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RUSSIAN AMBASADOR RECEIVES A NOTE OF PROTEST OVER LITHUANIAN AIRSPACE INFRINGEMENT Added 2012-03-29 On 29 March, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius submitted a note of protest to Ambassador of Russia Vladimir Chkhikvadze over the infringement of the Lithuanian airspace.The incident happened on 27 March from 7:17 to...
LITHUANIA’S ACCESSION TO NATO CANNOT BE IMPLIED AS SELF-UNDERSTANDABLE, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 8TH ANNIVERSARY Added 2012-03-29 On 29 March, the flag of the Alliance was raised at the entrance to the building of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to mark the 8th anniversary of Lithuania’s NATO membership.
LITHUANIA DEPOSITS THE INSTRUMENT OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE AMENDMENT OF THE UNECE WATER CONVENTION Added 2012-03-28 On 28 March in New York, on behalf of Lithuania, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations Dalius Čekuolis deposited with the United Nations Secretary General the instrument of acceptance of the Amendment of the...
EMANUELIS ZINGERIS: LITHUANIA'S EU PRESIDENCY WILL FOCUS ON ENERGY SECURITY AND EASTERN NEIGHBOURHOOD (15min.lt, 27 March 2012) Added 2012-03-27 In mid-2013, Lithuania is replacing Ireland in the presidency of the Council of the European Union. EU presidency is not only a great challenge to a state, but also an opportunity to strengthen its role within the organization, gain valuable...
AT THE MEETING, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND THE OSCE HIGH COMMISSIONER ON NATIONAL MINORITIES UNDERLINED THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO SEEK DIALOGUE WITH THE POLISH NATIONAL MINORITY Added 2012-03-27 On 27 March at the meeting with the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis emphasized the more active dialogue between the Government and the national minorities, and...
THE PROJECT OF THE FREIGHT TRAIN VIKING IS TO BE PRESENTED IN ISTANBUL Added 2012-03-27 On 28 March in Istanbul, Lithuanian Railways, in cooperation with the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Transport and Communications, organises an international conference “The train Viking. Intermodal solutions,...
LITHUANIAN REPRESENTATIONS ABROAD COMMEMORATE THE 1949 DEPORTATION VICTIMS Added 2012-03-26 On 24-25 March, Lithuanian Embassies in Dublin and Sofia, and the Consulate General in New York organised commemorations of the victims of mass deportations from Lithuania to Siberia in 1949.
EUROPEAN UNION MUST ADEQUATELY FINANCE ITS PROJECTS ALSO AFTER 2013, LITHUANIA FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS Added 2012-03-26 On 26 March at the meeting of EU Ministers for European Affairs in Brussels, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas stressed that further adequate financing of the closure of the Ignalina nuclear power plant (NPP) was one of...
FUKUSHIMA FIFTY KILOMETERS FROM VILNIUS? (15min.lt, 26 March 2012) Added 2012-03-26 Nuclear power plants are delicate projects. If anything goes wrong – and something always does go wrong in any human endeavor – consequences can be devastating and reaching well beyond national borders of a country responsible for it....
Belarus avoids cooperation in the field of nuclear safety Added 2012-03-26 Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs disagrees with openly misleading statements which were made by Belarusian representatives on 23 March this year in the Belarusian media, claiming that Lithuania avoided opening a dialogue on the environmental...