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LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RECEIVED THE NEW AMBASSADOR OF UKRAINE Added 2008-05-06 On 6 May Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas received Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania Ihor Prokopchuk. This is the first meeting of the Minister with the newly appointed Ukrainian Ambassador, who presented credentials to...
SEVENTEEN EU MEMBER STATES DECIDED TO APPLY VISA FEE EXEMPTIONS TO SERBIA WITH MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY Added 2008-05-06 On 6 May Lithuania together with sixteen other EU Member States decided to apply with maximum flexibility visa fee exemptions to Serbia which are allowed by the Schengen acquis. This is the sign of the EU will to support Serbia’s European...
THE EUROPEAN UNION UNDERSTANDS THE LITHUANIAN POSITION BETTER AND BETTER Added 2008-04-29 On 29 April, took part in the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of the European Union, where he presented Lithuania’s position regarding the mandate for the negotiations between the European Union and Russia....
LITHUANIA’S EXPERIENCE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION PRESENTED IN KISHINEV Added 2008-04-29 Supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania’s Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion Programme, the Moldovan and Lithuanian fund ‘The Centre for European Integration Studies’ in 2008, in Kishinev, started a...
LITHUANIA COMPLIES WITH ALL THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION Added 2008-04-29 On 25 April, the U.S. administration announced that Lithuania was removed from the Watch List, as it had improved very much its intellectual property rights protection.
DURING THE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE EUROPEAN UNION’S MANDATE FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA, LITHUANIA SEEKS SECURITY, JUSTICE AND SOLIDARITY Added 2008-04-28 Lithuanians speaks up for the negotiations between the European Union and Russia regarding the new EU-Russia agreement. However, it is certain that Lithuania’s interests should be taken into consideration.
LITHUANIAN DIPLOMATS WON THE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT OF THE BALTIC AND NORDIC DIPLOMATS Added 2008-04-28 On 26 April in Gdynia, the football team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania gained the title of champions in the third Baltic-Nordic diplomats’ football tournament of the Baltic Cup. The team of the Lithuanian...
THE SEVENTH CONSULATE HEADED BY THE LITHUANIAN HONORARY CONSUL WAS OPENED IN GERMANY Added 2008-04-25 On 24 April in Offenbach am Main, the seventh consulate headed by the Lithuanian Honorary Consul was opened in Germany. Vice-president of the German - Baltic Chamber of Commerce in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania Achim Naumann was appointed the...
NEGOTIATIONS ON THE MARKING OF THE STATE BORDER INTERSECTION POINT VIŠTYTIS TOOK PLACE IN MOSCOW Added 2008-04-24 On 21-23 April in Moscow, the third round of among Lithuania, Poland and Russia on the marking of the intersection point Vištytis of the state borders of Lithuania, Poland and Russia took place. During the negotiations, the Lithuanian delegation...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RECEIVED AMBASSADORS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND GREECE, WHO ARE FINISHING THEIR TENURE Added 2008-04-23 On April 23, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas received the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Lithuania Colin Roberts and Greek Ambassador to Lithuania George Christofis, who are finishing their tenure. The Minister...