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FOREIGN MINISTER AND THE EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMISSIONER DISCUSS ISSUES OF LITHUANIA’S ENERGY SECURITY Added 2009-01-08 On 8 January in Prague at the informal meeting of the European Union’s General Affairs Council, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas met with EU Commissioner responsible for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner and...
LITHUANIA PRESIDES OVER THE BALTIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS Added 2009-01-05 On 1 January 2009 Lithuania started presiding over the Baltic Council of Ministers (BCM). During the Lithuanian Presidency, particular attention will be dedicated to the cooperation among the Baltic States – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – in the...
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER MEDIATES BETWEEN UKRAINE AND THE EU IN SOLVING THE ISSUE OF GAS PROVISION Added 2009-01-01 On 1 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas discussed current situation of gas provision to Ukraine with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Volodymyr Ohryzko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech EU Presidency...
USHERING IN 2009, LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER OPENS AN EXHIBITION OF NIKO PIROSMANI, A WORLD FAMOUS PAINTER Added 2008-12-31 On 31 December at Vilnius Picture Gallery, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas took part in the opening ceremony of an exhibition of paintings by distinguished Georgian painter Niko Pirosmanashvili (Pirosmani), who created at...
FRIENDS REUNITED (Poland Monthly / December 2008, p.50-53) Added 2008-12-31 In an interview with PM’s Ewa Boniecka, the Lithuanian ambassador to Poland, Egidijus Meilunas, talks about how strategic partnership, good neighbourhood policy and friendship between Poland and Lithuania are bearing fruit across a wide spectrum of...
AMBASSADOR GREETINGS (Lithuania today, 2008 issue 12, p.28-31) Added 2008-12-31 Christmas is a time with family, creating joyous memories and delighting in succulent food. Wherever we are, Loreta and I always seek to honour Lithuanian Christmas traditions and pass them on to our own two children, daughter Paula and son...
SĄJŪDIS – 20 YEARS ON (Lithuania today, 2008 issue 12, p.13-15) Added 2008-12-31 This year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Sąjūdis, the Reform Movement of Lithuania. Officially known as Lietuvos Persitvarkymo Sąjūdis, this was the political organization which led the struggle for Lithuanian independence in the...
LITHUANIA AND OTHER EU COUNTRIES APPEAL FOR A CEASEFIRE IN THE GAZA STRIP Added 2008-12-30 On 30 December in Paris, during an informal emergency EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas and heads of the EU countries’ diplomacy discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip.
ON THE EVE OF LITHUANIA’S MILLENNIUM, EMPLOYEES OF THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE RECEIVE ANNIVERSARY BADGES Added 2008-12-30 As the celebrations of Lithuania’s millennium are approaching, members of Lithuania’s diplomatic service pinned up special anniversary badges on the lapels of their jackets. “It has been a millennium, since the first records were made in the...
ENTHUSIASTS OF “MISSION: SIBERIA” DISCUSS PLANS FOR THE NEXT YEAR Added 2008-12-30 On 29 December, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas met with organizers and participants of the project “Mission: Siberia”. During meeting, which has already become traditional, participants of the project “Mission: Siberia”...