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OSCE HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF REAPPOINTED Added 2011-05-30 VILNIUS, 30 May 2011 – Foreign ministers from the 56 OSCE participating States today unanimously agreed to reappoint the chief of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič of Slovenia, for a term...
IDENTIFYING PROTECTION GAPS, EXPLORING WAYS TO ASSIST REFUGEES, DISPLACED AND STATELESS PERSONS FOCUS OF OSCE MEETING Added 2011-05-27 VIENNA, 27 May 2011 – Participants in an OSCE meeting on internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, returnees and stateless persons, discussed today recent examples of forced population movements, and how to resolve the plight of people...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER INVITES THE CHINESE TO DISCOVER LITHUANIA Added 2011-05-27 On 27 May at the Tourism Business Seminar that was organized by the Lithuanian Embassy in Beijing, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis invited Chinese people to use tourism opportunities in Lithuania.The Embassy invited...
OSCE WELCOMES RELEASE OF EYNULLA FATULLAYEV Added 2011-05-27 VILNIUS, 26 May 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the Decree by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev...
SPEECH BY LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS AT THE SEMINAR, DEDICATED TO THE TOURISM POTENTIAL OF LITHUANIA. Beijing, China, 27 May 2011 Added 2011-05-27 Distinguished representatives of Chinese and Lithuanian business community, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome all of you who gathered here at the Lithuanian Tourism Business Seminar in order to get to know Lithuania and opportunities it opens for...
NOVEL BY LITHUANIAN OFFICER’S GRANDDAUGHTER ABOUT ONE FAMILY’S DESTINY DURING THE TRAGIC PERIOD FOR LITHUANIA WAS PRESENTED AT THE EMBASSY IN THE U.S. Added 2011-05-27 On 25 May, a presentation of the book “Between Shades of Gray” by Rūta Šepetys and a meeting with the writer took place at the Lithuanian Embassy in the United States. The meeting was also attended by the Lithuanian delegation...
TRANSPARENCY AND COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARE KEY PRINCIPLES IN ENERGY POLICY, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS DURING THE VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. Added 2011-05-27 On 24-25 May in Washington, D.C., the delegation headed by Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas continued discussions on the compliance with international requirements and transparency when developing new nuclear projects...
CHAIRPERSON OF THE OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL CALLS ON GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION IN GEORGIA TO ENGAGE IN CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE Added 2011-05-26 At the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 26 May 2011 in Vienna, the Chairperson, Lithuanian ambassador Renatas Norkus, expressed his concern about the reports of violent incidents during demonstrations in Tbilisi and called for restraint by...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER INVITES CHINA’S TELECOMMUNICATIONS GIANT TO INTENSIFY COOPERATION WITH LITHUANIA Added 2011-05-26 On 26 May in Beijing, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis, who is paying a working visit to China, met with Senior Vice President of Huawei Technologies Zhang Chunxiang and invited him to implement new and larger projects in...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON WELCOMES ARREST OF RATKO MLADIĆ Added 2011-05-26 VILNIUS, 26 May 2011 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Audronius Ažubalis, today welcomed the arrest of Bosnian Serb wartime military leader Ratko Mladić as a very important step for justice and regional reconciliation.