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Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister welcomes participants of international conference “Casablanca of the North: refugees and rescuers in Kaunas 1939-1940” Added 2016-05-17 On 17 May, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius welcomed participants of the international conference “Casablanca of the North: refugees and rescuers in Kaunas 1939-1940” that was held in the Valdas Adamkus...
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister discusses perpetuation of memory of Dutch Honorary Consul Jan Zwartendijk Added 2016-04-28 On 26 April in Vilnius, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius met with children of Jan Zwartendijk (1896–1976) who served as the Dutch Honorary Consul in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1940 – Robert (born 1940 in Kaunas) and...
Linkevičius gives Pažaislis monastery copy of unique book by camaldolese monks as present Added 2016-04-07 On 6 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Mikheil Janelidze, who came to Lithuania on an official visit, are visiting Pažaislis monastery. During the visit, Minister...
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, presents two exhibitions Added 2016-01-28 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January and organised a presentation of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum’s two traveling exhibitions – “Lithuanian Jews behind the Iron...
National Prayer Breakfast focuses on today’s threats, importance of values Added 2015-11-30 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania organised the National Prayer Breakfast in Vilnius on 27 November. Participants of the event titled “Does religion cause conflict and war?” discussed the role of spiritual values in everyday lives of...
Lithuania seeks to contribute to initiative to include documents relating to Chiune Sugihara into UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register Added 2015-11-02 On 30 October in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius received Japan’s Gifu Prefecture Governor Hajime Furuta, who was visiting Lithuania. The guest informed that Japan was filing an application to UNESCO,...
Head of Lithuanian diplomacy attends premiere of film about Sugihara, stresses relevance of values cherished by the Japanese diplomat Added 2015-10-15 On 14 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended the premiere of the film titled “Persona Non Grata” at Vilnius University and underlined the importance of the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara’s deed and...
Vice-Minister Bekešius attends events commemorating Chiune Sugihara Added 2015-10-09 On 7 October, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius attended events marking the 75th anniversary of ‘Visas for Life’, which were organised by the Embassy of Japan in Lithuania.
In Šeduva, Vice-Minister Bekešius stresses importance of Litvak history to Lithuanian heritage Added 2015-10-09 On 9 October 2015, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius paid tribute to the victims of the mass murder of Jews in the Liaudiškių forest and attended a ceremony of unveiling of the monument to the murdered Jews of...
Vice-Minister Bekešius attends ceremony of unveiling of monument to Mahatma Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach Added 2015-10-07 On 2 October, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius attended a ceremony of unveiling of the monument to the leader of India’s independence movement Mahatma Gandhi and his Litvak friend Hermann Kallenbach in Rusnė.