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FOREIGN MINISTRY’S STATEMENT ON THE DECISION BY THE SWISS GOVERNMENT TO IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF RESIDENCE PERMITS Added 2012-04-23 Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is concerned about the decision by the Swiss Government of 1 May to re-establish quantitative limitations for certain categories of residence permits for EU citizens who are nationals of eight EU member states.
THE EU SHOULD REMAIN ENGAGED IN AFGHANISTAN ALSO AFTER 2014, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2012-04-23 On  April 23 at the EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis underlined that the EU engagement in Afghanistan was a long-term task, and that cooperation with Kabul had to...
AMERICAN HISTORIAN RECEIVES LITHUANIAN DECORATIONS FOR PROMOTING LITHUANIA’S NAME Added 2012-04-20 On 20 April, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis conferred the award of honour of Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Lithuanian Diplomacy Star” on historian Alfred Erich Senn for promoting...
COUNCIL OF EUROPE EXPERT: LITHUANIA'S LEGAL SYSTEM COMPLIES WITH CONVENTION FOR NATIONAL MINORITIES PROTECTION (15min.lt, 24 April 2012) Added 2012-04-20 Lithuania's legal system complies with the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, says director of the Peace Instiute, Sia Akermark Spiliopoulou.
IN LUXEMBURG, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IS TO ATTEND THE EU’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL AND GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL Added 2012-04-20 On 23-24 April in Luxemburg, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis is to attend meetings of the EU Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council.
SPEECH BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS “THE HISTORY OF LITHUANIAN JEWS: REFLECTIONS ON COMMON EXPERIENCE”. Vilnius, 20 April 2012 Added 2012-04-20 Distinguished guests, participants of the March of the Living Representatives of the Jewish Community History, Education and Culture promoters Your Excellences, Ambassadors Counterparts, MP’s diplomats, journalists I am pleased and honoured...
HOLOCAUST AWARENESS IS RISING IN LITHUANIA, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2012-04-20 Thanks to the efforts of scholars, people in culture, artists and educators who are telling the truth about the painful history of the Holocaust, which was hushed up in the Soviet times, Holocaust awareness is rising in Lithuania,”...
IN BRUSSELS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES NATO RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA Added 2012-04-19 On 19 April at the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at the level of foreign ministers in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis drew attention to the ammunition explosions that Russia was carrying out in the...
IN BRUSSELS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR GREATER COOPERATION WITH NATO PARTNERS Added 2012-04-19 On 18 April, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis attended the informal meeting of NATO Foreign and Defence Ministers in Brussels, which discussed the Alliance’s partnerships with third countries and in what ways this...
‘CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE’ IN THE ALLIANCE: FROM IDEA TO REALITY (Journal of Energy Security, 19 April 2012) Added 2012-04-19 A decision to streamline NATO's command structure, in part through the creation of NATO'S Allied Command Transformation (ACT),  was taken as far back as the 2002 Prague Summit.  The command seeks to ensure that the military alliance...