UN BIENNIAL MEETING OF STATES ON SMALL ARMS BEGAN IN NEW YORK
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On 14 July, the United Nations biennial meeting of states on implementing the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons Programme began at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SENT A LETTER OF CONDOLENCE REGARDING THE DEATH OF BRONISŁAW GEREMEK
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On 14 July, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas sent a letter to Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, in which he presented his condolences regarding the death of former Polish Foreign Minister and long-term activist of...
PHOTO EXHIBITION ‘MAMMA AFRICA’ OPENS AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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On 10 July, a photo exhibition ‘Mamma Africa’ by Eglė Aukštakalnytė Hansen was opened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
The exhibition was opened by Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Laimonas Talat-Kelpša,...
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS NOT PRESENTED NEGATIVE CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEO LT
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Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs appreciates the attention of the European Commission (EC) given to the integration of Lithuania and other Baltic States into the common European Union energy market. This goal is one of the priorities of the...
FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVED THE OUTGOING AMBASSADOR OF ESTONIA
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On 9 July, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas received outgoing Ambassador of Estonia Andres Tropp.
ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES DISCUSSED IN CROATIA
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On 4-5 July in Dubrovnik (Croatia), Vice-Minister of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jaroslavas Neverovičius took part in the conference of senior diplomats, politicians and strategists: ‘Croatia Summit 2008 – Security, Development,...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RECEIVED THE NEW AMBASSADORS OF JAPAN AND GREECE
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On 8 July, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas received new Japanese Ambassador Miyoko Akashi.
During the meeting, Foreign Minister P.Vaitiekūnas and Japanese Ambassador M.Akashi discussed important issues of bilateral...
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH IN THE FORMER CEMETERY IN ŠNIPIŠKĖS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
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On 3 July, Vice-Minister of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jaroslavas Neverovičius received head of Israeli geophysics Arieh Klein, who informed him about the successful course of the geophysical research in the former cemetery in Šnipiškės.
AMBASSADOR JOHN CLOUD – LEARNING LITHUANIA, AND AMERICA THE PLENTIFUL (Lithuania today, 2008 issue 05, p.38-40, 41)
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Ambassador John Cloud has been in Lithuania for just under two years now, and in that time he has become known as one of the hardest working and best informed ambassadors in Vilnius.
While often visible at official functions in Vilnius, he is...
UNDERSECRETARY OF FOREIGN MINISTRY ATTENDS INFORMAL MEETING OF POLITICAL DIRECTORS OF FOREIGN MINISTRIES FROM EU MEMBER STATES IN FRANCE
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On 3-4 July, Undersecretary of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Žygimantas Pavilionis attends the informal meeting of political directors of Foreign Ministries from EU member states in France.