IN VILNIUS, OFFICIALS DISCUSSED STEPS TOWARDS BOOSTING INVESTMENT, TRADE AND TOURISM FLOWS BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND ISRAEL
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On 3 May in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis and Israeli Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Daniel Ayalon, who is paying a visit to Lithuania, discussed further joint steps towards boosting investment and trade...
LITHUANIA WILL ISSUE SCHENGEN VISAS TO RUSSIAN CITIZENS TRAVELING TO FINLAND
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On 1 May, the agreement between the Lithuanian and Finnish foreign ministries comes into effect, in compliance with which Lithuania will represent Finland when issuing Schengen visas in Russia’s Kaliningrad region.
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND ISRAELI DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OPENED HONORARY CONSULATE OF ISRAEL
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On 2 May in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis and Israeli Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Daniel Ayalon opened the first Israeli consulate headed by an honorary consul in Lithuania.
IMPORTANT CHALLENGE AWAITS LITHUANIA AS IT CELEBRATES 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF EU MEMBERSHIP, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS
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Important challenge awaits Lithuania as the country celebrates its seventh anniversary of membership in the European Union – the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2013 - which will show the maturity of the state, Minister of...
COMMENT OF THE LITHUANIAN MFA ON THE KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
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In Pakistan, the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of the international terrorist network al-Qaeda, terrorist mastermind and the face of global terrorism who was responsible for the murder...
THREATS TO JOURNALISTS CANNOT BE TOLERATED, SAYS OSCE CHAIRPERSON AHEAD OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
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VILNIUS, 2 May 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, speaking ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, called for OSCE states to do more to protect journalists.
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES OVER THE DEATH OF FAMOUS U.S. DIPLOMAT, FRIEND OF THE BALTIC STATES
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On 2 May, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, expressing condolences over the death of former U.S. diplomat, political scientist Ronald Asmus.“R.Asmus has paved...
SHOLOM ALEICHEM SCHOOL EMBODIES THE TRADITION OF MULTICULTURAL VILNIUS (Valstybė, May 2011 No. 5(49), p. 108-111)
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A curious thing happened around 1923, when Jonas Jablonskis, known as the father of the Lithuanian literary language, was teaching at the Faculty of Humanities of Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas.
PHOTO EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF LITVAKS IN VILNIUS OPENS AT THE MFA
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On 29 April at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė opened a photography exhibition “Jerusalem of Lithuania: Time and People”, which reflects the history of Vilnius as the...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK IN MOROCCO
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VILNIUS, 29 April 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, condemned yesterday’s attack in Marrakesh and expressed his condolences following series of explosions that killed and injured...