Lithuanian Foreign Minister visits Finland
Added 2001-05-22
On May 21, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis paid a working visit to Helsinki where he met the Finnish President Tarja Halonen and the Foreign Minister Erkki Sakari Tuomioja.
The Lithuanian Foreign Minister and the Finnish...
UNESCO proclaims Lithuanian cross-making intangible art masterpiece
Added 2001-05-21
On May 18, UNESCO proclaimed the first Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, which were recommended by the International Jury of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The proclaimed masterpieces include the...
Maltese Foreign Minister visits Lithuania
Added 2001-05-17
On May 16-18, Maltese Foreign Minister Joe Borg paid an official visit to Lithuania. On May 17, the Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, Deputy Chairman of the Seimas Gintaras Steponavičius and the Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis,...
Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister participates in the conference on the new WTO negotiations round
Added 2001-05-14
On May 11-12, the Lithuanian delegation, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Dalia Grybauskaitė, participated in the ministerial conference of the EU and associated countries in Ljubljana (Slovenia). The participants of the conference have discussed...
Lithuanian Foreign Minister attends the session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Added 2001-05-14
On May 11, Lithuanian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis attended the 108th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
During the session, foreign ministers of the Council of Europe...
Lithuania and Bulgaria sign free trade agreement
Added 2001-05-10
On May 8, Deputy Lithuanian Foreign Minister Dalia Grybauskaitė and Deputy Bulgarian Economics Minister Khristo Mikhailovsky signed the Lithuanian-Bulgarian free trade agreement in Sofia. The negotiations of the agreement were completed on...
International Conference
Added 2001-05-09
The Second Conference on WoMen and Democracy, Reykjavik - Vilnius will be held in Vilnius on 15-17 June 2001. 1999 Reykjavik Conference "Women and Democracy" entrusted Lithuania to welcome guests from five Nordic states, three Baltic States, the...
LITHUANIA'S REPRESENTATIVES PARTICIPATE IN THE AMSTERDAM CONFERENCE ON REMEMBRANCE
Added 2001-05-08
On May 2-5, the Amsterdam Conference on Remembrance was held by the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research. The Government of the Netherlands, which presides over the Task Force this year, has...
FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDS INFORMAL DEBATE ON EU EXPANSION
Added 2001-05-08
On May 6, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis attended a discussion by foreign ministers from EU and EU candidate countries on future reforms in the organization and their importance to European societies in Nyköping, Sweden.
The debate...
STATEMENT BY ANTANAS VALIONIS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA AT THE INFORMAL MEETING OF EU MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Nyköping, 6 May 2001)
Added 2001-05-06
First of all, I join my colleagues in appreciation of your initiative to extend this Gymnich meeting to the group of 28 for the first time. I would limit myself to two basic points.
First - in Lithuania enlargement debate and debate about the...