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YOUNGER GENERATION SHOULD BE WELL-AWARE OF HOLOCAUST ROOTS AND ITS TRAGIC SCOPE, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS Added 2012-01-27 On 27 January at the events of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Vilnius, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė called for making every effort to perpetuate the memory of the Holocaust and for...
MULTIANNUAL EU BUDGET MUST COMPLY WITH EU GOALS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF SOLIDARITY, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS Added 2012-01-27 On 27 January at the EU General Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas supported the proposal of the European Commission regarding the size of the new EU budget, but stressed that also...
LITHUANIA MAKES SINCERE AND CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TOWARDS PERPETUATING MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST VICTIMS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2012-01-26 On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis calls for the continuation of the successful fight against anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of intolerance, the...
LITHUANIA SIGNS THE PLURILATERAL ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT Added 2012-01-26 On 26 January in Japan, Lithuanian Chargé d'Affaires ad interim in Japan Albertas Algirdas Dambrauskas, on behalf of Lithuania, signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)  between the European Union and its member states,...
INTL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY SAYS ONE CAN'T BE INDIFFERENT TO INTOLERANCE - LITHUANIAN FORMIN (BNS, 26 January 2012) Added 2012-01-26 VILNIUS, Jan 26, BNS – The International Holocaust Memorial Day reminds us that we cannot be indifferent to intolerance, discrimination and hatred, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis says.
FOREIGN MINISTER AFFIRMS LITHUANIA’S WILLINGNESS TO SHARE ITS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION EXPERIENCE WITH ARMENIA Added 2012-01-26 On 26 January in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian had a detailed discussion on possibilities to develop bilateral relations. During the discussion,...
LITHUANIA ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH GUYANA Added 2012-01-26 On 25 January in New York, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations Dalius Čekuolis and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations George Talbot signed, on behalf of their respective...
MFA STATEMENT ON THE TRIAL OF THE BELARUSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER Added 2012-01-25 The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses profound disappointed at the pathetic decision taken by the Minsk city court to reject the appeal of the human rights defender Aliaksandr Bialiatski, who was convicted and sentenced to...
BELARUS ISOLATED BY RIGHTS LEADER JAILING: LITHUANIA (AFP, 25 January 2012) Added 2012-01-25 VILNIUS, January 25, 2012 (AFP) - Lithuania on Wednesday denounced a court ruling in neighbouring Belarus that upheld the jailing of a top human rights leader, saying it simply increased the ex-Soviet state's isolation.
IT IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF LITHUANIA’S NORDIC ORIENTATION, SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2012-01-25 On 25 January during the round table discussion on the draft strategy “Lithuania 2030” at the Seimas, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis emphasized that the strengthening of the partnership between the Nordic and Baltic...