LITHUANIA DEPOSITED THE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS RATIFICATION DOCUMENTS TO THE UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL
Added 2006-12-18
On 18 December Lithuanian Permanent Representative to UNESCO Ambassador Ina Marčiulionytė together with twelve EU ambassadors submitted the ratification documents of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATED THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE XII BALTIC ASSEMBLY
Added 2006-12-18
On 16 December in Vilnius Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas congratulated the participants of the XII Baltic Assembly on its 15th Anniversary.
STRENGTHENING LITHUANIAN-ICELANDIC BILATERAL COOPERATION
Added 2006-12-15
On 15 December State Secretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Algimantas Rimkūnas received the delegation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Iceland (Althingi) led by the Committee Chairman Halldor Blondal.
LITHUANIA TOGETHER WITH INTERNATIONAL DONORS PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO MOLDOVA
Added 2006-12-13
On 12 December in Brussels European Commission and the World Bank organized a meeting of the Consultative Group of Donors for Moldova, where international donor community’s assistance to Moldova was discussed.
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER THANKED THE NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS FOR SUPPORTING EXCHANGE PROGRAMS AND REGIONAL PROJECTS
Added 2006-12-13
On 12 December Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met the Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers Per Unckel who finishes his term of office and thanked him and the Nordic Council of Ministers for...
THE EU GENERAL AFFAIRS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS COUNCIL DISCUSSED BELARUSIAN ISSUES ON LITHUANIA’S INITIATIVE
Added 2006-12-12
On 11 December at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas raised the issue concerning withdrawal of access to generalised tariff preferences (GSP)...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: ACCESSION TO THE EU SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY CONFORMITY TO STRICT BUT OBJECTIVE COPENHAGEN CRITERIA
Added 2006-12-12
On 11 December at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas discussed with his EU counterparts preparations for the European Council, negotiations with...
PROSPECTS OF TURKEY’S EU INTEGRATION WERE DISCUSSED IN VILNIUS
Added 2006-12-11
On 8 December Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met Turkish Minister of State in Charge of Economic Affairs and Chief Negotiator for the European Union Ali Babacan and discussed with him development of bilateral political...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: POLAND’S PARTICIPATION IN THE NUCLEAR STATION BUILDING PROJECT IS PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT
Added 2006-12-08
On 8 December Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with Polish Minister of State Treasury Wojciech Jasinski, Minister of Economy Piotr Wozniak and Minister of Transport Jerzy Polaczek, who paid a working visit to...
NATO’S RIGA RIFT – REALITY OR RUMOUR (article published in Lithuanian in the daily "Lietuvos rytas" of 8 December, 2006 Nr.282)
Added 2006-12-08
Last week, the Atlantic Alliance’s Heads of State and Government held a Summit in Riga. This was not just another international gathering. The Riga deliverables have charted the path for the Alliance for the coming years and will make...