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LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTS TO GEORGIA Added 2008-08-08  On 8 August, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas is departing to Georgia, where he will seek to survey the current situation and will inform the European Union partners about it. The visit of the Minister is taking...
REGARDING THE SITUATION IN GEORGIA Added 2008-08-08 According to the latest data, in the morning of 8 August shelling in the area and the city of Gori began and it is possible that this is even done not by the Ossetia forces. This information was confirmed to the Lithuanian Embassy in Tbilisi by...
LITHUANIAN AND LATVIAN MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DISCUSSED THE SITUATION IN GEORGIA Added 2008-08-08 On 8 August, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas had a telephone conversation with Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Maris Riekstins. The Ministers discussed the current situation in Georgia.
COMMENT BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Added 2008-08-08 After a phone call from Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili to President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus on 7 August and Georgia’s request to help informing the European Union about the current situation in South Ossetia, prompt action was taken...
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS REQUESTS THE INSPECTOR OF MEDIA ETHICS AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION FOR JOURNALISTS AND PUBLISHERS TO EVALUATE AN ARTICLE Added 2008-08-07 On 6 August, Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs addressed Inspector of Journalist Ethics Romas Gudaitis and the Ethics Commission for Journalists and Publishers regarding the article ‘Rabbis Rage in Lithuania’, which on 5 August was published...
LITHUANIA ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION Added 2008-08-06 On 6 August in Geneva (Switzerland), during the 24th congress of the Universal Postal Union, Lithuania was elected to the Council of Administration of the Universal Postal Union.  Representatives from Lithuania in the Council of...
THE EUROPEAN UNION DEDICATED ATTENTION TO AFGHANISTAN’S GHOR PROVINCE, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY LITHUANIA Added 2008-08-04 Ghor Province in Afghanistan received attention of representatives from the European Commission and the European Parliament last week. Lithuanian mission with Lithuanian soldiers and civilians, aiming at restoring peaceful life, is...
FLOODED UKRAINE ASKS FOR HELP Added 2008-07-30 On 30 July, Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Laimonas Talat-Kelpša received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine Ihor Prokopchuk and expressed condolences regarding the casualties of the flood in Ukraine...
UNDERSECRETARY OF LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY AND SPECIAL SECRETARY OF INDIA’S MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DISCUSSED NUCLEAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ISSUES Added 2008-07-30 On 29 July, Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Laimonas Talat-Kelpša received Special Secretary of India’s Ministry of External Affairs Sharat Sabharwal and discussed nuclear energy development issues with him.
WTO COUNTRIES FAILED TO FIND COMMON POSITIONS ON LIBERALISATION OF MARKETS FOR AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIAL GOODS Added 2008-07-30 On 29 July, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas took part in the European Union’s General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in Geneva. During the meeting EU Ministers stated that countries of the World Trade...