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OSCE CHAIRPERSON WELCOMES ARREST OF GORAN HADŽIĆ Added 2011-07-20 VILNIUS, 20 July 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today welcomed the arrest by Serbian authorities of Goran Hadžić, the last remaining fugitive wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague.
OSCE CHAIRPERSON URGES ALBANIAN GOVERNMENT, PARTIES TO URGENTLY RESUME DIALOGUE Added 2011-07-20 VILNIUS, 19 July 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today urged the Albanian government and opposition to restore political dialogue and move ahead with reforms.
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER THANKS HIS LATVIAN AND ESTONIAN COUNTERPARTS FOR SOLIDARITY Added 2011-07-20 On 20 July, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis thanked Latvian Foreign Minister Girts Kristovskis and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet for very strong and urgent support of the neighbouring countries to the...
OSCE TROIKA, EU HIGH REPRESENTATIVE ASHTON DISCUSS CO-OPERATION Added 2011-07-20 The foreign ministers of Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Ireland – representing the 2011, the 2010 and the 2012 OSCE Chairmanships respectively – and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,...
CHALLENGES TO LITHUANIA’S EU MEMBERSHIP: ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, INCREASING OF COMPETITIVENESS AND EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY Added 2011-07-19 At the public discussion “7 years of Lithuania’s Membership in the European Union: Set to Take the Helm” on 19 July in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis identified key challenges of...
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN LAUNCHED A BOOK ON THE OCCASION OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND SWEDEN Added 2011-07-19 At the discussion “Lithuania and Sweden: partnership development and prospects” that took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 19 July, Lithuanian Ambassador to Sweden  Remigijus Motuzas said that to Lithuanians Sweden had...
LITHUANIA’S GOAL TO ASSESS AUSTRIA’S ACTIONS IS ALSO A STRUGGLE FOR EU VALUES, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-07-19 When responding to Austria’s rapid decision to release the detained suspect in the January 13th case, Lithuania seeks for entire European Union to assess Austria’s actions properly and to learn well the lesson of the lack of...
LATVIA PROTESTS AUSTRIA'S RELEASE OF RUSSIAN 1991 SUSPECT (AFP, 19 July 2011) Added 2011-07-19 VILNIUS, July 19, 2011 (AFP) - Latvia on Tuesday waded into a bitter dispute between fellow EU members Lithuania and Austria over Vienna's release of a Russian who Vilnius wants to try over a bloody 1991 Soviet crackdown.
AUSTRIA’S HASTY DECISION TO RELEASE THE SUSPECT IN JANUARY 13TH CASE UNDERMINES PRINCIPLE OF EU SOLIDARITY, BALTIC FOREIGN MINISTERS SAY Added 2011-07-19 The hasty decision taken by Austrian authorities to release the suspect in the so-called “January 13th case” diminished the efficient international legal cooperation in criminal cases among EU member states, as well as the principle of...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DREW ATTENTION OF THE EU GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL TO AUSTRIA’S RELEASE OF A SUSPECT IN JANUARY 13TH CASE Added 2011-07-19 At the European Union’s General Affairs Council meeting in the evening of 18 July in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis drew the attention of other EU foreign ministers to the actions of the Austrian...