EUROPEAN UNION MUST ADEQUATELY FINANCE ITS PROJECTS ALSO AFTER 2013, LITHUANIA FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS
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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)
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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...
THE EU MINISTERS TAKE A UNANIMOUS DECISION ON BELARUS
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On 23 March in Brussels, the EU foreign ministers made a unanimous decision to reinforce restrictive measures against the Belarusian regime. Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis underlined that these measures should affect the...
THE EU COMMON AGRICULTURAL AND COHESION POLICIES REMAIN BASIC TOOLS FOR THE PROMOTION OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS
Added 2012-03-23
On 22 March at the high-level conference on the EU multiannual financial framework in Brussels, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas underlined that the agricultural and cohesion policies were essential tools to help...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER INFORMED THE REPRESENTATIVES OF JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE US ABOUT THE PROJECTS HELD IN LITHUANIA TO MEMORIZE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST
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On 20 March in New York, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis informed the representatives of Jewish organizations in the US on projects held in Lithuania in 2011, in order to memorize victims of the Holocaust, preserve the memory of the...
WHY YOU'LL SEE ME AT THE LITHUANIAN EMBASSY (Washington Jewish Week, 21 March 2012)
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When I went to Lithuania on a trip to explore my Jewish roots, I was seeking to connect myself with the past. I wanted to walk those streets where my ancestors once walked, to see that sky, to breathe that air.
LITHUANIA‘S COMPLAINT AGAINST BELARUSSIAN NPP PROJECT HEARD IN GENEVA
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The Implementation Committee of the UN Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) heard into Lithuania’s claim that Belarus failed to meet convention requirements while building a new nuclear power...
THE EU MUST EMPLOY A SOLID EXTERNAL ENERGY POLICY, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS
Added 2012-03-20
Having high dependence of imported energy resources, the European Union needs to employ a solid and strong external energy policy, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas said.On 20 March, he opened a round table discussion...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VOICES CONDOLENCES OVER THE TRAGIC SHOOTING INCIDENT IN TOULOUSE
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On 19 March, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis voiced condolences over the tragic shootings of four people (three of them children) at a Jewish school in Toulouse.