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OSCE CHAIRPERSON TO TRAVEL TO TAJIKISTAN Added 2011-05-13 VILNIUS, 13 May 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, will travel to Tajikistan next week to discuss how the Organization best can support the country.
EVERY WORLD LITHUANIAN CAN BRING EXPERIENCE AND TALENT TO HOMELAND, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAID AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL Added 2011-05-13 The closing ceremony of an International Music Festival Sugrįžimai (The Returns) took place on 12 May in Vilnius. Lithuanian musicians who live and work abroad performed at the festival, which is a good example showing that every world Lithuanian...
LITHUANIA IS OPEN TO BELARUSIANS AND SEEKS MORE OPEN EUROPEAN UNION FOR THEM TOO, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-05-13 On 13 May during a discussion that was organized by the Parliamentary Forum of the Community of Democracies at the Lithuanian Seimas (Parliament), Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis confirmed that Lithuania aimed to facilitate the...
POET K.BALMONT WHOSE MEMORY WAS HONOURED IN VILNIUS PROMOTED LITHUANIAN IDENTITY, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-05-12 On 12 May at the ceremony of unveiling of the monument to Konstantin Balmont in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis noted that it was important to remember and appropriately honour every person who at one time or...
IN WARSAW, REPRESENTATIVES FROM LITHUANIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES SUPPORTING STRONG EUROPEAN COHESION POLICY DISCUSSED FUTURE FINANCING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Added 2011-05-12 On 12 May at the Friends of Cohesion Policy Working Group meeting in Warsaw, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas presented Lithuania’s main priorities in the field of the financing of the European Union.According to...
LITHUANIA’S SUPPORT TO ENSURE EQUAL RIGHTS OF MEN AND WOMEN WAS PRESENTED AT THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL Added 2011-05-12 Lithuania has long-time traditions of support of gender equality and shares this experience with Afghanistan and other partners successfully, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Evaldas Ignatavičius said at the conference in Istanbul.On...
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE THE BASIS OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER A.AŽUBALIS SAYS Added 2011-05-12 On 12 May, Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis congratulated the Moscow Helsinki Group on the occasion of the 35th anniversary and...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKS UP FOR THE FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS Added 2011-05-12 The Schengen Agreement provides for the freedom of movement, which is one of the most remarkable achievements of the European integration and, therefore, we should foster it,” Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis...
DEMAND TO SPELL NAMES IN LITHUANIAN LETTERS DOES NOT RUN COUNTER EU'S ACQUIS - COURT (BNS, 12 May 2011) Added 2011-05-12 VILNIUS, May 12, BNS - The Luxembourg-based court European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday the existing rules in Lithuania providing for the spelling of names and surnames only in the state language do not constitute a violation.
7 US CONGRESSMEN URGE STATE SECRETARY SHIFT SUPPORT FROM BELARUSIAN N-PLANT TO BALTIC PROJECT (BNS, 12 May 2011) Added 2011-05-12 VILNIUS, May 12, BNS – Seven members of the United States Congress have urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton withdraw the statement of support to Belarusian nuclear power plant announced last December and back the Baltic nuclear utility...