LITHUANIA INVITES GERMANY TO COOPERATE IN CREATING AMBITIOUS EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP POLICY
Added 2012-05-15
On May 15 in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis met with German Minister of State Michael Georg Link to discuss Lithuania’s interests in negotiations on the next EU financial perspective and future Eastern...
EUROPEANIZATION IS THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE FOR A DEMOCRATIC AND INDEPENDENT BELARUS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS
Added 2012-05-14
Europeanization is the only rational alternative for Belarus and its people, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis said at the workshop for young Belarusian leaders that was organized in Gratiškės, Trakai district, on...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER URGES EUROPEAN UNION TO HELP UKRAINE STAY ON PATH TO EUROPE
Added 2012-05-14
On May 14 in Brussels, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius called on the EU Foreign Ministers to seek engaging Ukraine into European processes, so that the confidence crisis would not be escalated.
LITHUANIA HONOURS ANTI-SOVIET SELF-IMMOLATION HERO (AFP, May 14, 2012)
Added 2012-05-14
Vilnius, May 14, 2012. Lithuania on Monday paid tribute to a student whose self-immolation 40 years ago sparked mass anti-Soviet protests in the Baltic state, an unwilling Soviet republic at the time.
ISOLATING UKRAINE IS NOT THE ANSWER (Carnegie Europe, May 14, 2012)
Added 2012-05-14
Audronius Azubalis is not a happy man. As more and more EU leaders announce that they will boycott the European Football Championship in Ukraine because of the alleged ill treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, Azubalis disagrees. As...
LITHUANIA GOES AHEAD WITH THE NORDIC BALTIC COOPERATION (Best in Lithuania, No. 17/2012, p. 10-11)
Added 2012-05-14
Lithuania’s relations with Nordic countries go way back into centuries. The Baltic Sea always was crisscrossed by shipping routes widely travelled by adventurers and traders, in a long run creating a bond between the nations of shared values and...
CONSUL GENERAL IN NEW YORK HONOURS LITHUANIAN CITIZEN, WHO IS BESTOWED THE TITLE OF RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS
Added 2012-05-11
On May 10, Lithuania’s Consul General in New York Valdemaras Sarapinas participated in the event, which was co-organised by the Consulate General in New York and the American Society of Yad Vashem. During the event, the titles of Righteous...
BALTIC STATES SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS ACHIEVING COMMON GOALS IN THE EU AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS
Added 2012-05-11
The Baltic States must work together to defend their common interests – address energy security challenges and problems of transport isolation, develop a vision of the Eastern neighbourhood, aim at achieving a universal condemnation of...
SOLIDARITY OF THE BALTIC SEA STATES IN ADDRESSING COMMON CHALLENGES SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE ENTIRE EU, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS
Added 2012-05-11
The Baltic States, which have built their free society and current economic stability on the principle of solidarity and values of democracy, show an example for the entire EU that solidarity is a guarantee of long term sustainability and growth...
IN BERLIN, LITHUANIAN AND GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF BILTERAL PARTNERSHIP
Added 2012-05-10
On May 10 in Berlin, Lithuanian and German Ministers of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and Guido Westerwelle discussed the ways of strengthening the bilateral partnership, which would lead to closer political, economic and cultural ties...