MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO COMBAT HATE CRIMES AGAINST CHRISTIANS, PARTICIPANTS SAY AT OSCE MEETING
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ROME, 12 September 2011 – Participating States need to step up their efforts to effectively prevent and combat hate crimes against Christians, participants said at the opening of an OSCE conference in Rome today. “It is indisputable...
EU GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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At the European Union’s General Affairs Council meeting on 12 September in Brussels, which discussed the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (2014 - 2020), Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas said that...
THE BALTIC AND BENELUX FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING FOCUSES ON EU FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES
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On 9-10 September in Estonia, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas took part in the annual meeting of the Baltic and Benelux foreign ministers that focused on the enlargement and neighborhood policy of the European Union,...
SEPTEMBER 11TH MOBILIZED PARTNERS FOR A JOINT FIGHT AGAINST THREATS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS
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Ten years ago, the tragedy of September 11 in the U.S. shook the entire world and mobilized transatlantic allies and all the people of good will of the world to fight against international terrorism, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON WELCOMES GRANTING OF ASYLUM TO BELARUSIAN JOURNALIST
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VILNIUS, 9 September 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today welcomed his country’s granting of asylum to Belarusian journalist Natallya Radzina.
FORMAL TRANSDNIESTR TALKS EXPECTED TO REOPEN SOON: OSCE (AFP, 10 September 2011)
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VILNIUS, September 10, 2011. OSCE chair Lithuania said Saturday it expected multilateral talks on Moldova's breakaway region Transdniestr to be formally relaunched later this month.
MFA HOLDS A DISCUSSION ON THE OCCASION OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF RECOGNITION OF LITHUANIA’S INDEPENDENCE AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
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On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of international recognition of Lithuania’s Independence and the re-establishment of diplomatic relations, the discussion “Restoration of Lithuanian Statehood and Renewal of Diplomatic Relations...
OSCE HOSTS MEETING OF MOLDOVAN AND TRANSDNIESTRIAN LEADERS
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BAD REICHENHALL, Germany, 9 September 2011 – The Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audrionus Ažubalis, opened a bilateral meeting between the leaders of the sides in the Transdniestrian conflict - Prime Minister Vlad Filat...
IMPROVEMENT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU SANCTIONS AND RELATIONS WITH EASTERN NEIGHBORS ARE DISCUSSED IN GERMANY
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During the meeting with Germany’s State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office Emily Haber on 9 September, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis drew her attention to the existing imperfection of the implementation of...
OSCE MEETING IN ROME TO DISCUSS PREVENTION OF HATE CRIMES AGAINST CHRISTIANS
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ROME, 7 September 2011 – Representatives of the OSCE’s 56 participating States are meeting in Rome on 12 September to discuss ways to prevent and respond to hate crimes against Christians.