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A NEW HONORARY CONSUL STARTS HIS ACTIVITIES IN THE USA Added 2009-02-17 On 13 February Algis Zaparackas started his activities as a new Lithuanian honorary consul in the USA. His consular district will cover the State of Michigan, with the residence in Detroit. In 1964 A.Zaparackas graduated from mechanic...
1,000-YEAR HISTORY AFFIRMS LITHUANIA'S PLACE IN EUROPE (The Japan Times,16 February, 2009, p.6 ) Added 2009-02-16 Dainius Kamaitis, Ambassador of Lithuania: It is my pleasure to address the readers of The Japan Times on this historic occasion – Lithuania has just entered the second millennium of its history. I am confident that this memorable anniversary is a...
LITHUANIA, BELARUS AND UKRAINE ARE UNITED BY COMMON PAST AND COMMON CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE, MINISTER V.UŠACKAS SAYS Added 2009-02-14 On 14 February in Vilnius, a meeting of Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Vygaudas Ušackas, his Belarusian counterpart Sergei Martynov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ogryzko took place. Lithuanian head of diplomacy noted that the tripartite...
LITHUANIA IS READY TO CONTINUE AN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATION WITH KAZAKHSTAN Added 2009-02-14 On 13 February, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas received new ambassador of Kazakhstan Galymzhan Koishybayev. The Ambassador handed in a letter of Kazakhstan’s foreign minister to the Lithuanian head of diplomacy.
FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER MEETS WITH A CANDIDATE TO THE POST OF IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL Added 2009-02-13 On 13 February, Lithuania‘s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Šarūnas Adomavičius received  Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty, Special Representative on Disarmament in South Africa’s Department of Foreign Affairs. At the meeting, important issues...
ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED IN GERMANY Added 2009-02-13 On 12 February, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas completed his official visit to Germany meeting with Federal Minister of Interior of  Germany Wolfgang Schäuble, Foreign Policy and Security Advisor to the German...
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF THE POLISH CITIZEN, WHO HAS TRAGICALLY PERISHED IN PAKISTAN Added 2009-02-12 On 12 February in a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Radosław Sikorski, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas extended condolences to the family of Polish citizen Piotr Stanczak, who has tragically perished in...
SPEECH OF MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VYGAUDAS UŠACKAS AT THE GERMAN SOCIETY FOR FOREIGN POLICY. Berlin, 12 February 2009 Added 2009-02-12 CHALLENGES TO THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE EU. Approach of the New Government of Lithuania Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, Twenty years ago the city of Berlin offered to the world one of the most memorable sights in...
LITHUANIA’S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BUNDESTAG OF GERMANY DISCUSS ISSUES OF THE EU ENLARGEMENT AND RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY OF LISBON Added 2009-02-12 On 12 February during an official visit to Germany, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas met with President of the Bundestag of Germany Norbert Lammert. During the meeting, V.Ušackas and N.Lammert welcomed more intensive...
FOREIGN MINISTER: WE ARE DEVELOPING AN INTENSIVE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH GERMANY Added 2009-02-12 On 12 February, during an official visit to Germany, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas met with Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier. During the purposeful meeting, most of the attention...