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LITHUANIAN, POLISH EXPERTS AGREE THAT STATE LANGUAGE EXAM WILL BE UNIFIED, EVALUATION WILL DIFFER (BNS, 20 September 2011) Added 2011-09-20 VILNIUS, Sep 20, BNS – A Lithuanian–Polish expert group on education issues agreed late on Monday in Warsaw that the form of the state language exam for all Lithuanian schoolchildren will be unified but the evaluation will differ for...
EXPERT WORK ON ETHNIC MINORITY EDUCATION SERVED PURPOSE – LITHUANIAN PM (BNS, 20 September 2011) Added 2011-09-20 VILNIUS, Sep 20, BNS – Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said on Tuesday common work of Lithuanian and Polish experts in evaluating the ethnic minority education situation in Lithuania has served the purpose, and achieved results...
LITHUANIA RAISES THE ISSUE OF NON-COMPLIANCE OF NEIGHBOURING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF NUCLEAR SAFETY Added 2011-09-20 At the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that opened on 19 September in Vienna, the Lithuanian delegation will actively raise questions regarding safety of nuclear power plants, also issues of fulfilment of...
OFFICIALS DISCUSS VISA ISSUANCE TO INCOMING TOURISTS IN DRUSKININKAI Added 2011-09-19 On 19 September in Druskininkai, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė chaired the circuit meeting of the interdepartmental working group on the optimization of procedures for issuing visas for tourists,...
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OF LITHUANIA AND IRELAND IS MARKED IN DUBLIN Added 2011-09-19 On 15 September at the Griffith College Conference Centre in Dublin, the Lithuanian Embassy in Ireland and the Lithuanian folklore band “Lietuviškas dobilas” (Lithuanian Clover) marked the twentieth anniversary of the...
OSCE CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY GENERAL MEET TO DISCUSS THE PREPARATION FOR THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL IN VILNIUS Added 2011-09-19 Vilnius, 19 September 2011. The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis and the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met on 19 September in Vilnius to discuss developments in the OSCE space and priorities of...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON CALLS FOR CALM, RESTRAINT IN NORTHERN KOSOVO Added 2011-09-16 VILNIUS, 16 September 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today called for calm and restraint in northern Kosovo, and emphasized the need for constructive approaches.
IN WASHINGTON, D.C., LITHUANIAN VICE-MINISTER AND U.S. OFFICIALS DISCUSS KEY ISSUES OF COOPERATION BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND THE U.S.A. Added 2011-09-16 On 14 September, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė paid a working visit to the United States, where she met with members of the U.S. administration and discussed Lithuania’s Chairmanship of the...
BOLD ACTION NEEDED TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND TRANSPORT, SAY OSCE CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS Added 2011-09-15 PRAGUE, 14 September 2011 – Sustainable, efficient and environmentally friendly energy and transport policies are the focus of a three-day OSCE conference that opened today in Prague.
BELARUSIANS INJURED DURING THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN MINSK ARRIVE IN LITHUANIA FOR A REHABILITATION Added 2011-09-15 On 15 September, ten Belarusian citizens who were injured during the terrorist attack in metro in Minsk arrived in Lithuania for rehabilitation in Palanga and Abromiškės. In Vilnius, they were received by Political Director of Lithuanian...