EX-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES SEEK PENALTIES FOR DENIAL OF TOTALITARIAN ATROCITIES (DEUTSCHE WELLE, 18 DECEMBER 2010)
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Denial of the Holocaust is illegal in Germany and many other countries. Now a group of European nations hope to criminalize the denial of crimes committed by communist totalitarian regimes.
IN ISRAEL, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER DISCUSSES ISSUES OF HOLOCAUST EDUCATION AND REMEMBRANCE
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Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė is attending the plenary meeting of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research that is taking place on 13-16 December...
AT THE EU GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTMENT PROTECTION IN SERBIA
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On 14 December in Brussels, at the European Union’s General Affairs Council meeting, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis noted that in order to draw closer to the EU, Serbia needed to improve its business environment...
FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON THE DEATH OF VETERAN U.S. DIPLOMAT
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On 14 December, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis sent a letter to the United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, expressing his condolences on the death of the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and...
LITHUANIA AND 5 OTHER EU MEMBER STATES CALL ON THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO KEEP ALIVE THE MEMORY OF THE CRIMES BY TOTALITARIAN REGIMES
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Foreign Ministers of Lithuania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Romania and Hungary call on the European Commission to take further actions in preserving Europe’s collective memory of the crimes committed by totalitarian regimes, and...
EU MEMBER STATES SHOULD FOSTER SOLIDARITY IN OSCE ACTIVITIES, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS
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During the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 13 December in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis presented the planned priority directions of Lithuania’s chairmanship of the Organization...
LITHUANIA MINISTER: CUTS TO EU'S LONG-TERM BUDGET MAY BE NECESSARY (EurActiv, 14 December 2010)
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Some cuts to the EU's long-term budget for the period 2014-2020 may be necessary given current financial realities, but severe cuts would reduce the European Union's capacity to act as a global player, Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Audronius...
SUPPORT TO EU-GEORGIA TALKS AND THE COUNTRY’S INTEGRATION INTO NATO WAS EMPHASIZED AT THE MEETING IN VILNIUS
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At the meetings with the delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David Jalagania, a senior official from the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed the support to Georgia in its negotiations on Association...
FOREIGN MINISTER URGES TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE EU AND EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES NEXT YEAR
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At the meeting of the European Union member states and Eastern Partnership countries on 13 December in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis highlighted the need to promote mobility and people-to-people contacts, the...
IN THE HAGUE, OFFICIALS DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR LITHUANIAN-DUTCH COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS
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On 10 December in the Hague, Chancellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Jankauskas and Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Ed Kronenburg shared the experience of the two countries...