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LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER AWARDS FORMER MEMBER OF THE LITHUANIAN HELSINKI GROUP FOR HIS EFFORTS TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS Added 2011-11-16 On the occasion of the Day for Tolerance, dissident, former member of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group Viktoras Petkus received the award of honour of Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs – ‘Lithuanian Diplomacy Star’ - for his long-term...
LITHUANIAN-GERMAN CONSULTATIONS IN BERLIN FOCUS ON CHALLENGES TO LITHUANIA AND REGION’S ENERGY SECURITY Added 2011-11-16 On 16 November at the bilateral consultations in Berlin, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas and German officials discussed major challenges to Lithuania and the region’s energy security, ongoing energy projects,...
LISTENING TO AND PERPETUATING TESTIMONIES OF TOTALITARIAN TRAGEDY SURVIVORS IS THE DUTY OF ALL OF US, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2011-11-16 Preservation of painful memory of totalitarian regimes should not be limited to dry theoretical details in textbooks or official statistics. The duty of all of us is to listen to and to perpetuate testimonies of people who have themselves survived...
LITHUANIA WANTS EU’S 2014-2020 BUDGET TO NARROW THE GAP BETWEEN MEMBER STATES Added 2011-11-15 On 15 November at the European Union’s General Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis said that the EU had to further the cohesion policy’s principle, i.e., to reduce economic,...
“ENERGY CONFERENCE: LITHUANIA IS BUILDING A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT” (ÖSTERREICHISCHER RUNDFUNK, ORF, 15 November 2011) Added 2011-11-15 To hear an excerpt in German from the Ö1-Mittagsjournal programme “Energy Conference: Lithuania is building a nuclear power plant” by Karin Koller, aired on Tuesday, 15 November 2011, at 12.00 h. on oe1.ORF.at., please...
IN BUDAPEST, LITHUANIA'S FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER CALLS FOR NOT REDUCING EU SUPPORT TO LESS-DEVELOPED MEMBER STATES Added 2011-11-14 On 10 November at the meeting of thC EU’s member states belonging to the Group of Friends of the EU Cohesion Policy in Budapest, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas voiced Lithuania’s position on the essential...
EUROPEAN UNION HAS TO APPLY UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED BY ALL NEIGHBOURS, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2011-11-14 On 14 November at the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis stressed that the EU’s support – closer political cooperation, economic integration and...
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHALLENGES TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM IS HELD AT THE TOLERANCE CENTRE Added 2011-11-14 On the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance on 16 November, Vilnius is to host an international conference “Tolerance and Totalitarianism. Challenges to Freedom” with a focus on the activities of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group in...
SUCCESS OF THE EU-RUSSIA COOPERATION DEPENDS ON MUTUAL EFFORT, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2011-11-14 On 13 November at the EU foreign ministers’ informal discussion in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis said that the EU-Russia cooperation would be successful only if both sides would make effort. Moreover,...
LITHUANIAN AND BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS ISSUES OF BILATERAL AND REGIONAL COOPERATION Added 2011-11-11 On 11 November on his first working visit to London, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and the U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed the most important issues of the European Union, security policies, and bilateral...