LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DISCUSSED IMPORTANT ISSUES WITH EU AMBASSADORS
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On 22 February Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas accepted the invitation of Volker Heinsberg, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany currently presiding over the EU and participated in a working lunch with...
LITHUANIA HOPES TO RECEIVE THE SCHEDULE FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE "DRUZHBA" IN THE NEAREST FUTURE
Added 2007-02-22
On 21-22 February Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the regular consular consultations of ministries of foreign affairs of the Republic of Lithuania and the Russian Federation. The participants of the consultations discussed the...
LITHUANIAN CANDIDATE ELECTED MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
Added 2007-02-22
On 21 February associate professor of Vilnius University, Head of Clinic of Child Development Centre Mr Dainius Pūras was elected member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child during the 11th Meeting of State Parties to the...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SEEKS TO ENHANCE COOPERATION WITH THE UK
Added 2007-02-21
On 20 February Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Margaret Beckett. They discussed important issues of bilateral cooperation, international security,...
NEW LITHUANIAN HONORARY CONSUL TAKES OFFICE IN JORDAN
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On 19 February a Consulate headed by the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Lithuania Ahmed Helmi Monibo Armoush was opened in Jordan.
Lithuanian Ambassador to Egypt Dainius Ginutis Voveris handed consular patent to the new ...
HE AMBASSADOR ALFONSAS EIDINTAS: IN SEARCH OF THE MOSCOW SPHINX (The Magazine for Corps Diplomatique, Vol. 14-15, p. 77-78)
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Most of us remember the dramatic days in 1991 when thousands of Lithuanians formed a human shield around the national television station in Vilnius, which had been taken over by Soviet forces on 13 January. Fourteen innocent civilians were either...
THE UNKNOWN WAR: ARMED ANTI-SOVIET RESISTANCE IN LITHUANIA IN 1944-1953 (The Magazine for Corps Diplomatique, Vol. 14-15, p. 76-78)
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Many Baltic patriots upbraided themselves and the national politicians for not resisting the Soviet invasion forces, not least in the case of the Soviet invasion of Lithuania in 1940. Finland's heroic defense against : the Soviet invasion in...
STRENGTHENING TIES WITH KALININGRAD REGION
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On 15 February, in Kaliningrad, Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the Lithuanian side of the Council for Long-term Co-operation between Regions of the Republic of Lithuania and the Kaliningrad Region of the...
FLEXIBLE ECONOMY GROWS INTO ONE OF EU’S MOST DYNAMIC (The Japan Times, February 16, 2007, p.5)
Added 2007-02-16
Lithuania, transforming from a central state economy to a democratic member of the European Union and NATO with a stable free market, has shown the most dynamic growth in Europe over the last five to six years.
LITHUANIA TAKES ITS PLACE ON THE WORLD STAGE (The Japan Times, February 16, 2007, p. 5)
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It is my utmost pleasure to address the readers of The Japan Times on the happy occasion of the 89th anniversary of the restoration of the State of Lithuania.