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International conference in Canada to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Molotov-Ribbentrop pact Added 2019-09-12 On September 12, Embassy of Lithuania in Canada together with the Embassies of Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Moldova organize an international conference to mark the 80th anniversary of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The key speaker of the conference...
Ambassador E. Bagdonas presents his letters of credence to Vice President of United Arab Emirates Added 2019-09-09 On 1 September, the Ambassador of Lithuania to the United Arab Emirates Edminas Bagdonas presented his letters of credence to the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The Ambassador also conveyed the...
Translator Cornelius Hell receives Austrian state award Added 2019-07-02 On 30 June at the Vienna House of Literature, the Federal Chancellery of Austria awarded the state award in a solemn ceremony to the Austrian journalist, writer, radio presenter, translator, and a great friend of Lithuania Cornelius Hell for...
Lithuanian representative elected as Chair of Meeting of States Parties to Convention for Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Added 2019-06-26 On 25 June, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations, Ambassador Audra Plepytė was elected as Chair of the fifth Meeting of States parties to the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. A....
Lithuania co-sponsors event on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration Added 2019-06-26 On 25 June the Permanent Missions of Austria, Germany and Lithuania in Geneva together with the UN Women and OHCHR organised a side event in the margins of the 41st session of the Human Rights Council in order to discuss how to adequately address...
Director of Japan-Lithuania Exchange Centre receives Lithuania's Diplomacy Star Added 2019-06-19 On 18 June, the Ambassador of Lithuania to Japan Gediminas Varvuolis conferred the award of honor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Lithuania's Diplomacy Star – on the Director of the Japan-Lithuania Exchange Centre (JLEC) Kenjiro Tamaki. The...
Ambassador G. Varvuolis takes part in meetings in Singapore Added 2019-06-14 From June 12 to 16, the Ambassador Gediminas Varvuolis is visiting Singapore, where he takes part in ASEF (Asia-Europe Foundation, https://www.asef.org/) Board of Governors meeting and other bilateral meetings. In his speech, the Ambassador...
Lithuania opens its fifth Honorary Consulate in Japan Added 2019-05-27 On 24 May, Lithuania opened its fifth Honorary Consulate in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Takeshi Okawara, Head of JC Comsa Corporation, was appointed as the Honorary Consul of Lithuania.
Lithuania's Honorary Consulate resumes its activities in Sapporo Added 2019-05-24 On 23 May, Lithuania opened its Honorary Consulate in Sapporo after a year-long pause. Masahiro Fujii was appointed as the Honorary Consul of Lithuania in Hokkaido, Japan‘s largest prefecture. The Ambassador Gediminas Varvuolis presented him a...
Ambassador L. Viltrakienė presents her letters of credence to OECD Added 2019-05-21 On 20 May, the Ambassador of Lithuania to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Lina Viltrakienė presented her letters of credence to the Secretary-General of the OECD Angel Gurría. After the ceremony, the Ambassador...