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A MEMORIAL PLAQUE DEDICATED TO ICELAND, THE COUNTRY THAT RECOGNIZED LITHUANIA 20 YEARS AGO, IS UNVEILED IN VILNIUS Added 2011-02-12 On 12 February in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphéðinsson unveiled a memorial plaque, dedicated to the decision of the Parliament of...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINSTER EXPRESSES STRONG SUPPORT FOR ICELAND’S EU MEMBERSHIP AND SUGGESTS LITHUANIA’S ASSISTANCE Added 2011-02-11 On 11 February in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphéðinsson discussed Iceland’s EU membership negotiations, priorities of...
OSCE ACTIVE IN CASE OF SENTENCED TRANSDNIESTRIAN, CHAIRPERSON SAYS Added 2011-02-10 CHISINAU, 10 February 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said today that the Chairmanship is working and will continue to work actively in close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Moldova...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON TO ADDRESS UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND MEET SENIOR US OFFICIALS Added 2011-02-10 VILNIUS, 10 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, will outline the goals of the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship to the UN Security Council and meet with senior US officials during his...
PARTICIPATION OF LITHUANIAN INSTITUTIONS IN THE EU TWINNING PROGRAMME IS PRESENTED AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY Added 2011-02-10 On 10 February at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representatives from the Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania, the Office of the President and the Office of the Government, Ministries, other agencies, universities and educational institutions were...
HISTORY OF THE LITHUANIAN JEWRY AND THE HOLOCAUST ARE DISCUSSED AT THE INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM IN LONDON Added 2011-02-09 The research in the history of the Lithuanian Jewry and the Holocaust that is little known to researchers from other countries and has been going on for more than ten years in Lithuania was presented to a wider academic community abroad at the...
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TREATY IS DISCUSSED IN VILNIUS Added 2011-02-09 On 9 February, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control Rose Gottemoeller discussed the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and its implementation.
POLITICAL DIRECTORS OF NORDIC AND BALTIC FOREIGN MINISTRIES DISCUSS REGIONAL COOPERATION AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY ISSUES Added 2011-02-09 On 8-9 February in Helsinki, participants of the meeting of the Nordic Baltic Eight (NB8) political directors of MFAs discussed prospects for regional cooperation, the situation in Belarus and in the Middle East, as well as other current issues of...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON VISITS MOLDOVA, CALLS FOR OFFICIAL NEGOTIATIONS ON TRANSDNIESTRIA Added 2011-02-08 CHISINAU, 8 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said during a visit to Moldova that began today that he hopes that official negotiations in the "5+2" format can resume this year.
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LITHUANIA TO THE EU AND PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DISCUSS ENERGY AND FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES Added 2011-02-08 On 7 February in Brussels, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the European Union, Ambassador Raimundas Karoblis and President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek discussed current energy, the European Union’s institutional and...