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Vice-Minister Bekešius attends events commemorating Chiune Sugihara Added 2015-10-09 On 7 October, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius attended events marking the 75th anniversary of ‘Visas for Life’, which were organised by the Embassy of Japan in Lithuania.
In Šeduva, Vice-Minister Bekešius stresses importance of Litvak history to Lithuanian heritage Added 2015-10-09 On 9 October 2015, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius paid tribute to the victims of the mass murder of Jews in the Liaudiškių forest and attended a ceremony of unveiling of the monument to the murdered Jews of...
Vice-Minister Bekešius attends ceremony of unveiling of monument to Mahatma Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach Added 2015-10-07 On 2 October, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius attended a ceremony of unveiling of the monument to the leader of India’s independence movement Mahatma Gandhi and his Litvak friend Hermann Kallenbach in Rusnė.
Minister Linkevičius meets with representatives of world and American Jewish organizations in New York Added 2015-10-05 During the session of the UN General Assembly on 2 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with heads and representatives of major world and American Jewish organizations.
‘Sugihara’s deed – a supreme example of humanism’: Linkevičius Added 2015-09-11 On 11 September at the Sugihara House in Kaunas, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius attended an informal discussion on educational projects, introducing Chiune Sugihara’s achievements, prospects for cooperation with the Ministry of...
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister congratulates the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research on its 90th anniversary Added 2015-05-04 During the 90th anniversary celebration of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research on 3 May in New York, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius underlined that the Jewish people had always been an integral part of the...
In Brussels, Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister discusses fight against anti-Semitism with representatives of Jewish organisations Added 2015-01-12 On 9 January, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius visited Brussels, where he met with Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Director of the European Jewish Association, and Henri Gutman, President of the Jewish Laic Community Centre.
Rescuers of Jews Chiune Sugihara and Jan Zwartendijk honoured in Brussels Added 2014-11-20 On 19 November, the Embassy of Lithuania in Belgium hosted an event to honour Consuls Chiune Sugihara and Jan Zwartendijk, who resided in Kaunas in 1940 and rescued thousands of Jews.
Deputy Foreign Minister participated in events to mark the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Kaunas Ghetto Added 2014-09-23 On 22 September Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius took part in the events to mark the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Kaunas Ghetto at the Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum.  
Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister: through commemorating the Holocaust victims we are tearing down walls of intolerance Added 2014-09-23 On 23 September Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius, alongside leaders of the state, members of the Seimas, the representatives of the Jewish Community of Lithuania and of foreign diplomatic missions, attended the...