ISSUES OF LITHUANIAN SUPPORT TO MOLDOVA’S REFORMS DISCUSSED IN VILNIUS
Added 2007-05-05
On 5 May Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas with visiting in Vilnius Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova Andrei Stratan discussed important bilateral and the...
MINISTER CONGRATULATED THE LATVIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 17TH ANNIVERSARY OF LATVIA’S INDEPENDENCE
Added 2007-05-04
During a telephone conversation on 4 May Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas congratulated Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia Artis Pabriks on the occasion of the 17th anniversary of Latvia’s Declaration of...
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Added 2007-05-04
On 3 May Lithuanian Ambassador to the State of Israel, the Republic of South Africa, the Republic of Cyprus and Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė, who resides in Tel Aviv, presented credentials to President of the...
LITHUANIAN HONORARY CONSUL IN THE USA JURGIS JURGUTIS DIED
Added 2007-05-04
Lithuanian Honorary Consul in the United States of America, State of Michigan Jurgis Jurgutis died on 30 April, aged 71.
“Lithuania and Lithuanian community in the USA has lost a man of worth, a patriot, who worked for the sake of our...
LITHUANIAN POSITION ON THE EU CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY WAS PRESENTED DURING CONSULTATIONS IN GERMANY
Added 2007-05-03
On 3 May the Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Žygimantas Pavilionis took part in consultations in Germany. During the consultations he exchanged opinions on the future of the European Union Constitutional Treaty with...
ALWAYS LOOK UP.AN AWARD-WINNING FILM DIRECTOR STARES AT THE SKY (Lithuania in the World, Vol 15, No 2, 2007, p. 22-24)
Added 2007-05-02
In his best films, the director Arūnas Matelis always looks up. He looks into the sky, together with his protagonists, be it the sculptor who remade the sculptures for the roof of the Cathedral in Vilnius, or workers who emerge to stare at an...
THREE YEARS ON. DEMOCRACY, PEACE, STABILITY AND PROSPERITY ARE ACHIEVED BY MEMBERSHIP OF NATO (Lithuania in the World, Vol 15, No 2, 2007, p. 4-8)
Added 2007-05-02
This year saw the third anniversary of Lithuania’s joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. On 29 March 2004, at a ceremony in Washington, Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas, along with the heads of state and governments of six other...
MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA AND ESTONIA DISCUSSED FURTHER COORDINATION OF ACTIONS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS ON THE TELEPHONE
Added 2007-05-02
On 2 May Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas continued consultations about the current situation in Estonia and spoke on the telephone with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet.
THE FOURTH LITHUANIAN HONORARY CONSULATE OPENED IN TURKEY
Added 2007-05-02
On 2 May Lithuanian Honorary Consulate opened in Turkey, the city of Bursa.
The newly appointed Lithuanian Honorary Consul is 51-year-old businessman . The new Honorary Consul owns a big construction company, is married and has two children....
FURTHER COOPERATION PERSPECTIVES BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND UKRAINE WERE DISCUSSED IN OSLO
Added 2007-04-27
On 27 April during the informal meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of NATO members in Oslo Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.