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U.S.A. and Germany join Vilnius-based NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence Added 2017-10-11 On 10 October in Vilnius, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius participated in a flag-raising ceremony at the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence. The centre that celebrates its 5th anniversary was joined by...
China’s candidate for UNESCO’s post of Director-General visits Lithuania Added 2017-09-29 On 28 September, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas met with China’s candidate for UNESCO’s post of Director-General Qian Tang,  has who has served as Assistant-Director General for Education of UNESCO. Qian Tang...
Lithuania’s support to international peacekeeping efforts in Mali endorsed Added 2017-09-22 On 20 September Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius participated in the ministerial meeting on the implementation of the agreement for peace and reconciliation in Mali held in New York.  According to Minister Linkevičius,...
Lithuania organizes discussion on human rights violations in Chechnya Added 2017-09-21 At the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2017 of OSCE participating states in Warsaw on 21 September, Lithuania together with its international partners convened a meeting, entitled ‘LGBTI persons outside the Law in Chechnya (Russia). What...
Lithuania backs United Nations peacekeeping system reform Added 2017-09-21 On 20 September Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius participated in the High-Level Open Debate of the UN Security Council Regarding the Reform of UN Peacekeeping.
Lithuania’s Ambassador stresses Community of Democracies’ important role in strengthening democracy around world at meeting in Washington, D.C. Added 2017-09-18 At the Community of Democracies (CoD) Governing Council Ministerial meeting in Washington D.C., on 15 September, the Lithuanian delegation was headed by the Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States of America Rolandas Kriščiūnas.
Meeting of Parties to Aarhus Convention recognizes that Belarus continues to violate Convention when constructing Ostrovets NPP Added 2017-09-15 The session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention on 14 September in Montenegro admitted that Belarus, when developing the Ostrovets nuclear power plant (NPP) project, had violated the right of the public under this Convention to...
Lithuania elected to Executive Council of World Tourism Organization Added 2017-09-13 During the 22nd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in China, Lithuania was elected to the Executive Council for 2018-2021 for the first time and re-elected as the Vice-Chairman of the Regional...
Ambassador Vaišvilaitė presents her letters of credence to the Secretary General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie Added 2017-09-12 On 11 September, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania, Ambassador Irena Vaišvilaitė presented her letters of credence to the Secretary General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF) Michaëlle Jean. The Ambassador will...
Discussion on threats posed by Russia-funded NGOs held at Lithuania’s initiative Added 2017-09-12 On the margins of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2017 on 12 September in Warsaw, Poland, Lithuania and its international partners, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), organised a discussion on threats posed by NGOs that are...