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COMMENT OF THE LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ON THE POSITION OF THE RUSSIAN MFA Added 2011-08-26 Lithuania is surprised at the reluctance of the Russian Federation to recognize the provisions of the Treaty on the Foundations of Interstate Relations that was signed on 29 July 1991. We have recently marked the 20th anniversary of this treaty....
LITHUANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE ATTACK ON THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE IN NIGERIA Added 2011-08-26 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Lithuania strongly condemns the attack on the United Nations main office in Nigeria’s capital Abuja.
FOREIGN MINISTERS OF ICELAND AND LITHUANIA DISCUSS ICELAND’S ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION Added 2011-08-25 On 25 August in Reykjavik, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphéðinsson discussed Iceland’s accession negotiations with the European Union and...
IN HELSINKI, LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT OF FINLAND Added 2011-08-25 On 25 August during an official ceremony in Helsinki, new Ambassador of Lithuania to Finland Arūnas Jievaltas presented his credentials to President of Finland Tarja Halonen. During the conversation that followed, the Ambassador and President...
MFA EXPRESSES A STRONG PROTEST WITH REGARD TO THE NON-ADMISSION OF A LITHUANIAN JOURNALIST TO BELARUS Added 2011-08-24 On 24 August, as designated by the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis, Ambassador of Belarus to Lithuania Vladimir Drazhin was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain the incident at the border, when...
AT THE MEETING IN GERMANY, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSED THE NEED TO ENHANCE SCHENGEN MECHANISMS Added 2011-08-24 On 24 August, at the annual meeting of Baltic and German foreign ministers in Germany, the island of Rügen, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis stressed the necessity to enhance the functioning of the information system...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES UKRAINE ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE Added 2011-08-24 On 23 August, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis congratulated Ukraine on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Independence and emphasized the significance of friendly and sincere relations, mutual assistance and...
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR TO SLOVENIA WISHES VICTORY TO THE LITHUANIAN BASKETBALL TEAM Added 2011-08-24 On 24 August during the morning training session of the Lithuanian men’s basketball team in the Stožice sports complex, Ljubljana, Lithuanian Ambassador to Slovenia Rimutis Klevečka wished victory to the coaches and basketball players in...
BASKETBALL HELPED LITHUANIANS SURVIVE SOVIET GULAG (Reuters, 24 August 2011) Added 2011-08-24 VILNIUS (Reuters) - Forced labor camps were meant to crush opponents to the regime of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, but basketball helped them to survive, an exhibition in former Soviet state Lithuania shows.
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR TO SLOVENIA AND INITIATORS OF THE LITHUANIAN-SLOVENIAN BUSINESS CLUB DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE COOPERATION Added 2011-08-23 At the meeting with the initiators of the Lithuanian-Slovenian Business Club Emilija Kairytė and Aleš Štrovs on 22 August, Lithuanian Ambassador to Slovenia Rimutis Klevečka agreed that there was a need for such a club and discussed...