with the Council of Europe on Lithuania’s voluntary contribution to the partial financing for the implementation of the Action...