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Baltic and German Foreign Ministers meet in Hamburg Added 2019-05-21 On 21 May, a traditional meeting of the Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, and German Foreign Ministers took place in Hamburg. The meeting discussed issues of security, the future of the European Union and its relations with eastern neighbors, as well...
Negotiations on financing of EU's future foreign policy require additional effort Added 2019-05-17 On 16 May, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius attended the Foreign Affairs Council (Development) in Brussels. EU development ministers discussed how to maintain momentum for the 2030 Agenda towards achieving the...
L. Linkevičius: Council of Europe reached a crisis point due to Russia's violations of international law Added 2019-05-17 On 16-17 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended a session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which mainly focused on a crisis point reached by the Council of Europe due to Russia's...
L. Linkevičius spoke in favor of ambitious goals of the Eastern Partnership after 2020 Added 2019-05-14 On 14 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in a high-level conference marking the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership in Brussels. The Foreign Minister addressed the session on the future goals...
Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination issues recommendations to Lithuania Added 2019-05-10 On 10 May, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) of the United Nations issued recommendations to Lithuania on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination....
Lithuania is elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Added 2019-05-08 On 7 May in New York, the United Nations Economic and Social Council elected Lithuania for the first time ever to the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) for the period...
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination considers Lithuania's periodic reports Added 2019-05-02 On 30 April – 1 May 2019, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination considered the ninth and tenth periodic reports submitted by Lithuania in accordance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial...
Strengthening EU resilience to hybrid threats is Lithuania’s priority Added 2019-04-11 On 10 April, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius attended the Stratcom Summit in Prague, where he presented Lithuania’s contribution to the strengthening of the European Union’s resilience to hybrid threats and...
ITU publishes correct start dates of Baltic States’ membership Added 2019-04-01 On 29 March, in response to the joint demarche of the Permanent Representatives of three Baltic States and on the basis of historic documents, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) published the real dates of the start of membership of...
The Meeting of the Nordic-Baltic-Visegrád Four Foreign Ministers focuses on strengthening security cooperation Added 2019-04-01 On 1 April, an annual meeting of the Nordic-Baltic-Visegrád Four Foreign Ministers took place in Palanga. The Foreign Ministers discussed security issues, preparations for the upcoming meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Washington, D.C., cyber...