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LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT OF MONTENEGRO Added 2011-06-14 On 13 June in Podgorica, Lithuanian Ambassador to Montenegro Renatas Juška presented credentials to the country’s President Filip Vujanović.During the conversation with the Ambassador, the leader of Montenegro stressed the importance...
CONSULTATIONS OF LITHUANIAN AND CZECH FOREIGN MINISTRIES FOCUS ON ENERGY AND REGIONAL COOPERATION Added 2011-06-14 During the Lithuanian-Czech political consultations on 14 June in Prague, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas discussed energy security, regional and bilateral cooperation.Vice-Minister E.Meilūnas met with First Deputy...
LITHUANIA'S NEW EDUCATION LAW ELIMINATES, NOT CREATES DISCRIMINATION – OMBUDSWOMAN (BNS, 14 June 2011) Added 2011-06-14 VILNIUS, June 14. BNS - Lithuania's new law on Education does not discriminate ethnic minorities, on the contrary, it eliminates pre-existing discrimination, the Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson has said following the evaluation of the...
CONSULTATIONS OF LITHUANIAN AND UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTRIES FOCUS ON THE OSCE AGENDA AND ISSUES OF INTEGRATION INTO THE EU Added 2011-06-14 On 14 June during the consultations in Vilnius, Political Director of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eitvydas Bajarūnas and Director-General of the Directorate General for Security and Political Affairs of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs...
AT THE SEMINAR ON HOLOCAUST, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SPEAKS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL MEMORY THAT IS NECESSARY FOR BETTER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING Added 2011-06-13 On 13 June at the ongoing international seminar “European Holocaust History, Human Rights and Tolerance Today” in Kaunas, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė invited the participants of the seminar to protect...
AT THE SOLEMN EVENT MARKING THE BEGINING OF MASS DEPORTATIONS IN RUMŠIŠKĖS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING MEMORIES OF THE EXILES Added 2011-06-11 On 11 June at the Open Air Museum of Lithuania in Rumšiškės, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė attended the event that was organized by the Lapteviečiai, the brotherhood of the Laptev Sea...
STRONG STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND THE U.S. IS A GOOD BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC RELATIONS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-06-10 The strategic partnership between Lithuania and the United States that has been strengthened over the recent 20 years presents a good basis for bilateral trade and investment development, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis...
LITHUANIA MARKS THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF GREAT LOSSES AND SEEKS TO ESTABLISH A CONSENSUAL VIEW OF HISTORY IN EUROPE, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-06-10 Having declared the 2011 as the Year of Remembrance of Defence of Freedom and Great Losses and of the Victims of the Holocaust in Lithuania, the country seeks to establish a consensual view of the 70-year-old history in Europe, Lithuanian Minister...
FOREIGN AMBASSADORS WILL BE ACQUAINTED WITH THE PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR OF REMEMBRANCE OF DEFENCE OF FREEDOM AND GREAT LOSSES AND OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST IN LITHUANIA Added 2011-06-09 On 10 June at the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, heads of foreign diplomatic missions will be acquainted with the programme of the Year of Remembrance of Defence of Freedom and Great Losses and the Victims of the Holocaust in Lithuania.
CONSULTATIONS OF POLISH AND LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRIES FOCUS ON POLAND’S UPCOMING EU PRESIDENCY Added 2011-06-09 On 9 June in Warsaw, the consultations of Lithuanian and Polish Foreign Ministries focussed on Poland’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the priorities of the Presidency and relations with neighbours.