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LITHUANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS WELCOMES EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S DETERMINATION TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONS WITH COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY Added 2008-04-04 On 2 April European Commission issued a Communication to the Parliament and the Council “Implementation of the  European Neighbourhood Policy in 2007” and published progress reports concerning the reforms implemented by the states...
LITHUANIAN-AZERBAIJAN POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS IN BAKU Added 2008-04-04 On 1-4 April in Baku, Lithuanian-Azerbaijan consultations of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs on the Neighbourhood Policy in the East and policy planning issues are taking place.
BALTIC AND GERMAN DIPLOMATS DISCUSSED PROSPECTS FOR THE EU BUDGET REFORM Added 2008-04-03 On 3 April, at the initiative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, consultations of the Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian and German Ministries of Foreign Affairs regarding the review of the European Union budget were...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS URGES THE SEIMAS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF STREET NAMES IN NON-OFFICIAL LANGUAGES Added 2008-04-02 On 2 April Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas sent a letter to the Speaker of the Seimas Česlovas Juršėnas and the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Seimas  Justinas Karosas proposing to resolve as soon...
AT THE UNITED NATIONS LITHUANIA SHARED EXPERIENCE OF IMPLEMENTING EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS IN AFGHANISTAN’S GHOR PROVINCE Added 2008-04-02 On 1–2 April, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Oskaras Jusys took part in thematic debate at the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York concerning implementation of the Millennium...
OPEN HOUSE DAY AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA Added 2008-04-02 On 18 April 2008, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania invites everybody to participate in the European Open House Festival. During the festival, teachers, schoolchildren and students and citizens of Vilnius and other...
TOWARDS ENERGY INDEPENDENCE (Lithuania in the World, Vol.16, No 1, 2008, p.18-22) Added 2008-04-01 Energy security is one of the key preconditions for economic and national security. Although Lithuania restored its political independence in 1990, its energy dependence on Russia, the main power supplier, has remained to this day. The country is...
CHANGING TIMES IN TOURISM (Lithuania in the World, Vol.16 No 1, 2008 p.28-31) Added 2008-04-01 People like to travel, so it is good times for the tourist industry. Lithuania has rapidly built up its tourism and service infrastructure. Citizens looking to holiday abroad can very easily do so. Travel agencies are abundant, and you can even...
ECONOMIC MIGRATION POLICY ISSUES DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING ORGANISED BY FOREIGN MINISTRY Added 2008-03-31 At the discussion “Economic Migration Policy in Lithuania" held on 31 March, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas stressed that economic migration is a very important issue today: currently the proportion between immigration...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: WE HAVE TO ANALYSE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EU AND RUSSIA AND TO LOOK FOR COMMON GROUND Added 2008-03-29 At the informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the European Union member states (Gymnich) in Slovenia on March 28-29, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekūnas emphasised that the discussion regarding the relations of the EU and Russia...