LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATED HIS POLISH COUNTERPART ON THE OCCASION OF STATE ANNIVERSARY
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On 11 November, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas sent a letter of congratulation to Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski on the occasion of 90th Anniversary of Restoration of the Republic of Poland.
EUROPE WILL PURSUE TO DEMAND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RUSSIA’S COMMITMENTS
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On 10 November during the European Union General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Žygimantas Pavilionis and the heads of diplomacy of the EU states discussed...
LITHUANIA CHAIRS A CONFERENCE ON THE FIFTH PROTOCOL OF UN CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
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Lithuanian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Eduardas Borisovas, began a Lithuanian chairmanship over the second annual conference on the Fifth Protocol on Explosive...
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE PRESENTED HIS CREDENTIALS TO THE POPE
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On 7 November, at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican, Lithuanian Ambassador to the Holy See Vytautas Ališauskas presented his credentials to Pope Benedict XVI.
UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE ESTIMATES LITHUANIA’S PROGRESS
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On 4-5 November in Geneva, Lithuanian report under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment was examined.
TODAY LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY MARKS ITS 90TH ANNIVERSARY
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“We remember this day with proper respect and gratitude to all who fought for Lithuania’s freedom, formed the basis of the independent state and defended national interests even during the hardest years of oppression,” indicated Lithuanian...
LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS BY MINISTER P.VAITIEKŪNAS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOREIGN MINISTRY
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Dear Colleagues,
I would like to congratulate you on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When seen through the perspective of a thousand years of the history of our nation and the state, this date is...
PARTICIPANTS OF THE MILLENNIUM ODYSSEY ARE PROMOTING THE NAME OF LITHUANIA ALL AROUND THE WORLD
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On 6 November, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with Chairman of the Board of the Yachting Club Ambersail Raimundas Daubaras and its President Paulius Kovas.
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS FURTHER ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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On 5 November, the European Commission adopted its annual documents on the European Union enlargement: the EU enlargement strategy and regular reports on the progress of Croatia, Turkey and the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and...
WHY EUROPE MUST KEEP ITS WORD (EUROPEAN VOICE, 6-12 November 2008, Volume 14, No. 41, p.9)
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Resuming talks with Russia before it has withdrawn its troops from Georgia would be a disaster.
How slow we were to wake up to the first war of the 21st century. How long it took – to the point of indifference – for us to notice the plight of...