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NEWSFILE No 750 Added 2003-03-25 NEWSFILE LITHUANIA is a weekly compilation of news reports and commentary drawn principally from the official sources, the news agencies and Lithuanian printed media. HTML formatAttached PDF file: NF7501963.pdf
LITHUANIA’S POSITION ON MILITARY CONFLICT IN IRAQ Added 2003-03-21 Lithuania has always spoken out for peaceful resolution of conflicts. However, we have also stood by the opinion that the UN inspections in Iraq could not go on for indefinite time, if Iraq would not cooperate fully.
EU LAW IMPROVEMENTS MUST NOT IMPAIR EFFICIENCY Added 2003-03-18 On March 17 in Brussels a session of the European Convention started, which deliberates articles of the future Constitutional Treaty defining the types of legal acts of the European Union. During the two-day session, Undersecretary of the...
NEWSFILE No 749 Added 2003-03-18 NEWSFILE LITHUANIA is a weekly compilation of news reports and commentary drawn principally from the official sources, the news agencies and Lithuanian printed media. HTML format
ACT OF VANDALISM COMMITTED DURING COMMEMORATION OF RESTORATION OF LITHUANIA’S INDEPENDENCE Added 2003-03-17 During the commemoration of the Day of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence and the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the City of St Petersburg on March 14, an act of vandalism was committed against Consul General of the Republic of...
FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES RESULTS OF MALTESE REFERENDUM ON EU MEMBERSHIP Added 2003-03-10 Foreign Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Valionis welcomed the results of the referendum of March 8 in Malta, which proved that the Maltese citizens support their country’s membership in the European Union. "The referendum on this...
NEWSFILE No 748 Added 2003-03-10 NEWSFILE LITHUANIA is a weekly compilation of news reports and commentary drawn principally from the official sources, the news agencies and Lithuanian printed media. HTML format
MFA WELCOMES DECISION TO ESTABLISH LITHUANIA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY Added 2003-03-07 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania (MFA) welcomes the Lithuanian Parliament’s decision to set up a parliamentary assembly of the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) and the Ukrainian Parliament (Supreme Rada). By this...
LITHUANIAN REPRESENTATIVE AT CONVENTION SPEAKS AGAINST DISCRETIONARY WIDENING OF EU COMPETENCE Added 2003-03-06 Lithuanian Representative at the European Convention MFA Undersecretary Rytis Martikonis is in favour of a clear statement in the new Constitutional Treaty of the European Union prohibiting the EU to expand its competence unilaterally since it can...
US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE RECOGNIZES LITHUANIA AS MARKET ECONOMY Added 2003-03-05 On 28 February, US Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Import Administration Faryar Shirzad signed a memorandum revoking the non-market economy status applied to Lithuania under the U.S. anti-dumping and countervailing duty laws. The...