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EX-KGB OFFICER GOLOVATOV'S RELEASE BY AUSTRIAN AUTHORITIES "BAD SURPRISE" - ESTONIAN FORMIN (BNS, 18 July 2011) Added 2011-07-18 TALLINN, Jul 18, BNS - Austria's decision to release former KGB officer Mikhail Golovatov whom Lithuania holds responsible for bloody events at the Vilnius television tower in January 1991 was a "bad surprise," Estonian Foreign Minister...
THE DEED BY DARIUS AND GIRĖNAS IS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF RESOLUTION AND INSPIRATION, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER Added 2011-07-18 At a commemorative event dedicated to the 78th anniversary of the flight of Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas across the Atlantic Ocean on 17 July in Poland, Szczecin, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas said that the...
LITHUANIA PRESENTS A NOTE TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRIA OVER THE DECISION TO RELEASE A SUSPECT IN JANUARY 13TH CASE Added 2011-07-18 On 18 July, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė presented a note to Austria’s Chargé d’Affaires Josef Sigmund, requesting Austria to explain on what basis and why so hastily the...
LITHUANIAN, SWEDISH AND POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS ORGANIZED THE MEETING OF THE GROUP OF FRIENDS OF UKRAINE Added 2011-07-18 An informal meeting of the Group of Friends of Ukraine was organized before the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 18 July in Brussels. The informal meeting was organized by Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO TURKEY ON THE DEATH OF TURKISH SOLDIERS Added 2011-07-17 VILNIUS, 16 July 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, commented on a clash between government forces and militants in the Diyarbakır province of Turkey which resulted in the deaths of thirteen and...
REMEMBRANCE OF VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST PROMOTES RESPECT AND SPIRITUAL VALUES, FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS AT THE MEMORIAL IN KAUŠĖNAI Added 2011-07-17 On 17 July at the opening ceremony of the renewed tragedy memorial in Kaušėnai village, Plungė region, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė noted that preservation of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust...
LITHUANIAN MFA WILL PRESENT A NOTE TO AUSTRIA REGARDING THE RELEASE OF THE SUSPECT IN THE 13TH OF JANUARY CASE Added 2011-07-16 On Monday, 18 July, at the order of Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis, the ambassador of Austria to Lithuania will be summoned to the MFA of Lithuania and will be presented a note regarding the release of the suspect in the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER INVITES WORLD LITHUANIANS TO FOSTER UNITY AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATION OF LITHUANIA’S FUTURE Added 2011-07-15 On the occasion of the Unity Day of Lithuanians of the World, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis encourages Lithuanians around the world to foster the idea of unity and calls on every Lithuanian to contribute to the creation...
LITHUANIA CALLS FOR EU TO ALLOCATE MORE FUNDS FOR COOPERATION WITH EU’S NEIGHBORING AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES Added 2011-07-15 At the informal meeting of EU development ministers on 14-15 July in Sopot, Poland, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius called for the European Union to increase the financing of cooperation with the EU’s...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE AND ODIHR DIRECTOR DISCUSSED HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR Added 2011-07-13 On 13 July in Vilnius, Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis met with Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...