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INTELLECTUALS TO MEET IN VILNIUS TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF SOVIET CULTURE ON MODERN SOCIETY Added 2008-06-04 On 7 June the Presidential Palace will host the 7th Conference of Intellectuals from Central, Eastern and Western European and Caucasian countries under the title “Soviet Culture: Failure of Soviet Modernization Project?”.
IN PARIS FOREIGN MINISTER RAISED EU EXTERNAL ENERGY POLICY AND EASTERN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY ISSUES Added 2008-06-04 On 3 June in Paris Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas discussed with Chairman of French-Baltic States Friendship Group of French Senate Denis Badré  and Deputy Chairman of the Group for Lithuania Jacques Legendre the...
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS THE DIALOGUE OF CYPRIOT GREEK AND TURKISH COMMUNITIES ON REUNIFICATION OF THE ISLAND Added 2008-06-03 On 3 June, the new Ambassador of Cyprus Kalliopi Avraam residing in Warsaw met Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaroslav Neverovič. During the meeting J. Neverovič and K.Avraam exchanged opinions on bilateral relations between Lithuania...
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OUTLINED POSSIBLE PRIORITIES FOR LITHUANIA’S CHAIRMANSHIP OVER THE ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE Added 2008-06-02 During the first Quintet meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Helsinki Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas outlined possible priority trends of Lithuania’s chairmanship over OSCE in...
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA Added 2008-05-30 On 30 May, Lithuanian Ambassador Giedrius Apuokas presented credentials to the President of Armenia Serzh Sarkissian. During the conversation with the President, Ambassador expressed Lithuania’s interest to strengthen relations with Armenia in...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EUROPE WILL BE SECURE, IF WE WILL BE READY TO SPREAD AND DEFEND OUR VALUES Added 2008-05-30 At a conference on the European security culture on 30 May, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas indicated that along the known threats of today – terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts and...
OPENING REMARKS BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA PETRAS VAITIEKŪNAS AT THE CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY CULTURE (Vilnius, 30 May 2008) Added 2008-05-30 Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome you all this fresh morning here in Vilnius, the city which will be European capital of culture next year. Today we will discuss about different sort of culture -...
THE ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE (Lithuania in the World, No 2, 2008, p. 4-7) Added 2008-05-30 Maintaining the integrity of the nation state has been a long and continuing process The three Baltic States, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, declared their wish to be independent almost at the same time in 1918, when at the end of the First World...
IN STOCKHOLM THE PROGRESS OF IRAQ WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ Added 2008-05-29 On 29 May, in Stockholm, Undersecretary of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oskaras Jusys took part in the review conference of the implementation of the international compact with Iraq, in which he presented the input of Lithuania into...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE EU COMMISSIONER DISCUSSED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE EU’S DECISIONS Added 2008-05-29 On 29 May, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas received Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallström and discussed with her the significance of the civil society and non-governmental organisations’ participation...