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LITHUANIAN MFA CALLS ON RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS TO START TALKS ON NEW PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT ON RECIPROCAL TRAVEL Added 2002-10-04 On 4 October, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed in a note to the Russian Embassy in Vilnius to advise that Lithuania had terminated the validity of Provisional Agreement on Reciprocal Travel of Citizens and had been concluding the...
GOVERNMENT APPROVES LITHUANIA’S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAMME: 2002-2003 Added 2002-10-01 On September 25, the Lithuanian Government approved the Annual National Programme for Lithuania’s integration into NATO (2002-2003). Lithuania will follow this programme participating in the annual cycle of the Membership Action Plan. The...
NEWSFILE No 726 Added 2002-10-01 NEWSFILE LITHUANIA is a weekly compilation of news reports and commentary drawn principally from the official sources, the news agencies and Lithuanian printed media.
LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT’S DECISION IS CONSISTENT MOVE TOWARDS SCHENGEN AGREEMENT Added 2002-09-27 On 25 September the Government of the Republic of Lithuania decided to denounce the provisional agreement between Lithuanian and Russian Governments concerning travel of citizens of both countries signed on 24 February 1995 and the provisional...
NEWSFILE No 725 Added 2002-09-23 NEWSFILE LITHUANIA is a weekly compilation of news reports and commentary drawn principally from the official sources, the news agencies and Lithuanian printed media.
LITHUANIAN MEMBERSHIP IN EU IS PRECONDITION FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO SCHENGEN RULES Added 2002-09-19 “The issue of Kaliningrad transit is important for the European Union’s relations with Russia. This issue also touches upon some of the vital interests of Lithuania,” Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis stated commenting on the European Commission’s...
NEWSFILE No 724 Added 2002-09-16 NEWSFILE LITHUANIA is a weekly compilation of news reports and commentary drawn principally from the official sources, the news agencies and Lithuanian printed media.
LITHUANIA SUBMITTED OFFICIAL APPLICATION FOR OECD MEMBERSHIP Added 2002-09-16 On 12 September, Lithuanian Ambassador to France Asta Skaisgirytė-Liauškienė met with Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Donald J. Johnston and handed in a letter by Lithuanian Foreign Minister...
LITHUANIA JOINS EU DECLARATION IN COMMEMORATION OF SEPTEMBER 11 EVENTS Added 2002-09-11 Lithuania aligned itself with the European Union's (EU) declaration, by which heads of state and government of the EU expressed their condolences to the families and friends of the victims of terrorist acts of September 11 and those who perished...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS HIGH OFFICIALS FROM EU, COE AND OSCE Added 2002-09-02 On 29-30 August, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis participated in the EU Regional Conference "Partners in Prevention" held in the Swedish town of Helsingborg, where high officials of the UN, NATO, EU and OSCE gathered to discuss...