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LITHUANIA ASPIRES TO A CONSISTENT CONTINUATION OF EU NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOUTH CAUCASUS COUNTRIES Added 2011-05-23 At the European Union‘s Foreign Affairs Council on 23 May in Brussels, during the discussions about the situation in the states of the South Caucasus and the course of negotiations on association agreements with Georgia, Armenia and...
POLISH ARROGANCE AND LITHUANIAN PHOBIAS (Gazeta Wyborcza, 23 May 2011) Added 2011-05-23 For a long time, both Lithuanians and Poles used every opportunity to reiterate that the relations between their states were the best ever „in the history of relations“. Now, for a few years they have been saying that relations were...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES CANADA’S NEWLY APPOINTED FOREIGN MINISTER AND MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE Added 2011-05-23 On 19 May in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis sent congratulatory letters to Canada’s newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird and Minister of International Trade Edward Fast.
AUSTRIA ACTIVELY SUPPORTED THE COUNTRY'S INDEPENDENCE DURING DIFFICULT FOR LITHUANIA YEARS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAID Added 2011-05-22 In 1990-1991, during the difficult for Lithuania period, Austrian parliamentarians, members of government, prominent intellectuals and artists supported the independence of Lithuania in various ways, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs...
LITHUANIA EXPECTS GERMANY’S SUPPORT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE NUCLEAR SAFETY IN THE REGION Added 2011-05-20 Lithuania expects Germany’s support for important international infrastructure projects and efforts to ensure that plans of construction of nuclear power plants near the borders of Lithuania and the European Union would be carried out in...
ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTER FOR INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AT THE LITHUANIAN-POLISH BORDER WERE DISCUSSED IN VILNIUS Added 2011-05-20 On 20 May in Vilnius, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas and representative from Poland’s Borderland Foundation (Fundacja Pogranicze) Małgorzata Czyżewska discussed the events that are being organized on the...
IN INDIA, POLITICAL DIRECTOR OF LITHUANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DISCUSSED THE STRENGTHENING OF BILATERAL COOPERATION Added 2011-05-20 On 19-20 May, Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eitvydas Bajarūnas participated in consultations between Lithuania and India in New Delhi, India’s capital, and discussed the most important issues of bilateral cooperation,...
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. ŽYGIMANTAS PAVILIONIS: YOUR BUSINESS IS OUR BUSINESS (Dziennik Związkowy, 20 May 2011) Added 2011-05-20 Chicago. Ambassador of Lithuania to the U.S. Žygimantas Pavilionis assured that Lithuania supported the wish of Poland, the country’s friend and ally, to join visa-free regime with the U.S. This issue was most broadly discussed on Tuesday,...
THE CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN EUROPE STILL REMAIN TO BE ADDRESSED TODAY, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-05-19 Taking part in the events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Organization‘s for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 17 May in Warsaw, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON DISCUSSED WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN, TRANSDNIESTRIAN CONFLICT AND APPOINTMENT OF OSCE KEY OFFICIALS Added 2011-05-18 VILNIUS, 18 May 2011 - In today’s telephone conversation with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis discussed the process of appointment of the OSCE...