STEPONAS DARIUS AND STASYS GIRĖNAS COMMEMORATED IN NEW YORK
Added 2008-07-21
On 19 July, a solemn commemoration of a historical transatlantic flight of Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas was held in Floyd Bennet Field, New York City’s former airport. A memorial plaque dedicated to this deed of Lithuanian pilots was...
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS MUTUAL LIBERALIZATION OF MARKETS OF AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURED GOODS
Added 2008-07-18
On 18 July, during the extraordinary meeting of General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of the European Union, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Jaroslav Neverovič and other Ministers of the EU Member...
IN PANEVĖŽYS, FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE STATE AND BUSINESS
Added 2008-07-18
On 18 July, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas visited Panevėžys region, where he participated in the ceremony of transfer of documents of family patrimony of Minister of Foreign Affairs of prewar Lithuania Juozas Urbšys to...
STUDY ABROAD! DESTINATION: VILNIUS (City Paper, No. 110, 2008)
Added 2008-07-17
Foreign students, leaving their native countries to study abroad in Lithuania have become an increasingly visible feature of the educational landscape in Vilnius, as more and more students find themselves drawn to the Lithuanian capital’s exotic...
THE DISTRICT OF ŠALČININKAI IS ENCOURAGED TO BENEFIT FROM THE EU FUNDS WHILE COOPERATING WITH NEIGHBOURING REGIONS OF BELARUS
Added 2008-07-15
On 15 July in the Šalčininkai district, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with mayor of the district municipality Leonardas Talmontas and discussed the readiness of the municipality to use the funds of the European...
UN BIENNIAL MEETING OF STATES ON SMALL ARMS BEGAN IN NEW YORK
Added 2008-07-14
On 14 July, the United Nations biennial meeting of states on implementing the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons Programme began at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SENT A LETTER OF CONDOLENCE REGARDING THE DEATH OF BRONISŁAW GEREMEK
Added 2008-07-14
On 14 July, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas sent a letter to Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, in which he presented his condolences regarding the death of former Polish Foreign Minister and long-term activist of...
PHOTO EXHIBITION ‘MAMMA AFRICA’ OPENS AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Added 2008-07-10
On 10 July, a photo exhibition ‘Mamma Africa’ by Eglė Aukštakalnytė Hansen was opened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
The exhibition was opened by Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Laimonas Talat-Kelpša,...
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS NOT PRESENTED NEGATIVE CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEO LT
Added 2008-07-10
Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs appreciates the attention of the European Commission (EC) given to the integration of Lithuania and other Baltic States into the common European Union energy market. This goal is one of the priorities of the...
FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVED THE OUTGOING AMBASSADOR OF ESTONIA
Added 2008-07-09
On 9 July, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas received outgoing Ambassador of Estonia Andres Tropp.