THE BALTIC MESSENGER INTERVIEW WITH RUTA SEPETYS (Tidningen Kulturen, 23 October 2012)
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From Susana Oksanen to Katrina Kalda, the literary world can now add one more woman author and descendant of the Baltic people, Ruta Sepetys, to the list of women authors that have taken the mission to write about the Baltic States and their...
2,000 LITHUANIAN JEWS TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION (The Jerusalem Post, 23 October 2012)
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About 1,000-2,000 Jews who had suffered from the occupation regime in Lithuania will receive symbolic payments, Faina Kukliansky, chairperson of the Vilnius-based Foundation For Good- Will Compensations, said in Vilnius on Friday.
LITHUANIA EXPRESSES WILLINGNESS TO BECOME A FULL MEMBER OF THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
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On 22 October in Paris, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis handed over to Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a letter of the Prime Minister of...
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR THANKS FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF LITHUANIA’S INDEPENDENCE
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On 21 October in Little Rock, the capital of the U.S. state of Arkansas, Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States Žygimantas Pavilionis and other ambassadors, who reside in Washington, D.C., met with former U.S. President Bill Clinton and...
LITHUANIA STRENGTHENS COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF LA FRANCOPHONIE
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On 22 October, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and Clément Duhaime, Administrator of the International Organization of la Francophonie, signed a cooperation agreement between the Government of Lithuania and the...
LITHUANIA CALLS ON THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
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On 17 October, the United Nations Security Council held a first-time debate on “Peace and Justice with a Special Focus on the Role of the International Criminal Court”. During the debate, representatives from Lithuania pointed out that...
LITHUANIA AND FRANCE STRENGTHEN DIALOGUE ON STRATEGIC ISSUES FOR THE EU
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On 17-18 October in Paris, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leškevičius and Bernard Cazeneuve, French Minister Delegate for European Affairs, and other officials discussed the most important items on the agenda of the...
FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER: STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION MUST NOT WIDEN THE GAP BETWEEN EURO AREA AND NON-EURO AREA COUNTRIES
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At the General Affairs Council on 16 October in Luxembourg, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leškevičius stressed that the enlargement of the European Economic and Monetary Union could not decompose internal market.
SHARING EXPERIENCE OF DEMOCRATIC REFORMS SHOULD BE THE CORNERSTONE OF THE EU’S DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION POLICY, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS
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At the Foreign Affairs and Development Council meeting on 15 October in Luxembourg, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius called on the European Commission and member states to transfer experience of democratization and...
DEMARCATION OF THE LITHUANIAN-RUSSIAN BORDER HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON THE CURONIAN SPIT
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On 9-12 October, a meeting of the Joint Lithuanian-Russian Demarcation Commission was held in Neringa, during which demarcation works were completed on the Curonian Spit.