IN VILNIUS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTRIES OF LITHUANIA AND FINLAND HELD CONSULTATIONS ON ISSUES OF EU, SECURITY POLICY AND RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBOURS
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On 4 May in Vilnius, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Evaldas Ignatavičius and Under-Secretary of State of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Jaakko Laajava discussed current issues of the European Union, the vision of the...
EACH AND EVERYONE OF US CAN JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST RACIST ATTACKS, MINISTER A.AŽUBALIS SAYS
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I strongly condemn any attacks, aimed to set the Lithuanian society at variance on ethnic, racial or other grounds. I assess such actions when we are commemorating the Holocaust Remembrance Day as a provocation. This is an audacious challenge not...
POST-CONFLICT REHABILITATION: STABILIZATION, RECONSTRUCTION AND PEACEBUILDING’ FOCUS OF OSCE WORKSHOP
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The Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship, with the support of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, is hosting a workshop in Vienna on the post-conflict rehabilitation capacity of the Organization. The event is the second in a series of expert meetings on...
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...