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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.
TOPMOST ISSUES ON THE NATO AGENDA WERE DISCUSSED IN RIGA Added 2008-09-12 On 12 September in Riga, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas, Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Maris Riekstins and Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet met with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, who...
FOREIGN MINISTERS OF LITHUANIA AND BELARUS DISCUSSED IMPORTANT ISSUES OF FOREIGN POLICY Added 2008-09-11 Today Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergei Martynov, who has come on an unofficial visit to Lithuania.
FOR THE ATTENTION OF MEDIA: AN ONLINE PRESS CENTRE OF MFA IS AT YOUR SERVICE Added 2008-09-11 We would like to take the opportunity to inform you that on 11 September a new section for media representatives - The Press Centre of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – was launched on the website of the Ministry. The address of the online...
FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER BIDS FAREWELL TO THE OUTGOING SLOVENIAN AMBASSADOR Added 2008-09-11 On 11 September, Lithuanian Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs Jaroslav Neverovič met with outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the Republic of Lithuania Rudolf Gabrovec. During the meeting, Vice-minister thanked the Ambassador for...
MYSTICAL HILL IN LITHUANIA (City Paper, No.112, September 2008, p.30-31) Added 2008-09-11 The Hill of Crosses in northwestern Lithuania has become a worthy tourist destination as well as a religious Catholic pilgrimage spot. In England it’s the Big Ben, in Italy the Colloseum, in Egypt the Pyramids – in Lithuania it’s the Hill of...
NORDIC AND BALTIC STATES HAVE A NEW ROLE IN STRENGTHENING THE TRANSATLANTIC INTEGRATION OF THE EU’S EASTERN NEIGHBOURS Added 2008-09-10 On 10 September in Pärnu, Estonia, Nordic and Baltic Ministers of Foreign Affairs unanimously and clearly spoke up for the transatlantic integration of the EU’s Eastern neighbours. Heads of diplomacy from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland,...