LITHUANIA EXTENDS AN INVITATION TO THE OSCE TO OBSERVE THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Added 2009-01-22
Respecting its international commitments, Lithuania has extended an invitation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to observe the upcoming general presidential election on 17 May 2009.
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES THE NEW U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE
Added 2009-01-22
On 22 January in Vilnius, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas received U.S. Ambassador John Albert Cloud and conveyed a letter of congratulations to the newly designated Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER: SOLVING THE ISSUE OF RESTITUTION FOR THE BUILDING OF THE LITHUANIAN REPRESENTATION IN ROME, WE SEEK HISTORICAL JUSTICE
Added 2009-01-22
On 22 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas received Senator and Secretary of State of the Republic of Italy Alfredo Mantica, who is responsible for bilateral relations with the European Union countries. During the...
THE FIRST STAR OF LITHUANIA’S MILLENNIUM THIS YEAR GOES TO DISCUS THROWER VIRGILIJUS ALEKNA
Added 2009-01-22
On 22 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas conferred discus thrower Virgilijus Alekna with the award of Foreign Ministry ‘The Star of Lithuania’s Millennium’ for promoting Lithuania’s name. V. Alekna is twice an...
MINISTER PRESENTS A JOINT BALTIC CANDIDATE TO THE POST OF DIRECTOR GENERAL OF UNESCO
Added 2009-01-22
On 21 January, at a meeting with foreign ambassadors residing in Lithuania,Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas presented Ambassador Ina Marčiulionytė as a joint candidate of the three Baltic States – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia– to the...
SPEECH OF MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA VYGAUDAS UŠACKAS AT THE MEETING WITH FOREIGN AMBASSADORS RESIDING IN LITHUANIA. Vilnius, 21 January 2009, Vilnius University Library, the Smuglevičius Hall
Added 2009-01-21
Excellencies, Honourable Rector Benediktas Juodka, Honorable Chairman of Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs Audrius Ažubalis,colleagues, honourable guests,For more than four centuries, Vilnius University has been a beacon of learning, culture,...
HEAD OF LITHUANIA’S DIPLOMACY: FOREIGN MINISTRY SEEKS TO BE A RELIABLE PARTNER FOR LITHUANIA’S BUSINESS
Added 2009-01-21
On 21 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas met with heads of associated business organisations: President of the International Chamber of Commerce ICC Lithuania Julius Niedvaras, President of the Lithuanian...
EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT ISSUES DISCUSSED DURING THE CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND TURKEY
Added 2009-01-20
On 20 January at the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the consultations between the Foreign Ministries of Lithuania and Turkey, Turkey’s EU membership negotiations were discussed. A possible input of Turkey into the European energy...
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER MET WITH THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR
Added 2009-01-20
On 20 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas met with Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Lithuania Hans Peter Annen and discussed important issues of bilateral relations.
Minister...
CANDIDATE TO THE POST OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF UNESCO WILL BE PRESENTED TO FOREIGN AMBASSADORS
Added 2009-01-20
On 21 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas is meeting for the first time with foreign Ambassadors that are accredited to Lithuania and will acquaint them with priorities of the new Government’s foreign policy.
At the...