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AMBASSADOR JOHN CLOUD – LEARNING LITHUANIA, AND AMERICA THE PLENTIFUL (Lithuania today, 2008 issue 05, p.38-40, 41) Added 2008-07-04 Ambassador John Cloud has been in Lithuania for just under two years now, and in that time he has become known as one of the hardest working and best informed ambassadors in Vilnius. While often visible at official functions in Vilnius, he is...
UNDERSECRETARY OF FOREIGN MINISTRY ATTENDS INFORMAL MEETING OF POLITICAL DIRECTORS OF FOREIGN MINISTRIES FROM EU MEMBER STATES IN FRANCE Added 2008-07-03 On 3-4 July, Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Žygimantas Pavilionis attends the informal meeting of political directors of Foreign Ministries from EU member states in France.
STATE SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY AND MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT DISCUSSED IMPORTANT EU ISSUES Added 2008-07-02 On 2 July, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deividas Matulionis and members of the visiting delegation of the European Affairs Committee of the Romanian Parliament discussed important issues of the European Union and the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SOCIALIZES WITH LITHUANIAN AMERICANS IN CHICAGO, PARTICIPATING IN ‘LITHUANIAN DAYS’ Added 2008-07-01 On 29 June, during the working visit to Chicago, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with Lithuanians living in Chicago and its suburbs, heads of Lithuanian organisations, representatives of the Lithuanian press in the...
DOES LITHUANIA MATTER IN THE WORLD? (Lithuanian Business Review 2008 No.3 June-July p.16-17) Added 2008-07-01 While visiting New York in 1990, I met a lot of people who knew very well where Lithuania was and why “Save Lithuania” posters could be seen on the streets and subways. The first country that announced its will to regain freedom from Soviet...
H.E. THE AMBASSADOR OF PORTUGAL MR ANTÓNIO TÂNGER CORRÊA AND AMBASSADOR OF LITHUANIA (Lithuania today, 2008. 03/04, p.44-45, 47) Added 2008-06-30 Ambassador Corrêa is a career diplomat who joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1978. He has served in China, Canada and India before undertaking a number of postings around the Balkans, including his first post as Ambassador to Yugoslavia,...
THE FIRST LITHUANIAN MANUSCRIPT PRESENTED IN GERMANY Added 2008-06-27 On 27 June in the Herzog August Bibliothek of Wolfenbütte (Germany), Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Laimonas Talat-Kelpša took part at the presentation of the new edition of the Postil of Wolfenbüttel. In his welcome...
IN DRUSKININKAI, EXPERTS OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT ARE SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT ARE CAUSED BY DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVES Added 2008-06-27 Representatives of governmental institutions from more than thirty countries, also representatives of international governmental and non-governmental organisations are discussing the most important issues of restriction and prohibition on the use...
WELCOME ADDRESS BY LAIMONAS TALAT-KELPŠA, UNDERSECRETARY OF THE LITHUANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE PROJECT ‘POSTIL OF WOLFENBÜTTEL 1573’ (Germany, 27 June, 2008) Added 2008-06-27 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to be here this morning in Herzog August Bibliothek of Wolfenbüttel. Since it is my first time to come to this part of Germany, before coming here I googled Wikipedia to find out more about the place....
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DISCUSSED IMPORTANT ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY Added 2008-06-26 On 26 June in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas received a delegation of the Committee on International Trade of the European Parliament, headed by Zbigniew Zaleski.