IN WARSAW, REPRESENTATIVES FROM LITHUANIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES SUPPORTING STRONG EUROPEAN COHESION POLICY DISCUSSED FUTURE FINANCING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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On 12 May at the Friends of Cohesion Policy Working Group meeting in Warsaw, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas presented Lithuania’s main priorities in the field of the financing of the European Union.According to...
LITHUANIA’S SUPPORT TO ENSURE EQUAL RIGHTS OF MEN AND WOMEN WAS PRESENTED AT THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL
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Lithuania has long-time traditions of support of gender equality and shares this experience with Afghanistan and other partners successfully, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Evaldas Ignatavičius said at the conference in Istanbul.On...
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE THE BASIS OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER A.AŽUBALIS SAYS
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On 12 May, Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis congratulated the Moscow Helsinki Group on the occasion of the 35th anniversary and...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKS UP FOR THE FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS
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The Schengen Agreement provides for the freedom of movement, which is one of the most remarkable achievements of the European integration and, therefore, we should foster it,” Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis...
DEMAND TO SPELL NAMES IN LITHUANIAN LETTERS DOES NOT RUN COUNTER EU'S ACQUIS - COURT (BNS, 12 May 2011)
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VILNIUS, May 12, BNS - The Luxembourg-based court European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday the existing rules in Lithuania providing for the spelling of names and surnames only in the state language do not constitute a violation.
7 US CONGRESSMEN URGE STATE SECRETARY SHIFT SUPPORT FROM BELARUSIAN N-PLANT TO BALTIC PROJECT (BNS, 12 May 2011)
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VILNIUS, May 12, BNS – Seven members of the United States Congress have urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton withdraw the statement of support to Belarusian nuclear power plant announced last December and back the Baltic nuclear utility...
U.S. CONGRESS MEMBERS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS PLANNED TO BE BUILT IN LITHUANIA’S NEIGHBORHOOD
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On 11 May at the meeting with Lithuanian Minister of Energy Arvydas Sekmokas in Washington, D.C., Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Dan Burton conveyed to Ambassador Žygimantas...
ENSURING GOOD GOVERNANCE IN AFGHANISTAN IS A NECESSARY CONDITION FOR THE COUNTRY’S REFORMS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS
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On 11 May at the ongoing Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Istanbul, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Evaldas Ignatavičius, who heads the Lithuanian delegation, said that when implementing the...
AT BILATERAL MEETINGS IN ISTANBUL, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSED OSCE ACTIVITIES AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
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On 10-11 May, Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis discussed cooperation within international bodies and other issues of the OSCE activity...
SPEECH BY VICE-MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA EVALDAS IGNATAVIČIUS IN THE PLENARY MEETING OF THE IV UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. Istanbul, Turkey, 11 May 2011
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Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. President,Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my honour to address the Plenary Meeting of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) today. First of all, I would like to thank to the...