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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY LITHUANIA’S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VYGAUDAS UŠACKAS “CHALLENGES OF DEMOCRACY IN POST-COMMUNIST EUROPE: NATIONAL IDENTITY” AT THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL. Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, 16 June 2009. Added 2009-06-16 Ladies and Gentlemen, Rediscovering and strengthening the national identity has been one of the top issues in many post-communist countries in Europe. The experience of Lithuania and other European nations of similar fate shows that national...
SPEECH BY LITHUANIA’S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VYGAUDAS UŠACKAS “STRENGTHENING LITHUANIAN COMPETITIVENESS: LITHUANIA'S FOREIGN ECONOMIC AND EUROPEAN POLICY PRIORITIES” AT THE BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN LITHUANIA. Vilnius, 16 June 2009. Added 2009-06-16 I would like to start by thanking Chris Butler, Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania for organizing this meeting and gathering here such a diverse group of friends and partners <representing the BCC, American Chamber of...
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM FOREIGN BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS DISCUSSED THE STRENGTHENING OF LITHUANIAN COMPETITIVENESS Added 2009-06-16 On 16 June in Vilnius, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs met with members of the British Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania, American Chamber of Commerce, French Chamber of Commerce and Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania, German-Baltic...
MINISTER V.UŠACKAS: EUROPE HAS TO MAINTAIN HISTORICAL MEMORY ABOUT CRIMES OF THE TWO WORST TOTALITARIAN REGIMES OF THE 20TH CENTURY Added 2009-06-15 On 15 June during the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas and his colleagues discussed the preparation for the forthcoming European Council on...
THE LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA Added 2009-06-12 On 11 June, Lithuanian Ambassador Jonas Rudalevičius presented credentials to Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Sergei Ordzhonikidze. During the conversation, the Director-General presented key directions of the...
SPEECH OF LITHUANIA’S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VYGAUDAS UŠACKAS AT THE 8TH CONFERENCE ON BALTIC STUDIES IN EUROPE “THE BALTICS AS AN INTERESECTION OF CIVILIZATIONAL IDENTITIES”. Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, 12 June 2009. Added 2009-06-12 Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues and Guests, Frequently discussed question – does the Baltic Region have a Future? – is the one of a great importance in the context of defining Lithuanian foreign policy priorities and making options in...
LITHUANIANS CELEBRATE MILLENNIUM ODYSSEY (Embassy, Issue 16, p.4) Added 2009-06-11 Epic Journey Nears Completion Over 400 Lithuanians gathered at Tower Millennium Pier to greet the brave yachtsmen of the Lithuanian Millennium Odyssey, who have been on a nine-month journey visiting 26 Lithuanian communities in 20 countries...
DRAFT STRATEGY OF LITHUANIA’S ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEES OF THE SEIMAS Added 2009-06-11 On 10 June, Undersecretary of Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė and Minister of National Defence Rasa Juknevičienė presented a draft “Strategy of the Activities of the Republic of Lithuania in the Islamic Republic...
FOREIGN MINISTERS OF LITHUANIA AND SWEDEN WELCOMED THE EU STRATEGY FOR THE BALTIC SEA REGION Added 2009-06-10 On 10 June in Stockholm, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Carl Bildt. The Ministers discussed key issues of the forthcoming Sweden’s EU Presidency and welcomed the EU Strategy...
AGRICULTURE, TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS ARE KEY SPHERES OF COOPERATION BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND KAZAKHSTAN Added 2009-06-09 Continuing his official visit to Kazakhstan, on 9 June in Almaty, Lithuania‘s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas together with Lithuanian Minister for Agriculture Kazimieras Starkevičius opened a business forum of Lithuania and...