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OSCE POLICE ADVISORY TEAM IN KYRGYZSTAN HAS TO START ITS MISSION THIS YEAR, LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2010-09-22 During his visit to New York, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis urged Kyrgyzstan to enable the police advisory team of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to start its duties in Kyrgyzstan already this year.
STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS AT THE HIGH LEVEL UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY MEETING ON THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS. United Nations, New York, 21 September 2010 Added 2010-09-21 Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen, Ten years since the Millennium Summit, implementation of the Millennium Development Goals remains uneven, both in terms of geography and the level of progress on specific goals. Challenges, both old and new,...
LITHUANIA’S OFFICIALS PAY RESPECT TO THE VICTIMS OF JEWISH GENOCIDE Added 2010-09-21 On 21 September, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė paid tribute to the Jewish victims of genocide. During a solemn ceremony, the Vice-Minister laid a wreath at the Memorial for the victims of the Holocaust in...
A MATCH MADE IN LITHUANIA (The Jewish Journal, 21 September 2010) Added 2010-09-21 It’s easy to understand Shahar Sorek’s immediate attraction to Agne Kudreviciute. The Lithuanian beauty, of mixed Polish and Russian heritage, would be the perfect casting choice for Snow White: long, black hair; light skin; striking...
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER AND MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DISCUSSED EU BUDGET ISSUES Added 2010-09-17 On 17 September in Vilnius, Lithuania’s Minister Audronius Ažubalis and Member of the European Commission responsible for financial programming and budget Janusz Lewandowski exchanged opinions on the review of the European Union budget and the...
POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN LITHUANIA‘S AND HUNGARY‘S MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS WERE HELD IN BUDAPEST Added 2010-09-17 On 17 September in Budapest, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius took part in political consultations, during which he met with Deputy State Secretaries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Gergely Prőhle and...
LITHUANIA AIMS TO INTEGRATE NATIONAL MINORITIES AND PRESERVE THEIR IDENTITY Added 2010-09-17 The main objectives of Lithuania’s national minorities policy are further integration of national minorities into Lithuania’s social, political, economic and cultural life and culture, while enabling them to preserve and foster their...
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF EU’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL APPROVES FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH KOREA Added 2010-09-16 On 16 September in Brussels, during an extraordinary meeting of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis signed an EU’s agreement with South Korea on free trade.
DECLARATION IS ADOPTED IN WASHINGTON ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SECRETARIAT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY FORUM OF THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES IN VILNIUS Added 2010-09-16 On 15 September during the meeting of the Parliamentary Forum of the Community of Democracies, which was held on the occasion of the International Day of Democracy in Washington, D.C., the forum adopted a Washington declaration that sets out...
ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY, LITHUANIA CALLS FOR THE PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON WOMEN’S CIVIL RIGHTS Added 2010-09-16 On 15 September during the celebration of the International Day of Democracy at the United Nations, Lithuania’s Presidency of the Community of Democracies released a statement, which calls on all countries of the world to support the...