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LITHUANIA READY TO "HELP BELARUS EMBARK ON EUROPEAN PATH" (BelaPAN, 18 September 2008) Added 2008-09-18 Lithuania has always been ready to help Belarus embark on a European path, Violeta Gaizauskaite, spokesperson for the Lithuanian foreign ministry, said in an interview with BelaPAN. “Belarus could demonstrate such a movement in the forthcoming...
BELARUSIAN EXILE STUDENTS RALLY IN LITHUANIA Added 2008-09-18 At the rally of the United Students of Belarus on 18 September, Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Laimonas Talat-Kelpša expressed his satisfaction that this event was would be taking place in Lithuania, which traditionally...
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Added 2008-09-16 On 15 September, Lithuanian Ambassador to international organisations in Vienna Renatas Norkus presented credentials to Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Kandeh K. Yumkella. During the meeting...
UNDERSECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY WELCOMED PARTICIPANTS OF THE BILATERAL LITHUANIAN-RUSSIAN COMMISSION OF HISTORIANS Added 2008-09-16 On 16 September, Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Laimonas Talat-Kelpša welcomed the participants of the third meeting of the Bilateral Lithuanian-Russian Commission of Historians. Undersecretary of the Ministry indicated...
NATO-GEORGIA COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED IN TBILISI Added 2008-09-16 Members of the North Atlantic Council, including Lithuanian Ambassador Linas Linkevičius, are visiting Georgia on 15 and 16 September. On the first day of the visit, 26 NATO Ambassadors met with President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. During...
DOBRIANSKY: AIDING FREE SOCIETIES ("The Washington Times", 15 September 2008) Added 2008-09-15 As countries observe the first International Day of Democracy today, it is fitting to take stock of a multilateral movement that began eight years ago as a voluntary, values-based commitment — the Community of Democracies. Led by Portugal, foreign...
THE RAIN IN SPAIN (Lithuania in the World, Vol. 16 September – October 2008, p. 4-7) Added 2008-09-15 World expo draws to a successful close As the final month of Saragossa’s 2008 World Expo, Water and Sustainable Development, draws to its close, Lithuania’s pavilion continues to attract thousands of visitors each day, a testament to the hard...
HEALING IS POSSIBLE (Lithuania in the World, Vol. 16 September – October 2008, p. 11-15) Added 2008-09-15 Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims this year are expected in the small town of Šiluva Four hundred years ago, 250 years before Lourdes and more than 300 years before Fatima, the Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared in the tiny town of Šiluva....
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: THE EU’S POSITION ON GEORGIA’S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY REMAINS CLEAR AND UNAMBIGUOUS Added 2008-09-15 On 15 September at the European Union’s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas and heads of diplomacy of the EU Members States dedicated most of their...
LITHUANIA ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO Added 2008-09-12 After exchanging diplomatic notes, the procedure of establishment of diplomatic relations between Lithuania and Kosovo was completed. The official date of the establishment of diplomatic relations is the 1st September 2008.