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LITHUANIA MARKS BLOODY SOVIET CRACKDOWN (AFP, 13 January 2011) Added 2011-01-13 VILNIUS, January 13, 2011 (AFP) - The Baltic nation of Lithuania marks the 20th anniversary Thursday of a bloody Soviet assault on its independence movement, a failed crackdown that sped the communist bloc's demise within a year.
CANADIANS REMEMBER THOSE LITHUANIANS WHO FELL IN DEFENCE OF THEIR NATION’S FREEDOM, THE CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-01-13 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Lawrence Cannon sent a letter to Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis extending his sombre recognition of the 20th anniversary of January 13 and stressing that Canadians remembered those...
AT LITHUANIA’S INVITATION, A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM MOLDOVA TOOK PART IN THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF THE OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP Added 2011-01-13 At the invitation of Lithuania that assumed the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), a group of students from Moldova paid a visit to Vienna on 12-13 January. They met with representatives of the...
NEW OSCE CHAIRPERSON CALLS FOR JOINT COMMITMENT TO RESOLVE EXISTING CONFLICTS IN A PEACEFUL AND NEGOTIATED MANNER Added 2011-01-13 VIENNA, 13 January 2011 – The new OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, urged the Organization's participating States to focus on resolving existing conflicts and achieving concrete progress in...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES OVER THE DEATH OF THE FAMOUS CZECH POLITICIAN Added 2011-01-13 Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis extended condolences to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg over the death of Jiří Dienstbier, the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of...
PRESENTATION OF LITHUANIA’S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP WORK PROGRAMME IN VIENNA BEGAN WITH THE COMMEMORATION OF THE VICTIMS OF JANUARY 13 Added 2011-01-13 On 12 January in the Congress Centre at the Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna, the presentation of the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship Work Programme began with performance of the Dzukian Variations by composer Bronius Kutavičius in commemoration of...
ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE OF THE OSCE, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS TO THE OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL "IN FREEDOM WE BELIEVE". Vienna, 13 January 2011 Added 2011-01-13 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to address the Permanent Council as Chairperson-in-Office as I meet with you for the first time since reconfirming our OSCE commitments in the Commemorative Declaration at Astana. It is...
AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, LITHUANIA CALLS FOR A MORE ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT IN SEARCH OF A SOLUTION FOR THE SITUATION IN BELARUS Added 2011-01-12 On 12 January at the meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament, dedicated to the exchange of views on the situation in Belarus, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius said that...
LITHUANIA’S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EU HELD A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL Added 2011-01-11 On 11 January, Lithuania’s Permanent Representative to the European Union, Ambassador Raimundas Karoblis met with President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and acquainted him with Lithuania’s expectations for the European...
IN VIENNA, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND THE IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSED ISSUES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE REGION Added 2011-01-11 On 11 January in Vienna, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis acquainted Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano with the progress in the Visaginas nuclear power plant project and...