SITUATION IN GEORGIA WAS DISCUSSED WITH LATVIAN, POLISH, FINNISH, SWEDISH AND UKRAINIAN MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Added 2008-08-08
On 8 August, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas discussed on telephone the situation in Georgia with Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Maris Riekstins, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski, Minister of...
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.