KEY ISSUES OF REGIONAL COOPERATION WERE DISCUSSED IN REYKJAVIK
Added 2009-08-21
On 20-21 August during the Baltic-Nordic Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Reykjavík, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas discussed the Swedish EU presidency, important issues of cooperation of the EU, NATO, United Nations, the...
'MINI-EUROPE' COMMEMORATES THE 'BALTIC WAY' (EurActiv.com, 18 August 2009)
Added 2009-08-18
The Brussels miniature park ‘Mini-Europe’ will this Sunday (23 August) organise an event commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the “Baltic Way”, the longest ever human chain which in 1989 became a potent symbol in the...
LITHUANIAN SAILORS HAVE BEEN LIBERATED
Added 2009-08-14
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania informs that the sailors who had been kidnapped in Nigeria from the Lithuanian-flagged ship Saturnas were liberated today. They all are alive and healthy. Currently, the members of the crew are being...
EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BALTIC WAY OPENS IN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA
Added 2009-08-13
On 13 August, the exhibition "Message To The World. The Baltic Way: Twenty Years Later", dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the Baltic Way, opens in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. The exposition presents historical photos and...
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER AND U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE DISCUSS TRANSATLANTIC CO-OPERATION ISSUES
Added 2009-08-13
On 12 August, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas met with the United States’ Assistant Secretary of State Philip H. Gordon, who heads of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. The meeting was held in the...
LITHUANIA‘S FOREIGN MINISTER URGES RUSSIA TO STOP DISCRIMINATING LITHUANIAN ROAD CARRIERS
Added 2009-08-11
On 11 August, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas called in Ambassador of the Russian Federation Vladimir Chkhikvadze and requested him to provide explanations concerning the discriminatory measures that are applied to the...
MINISTER V.UŠACKAS AND RUSSIA’S MINISTER OF TRANSPORT DISCUSSED THE PROBLEMS OF LITHUANIAN ROAD CARRIERS
Added 2009-08-07
On 7 August, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas discussed the problems of Lithuanian road carriers while crossing the Russian border with Igor Levitin, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation and co-chairman of the...
LITHUANIA‘S AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO THE CROWN PRINCE OF THAILAND
Added 2009-08-06
On 5 August in Bangkok, Lithuania‘s Ambassador to Thailand Sigutė Jakštonytė presented her credentials to Crown Prince of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn who received the Lithuanian diplomat in the name of King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej....
GEORGIA CONSULTS WITH LITHUANIA ON NATO INTEGRATION MATTERS
Added 2009-08-05
On 4-5 August, Lithuanian-Georgian consultations concerning Georgia’s NATO integration issues took place in Vilnius. Deputy State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Helen Khoshtaria lead the Georgian delegation during the...
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTRY SEEKS TO FIND OUT THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THE LITHUANIAN CITIZENS TAKEN HOSTAGE OFF THE COAST OF NIGERIA
Added 2009-08-04
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania informs that on 3 August, the Lithuanian-flagged ship Saturnas, which is owned by Limarko Shipping Company, was assaulted by armed attackers on the Escravos River Road off the coast of Nigeria. Five...