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100 000 LITHUANIANS LIVE AND WORK IN IRELAND (Vilnews, 28 April 2011) Added 2011-04-28 The Easter was dry and sunny in Dublin, and Dubliners were joyful as always during the holidays. The sales of the chocolate eggs were record high, which may have been a pleasant surprise to the chocolate producers in the context of economic...
A.AŽUBALIS TO BELARUSIANS: YOU CAN MAKE EXPERIMENTS ON A DESERTED LAND BUT NOT NEXT TO US (DELFI.lt, 28 April 2011, Translated from Lithuanian) Added 2011-04-28 Lithuania does not object to the plans of Belarus and the Kaliningrad region to develop nuclear energy, but disagrees with the fact that the nuclear power plants (NPP) are built close to densely populated areas of our country and not in conformity...
AT THE MEETING WITH KALININGRAD’S GOVERNOR, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS THE COUNTRY’S CONCERN OVER THE SAFETY OF PROJECTED BALTIC NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Added 2011-04-28 On 28 April in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and Governor of the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation Nikolai Tsukanov discussed the most important issues of bilateral and regional cooperation. The...
OSCE EXPRESSES SORROW OVER DEATH OF MAX VAN DER STOEL Added 2011-04-27 The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek offered their deepest condolences to the Netherlands’ Government and the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENSE AND ENERGY MINISTERS DISCUSSED INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION IN THE ENERGY SECURITY FIELD Added 2011-04-26 On 26 April Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis visited Energy Security center (ESC) situated in Vilnius, where together with National Defense and Energy Ministers Rasa Juknevičienė  and Arvydas Sekmokas discussed the...
RESIDENTS OF VILNIUS ARE INVITED TO THE ACTION OF SOLIDARITY WITH JAPAN Added 2011-04-23 On 26 April in Vilnius Lithuanian  Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the creative team “AM | PM” organizes an action of solidarity “Origami for the Future”. During the event impressive 3D video projections will...
IN PALESTINE, A PHOTO EXHIBITION OPENS WITH THE SUPPORT OF LITHUANIAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION Added 2011-04-22 On 21 April, Alhend Musleh’s photo exhibition “Lithuania in the eyes of Palestinians” was opened in Palestinian city of Ramallah. The exhibition is part of project “Consolidation and development of cooperation between...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER INVITES CHINESE INVESTORS TO BE MORE ACTIVE Added 2011-04-22 Lithuania is interested in implementation of joint transport projects with China and in attracting Chinese investment into large infrastructure projects in this sector, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis said at the meeting...
AS LITHUANIAN EU PRESIDENCY APPROACHES, THE NEED FOR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM ON EUROPEAN ISSUES INCREASES, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-04-22 On 21 April in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis congratulated the winners and participants of the journalistic competition “EuroMedia 2011” (“EuroMedija 2011”) and emphasized that with the approach of Lithuanian...
THE EU AND GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL MINISTERS DISCUSSED ISSUES IMPORTANT FOR BOTH REGIONS Added 2011-04-21 On 20 April Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė  participated in the 21st Ministerial Meeting of the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the capital of the United Arab Emirates,...