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IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO CONVEY THE EXPERIENCE OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN TEACH ARAB COUNTRIES, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-05-05 On 5 May in Sofia, when representing Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Asta...
THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS APPROVES THE DRAFT LAW ON COMPENSATION FOR THE REAL PROPERTY OF THE JEWISH RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES (Press Release of the Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania, 5 May 2011) Added 2011-05-05 At the meeting on 4 May, the Committee on Foreign Affairs discussed the draft Law No. XIP-968(2) on Compensation for the Real Property of the Jewish Religious Communities. The meeting was attended by Vice-Minister of Justice Tomas Vaitkevičius. By...
LITHUANIA’S FUTURE EU PRESIDENCY WILL ALLOW INCREASING LITHUANIA’S INFLUENCE IN BRUSSELS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-05-04 On 4 May, the discussion “Lithuania’s Interests in the European Union” was held at the Seimas (Parliament) when marking the 7th anniversary of Lithuania’s membership in the European Union, during which Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania...
BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPING NEW BALTIC SEA REGION’S POTENTIAL IS NECESSARY, LITHUANIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS SAYS Added 2011-05-04 On 4 May in Vilnius at the ongoing seminar “The Baltic Sea region cooperates: what opportunities open up for the Lithuanian business?”, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Egidijus Meilūnas called on businessmen, academicians...
IN VILNIUS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTRIES OF LITHUANIA AND FINLAND HELD CONSULTATIONS ON ISSUES OF EU, SECURITY POLICY AND RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBOURS Added 2011-05-04 On 4 May in Vilnius, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Evaldas Ignatavičius and Under-Secretary of State of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Jaakko Laajava discussed current issues of the European Union, the vision of the...
EACH AND EVERYONE OF US CAN JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST RACIST ATTACKS, MINISTER A.AŽUBALIS SAYS Added 2011-05-04 I strongly condemn any attacks, aimed to set the Lithuanian society at variance on ethnic, racial or other grounds. I assess such actions when we are commemorating the Holocaust Remembrance Day as a provocation. This is an audacious challenge not...
POST-CONFLICT REHABILITATION: STABILIZATION, RECONSTRUCTION AND PEACEBUILDING’ FOCUS OF OSCE WORKSHOP Added 2011-05-04 The Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship, with the support of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre, is hosting a workshop in Vienna on the post-conflict rehabilitation capacity of the Organization. The event is the second in a series of expert meetings on...
IN VILNIUS, OFFICIALS DISCUSSED STEPS TOWARDS BOOSTING INVESTMENT, TRADE AND TOURISM FLOWS BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND ISRAEL Added 2011-05-03 On 3 May in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis and Israeli Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Daniel Ayalon, who is paying a visit to Lithuania, discussed further joint steps towards boosting investment and trade...
LITHUANIA WILL ISSUE SCHENGEN VISAS TO RUSSIAN CITIZENS TRAVELING TO FINLAND Added 2011-05-03 On 1 May, the agreement between the Lithuanian and Finnish foreign ministries comes into effect, in compliance with which Lithuania will represent Finland when issuing Schengen visas in Russia’s Kaliningrad region.
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND ISRAELI DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OPENED HONORARY CONSULATE OF ISRAEL Added 2011-05-02 On 2 May in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis and Israeli Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Daniel Ayalon opened the first Israeli consulate headed by an honorary consul in Lithuania.