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LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS FAIR, UNBIASED AND SOLIDARITY-BASED EU BUDGET IS IN THE LITHUANIA’S INTERESTS Added 2012-08-30 At the Informal Meeting of Ministers for European Affairs in Lefkosia, the capital of Cyprus, on August 30, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Vytautas Leškevičius emphasized Lithuania’s ambition to have a solidarity-based...
FOREIGN MINISTRY HOSTS A DISCUSSION ON MODERNISATION OF BELARUS Added 2012-08-30 On August 29, Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) hosted a discussion on the European dialogue with Belarusian society on modernisation. The event officially opened the 6th Rally of Belarusians studying abroad.
VILNIUS WILL HOST THE ANNUAL NORDIC BALTIC FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING Added 2012-08-30 On 4 September, Vilnius will host the Nordic Baltic Eight (NB8) Foreign Ministers’ meeting, as Lithuania is coordinating the Baltic-Nordic cooperation agenda this year. The ministers are expected to discuss prospects of cooperation in the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY RECEIVES AN OFFICIAL ANSWER OF BELARUS REGARDING WATER-LEVEL DECLINE IN THE NEMUNAS RIVER Added 2012-08-29 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania informs  that on August 27 the Lithuanian Embassy in Minsk received an official answer of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus to the Foreign Ministry’s...
JAPANESE NUCLEAR ENERGY SPECIALISTS VISIT LITHUANIA Added 2012-08-29 On August 29, representatives of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Japanese Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Security (ISCN) and Hitachi GE discussed possible cooperation and support to the recently...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER AND THE FIRST AMBASSADOR OF LAOS TO LITHUANIA AGREE TO FURTHER DEVELOP BILATERAL RELATIONS Added 2012-08-29 Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė discussed the further development of the bilateral relations with the first Ambassador of Laos to Lithuania Khamvone Phanouvong, who presented the letters of credence...
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.
THE MFA STATEMENT ON THE RULING OF THE VILNIUS REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT Added 2012-08-28 On 27 August, the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court upheld a complaint of the applicants - Vladimir Peftiev, a citizen of Belarus and entities controlled by him, namely ‘Beltechexport’ ‘Sport-pari’ and Private Unitary...
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES ACKNOWLEDGES LITHUANIA’S POLITICAL SOLIDARITY AND HUMANITARIAN HELP IN CONFLICT AREAS Added 2012-08-24 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), António Guterres, met with Chief of Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Rytis Paulauskas, and...
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...