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JAPAN WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AND STRENGTHEN AID TO AFGHANISTAN’S GHOR PROVINCE Added 2010-02-07 On 6 February at Munich Security Conference, Lithuania’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of National Defence Rasa Juknevičienė met with Koichi Takemasa, Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Issues of bilateral relations,...
LITHUANIA’S EXPERIENCE IN COMBATING CORRUPTION WAS PRESENTED TO TRANSPORT POLICY EXPERTS OF OSCE MEMBER STATES Added 2010-02-02 Lithuania’s experience in combating corruption at the border control services and customs offices was presented during the Economic and Environmental Forum of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which took place on 1-2...
AVROM SUTZKEVER: MASTER OF A DYING LANGUAGE (The Jerusalem Post, 2 February 2010) Added 2010-02-02 One of the last of the Yiddish literary giants passed away last week - sadly, almost unnoticed. One of the benefits of living in the Internet era is that, when in doubt, a quick assessment can be made of the importance of a person or an event by...
A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE CBSS COMMITTEE OF SENIOR OFFICIALS AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION WAS HELD IN BRUSSELS Added 2010-02-01 On 26 January, a meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) was held in Brussels. It was chaired by Ambassador Neris Germanas, Head of the Secretariat for . The participants of the meeting approved...
'AN AMBASSADOR OF THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE' (Haaretz, 28 January 2010) Added 2010-01-28 When Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever died last week at the age of 96, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner released an official death notice on behalf of the French government. The Lithuanian parliament conducted a special session and stood up...
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN Added 2010-01-27 On 28 January, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius will take part in the international London conference on Afghanistan. The support of international community to the consolidation of security, welfare and democracy...
MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE IS ASSIGNED AS LITHUANIA’S ACTING MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Added 2010-01-27 On 26 January 2010, President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė issued a decree, assigning Minister of National Defence Rasa Juknevičienė as Lithuania’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs until the new Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign...
INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY WILL BE MARKED IN LITHUANIA Added 2010-01-25 On 27 January, school communities in various Lithuanian cities and districts will mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day: at 21 schools lessons will be given to explain the pupils about the significance of this day, as well as film...
IN BRUSSELS, EU FOREIGN MINISTERS PAID CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION TO THE ISSUES OF AFGHANISTAN Added 2010-01-25 On 25 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas attended the European Union’s General Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. The EU foreign ministers discussed the programme of the Spanish EU Presidency,...
LITHUANIAN DIPLOMAT APPOINTED AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE IN MOLDOVA Added 2010-01-25 Lithuanian diplomat Birutė Abraitienė is appointed Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in Moldova. The Government of Lithuania delegated B.Abraitienė to this position.