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LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS EXPRESSED HIS SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO HIS LATVIAN COUNTERPART Added 2007-02-26 On 23 February Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas sent a letter to Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Artis Pabriks expressing his sincere condolences for the tragedy, which had occurred the previous night at the social...
EXPRESSIVE JAZZ (Ziua, Nr.3864, February 24, 2007 (translation from Romanian)) Added 2007-02-24 It is not for the first time when artists representing jazz of the friendly Baltic area performed on our concert and festival stages: we should mention the solo sax recital of Petras  Vysniauskas and the performance of the Lithuanian thumper...
WE SHALL BE STRONGER ACTING TOGETHER (Made in Lithuania Vol. 23, No 1, 2007, p. 18-19) Added 2007-02-23 Answers to the questions put by the magazine Made in Lithuania to the minister of foreign affairs of the republic of Lithuania Petras Vaitiekūnas – Last year, in 2006, due to the energy policy, relations between the European Union and Russia...
THE NORWEGIANS DISCOVER LITHUANIA (Made in Lithuania Vol. 23, No 1, 2007, p. 40-45) Added 2007-02-23 Norway is one of Lithuania’s most solid partners amongst the Scandinavian countries. The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Norway, Alfonsas Eidintas, has kindly agreed to share his thoughts...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DISCUSSED IMPORTANT ISSUES WITH EU AMBASSADORS Added 2007-02-23 On 22 February Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas accepted the invitation of Volker Heinsberg, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany currently presiding over the EU and participated in a working lunch with...
LITHUANIA HOPES TO RECEIVE THE SCHEDULE FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINE "DRUZHBA" IN THE NEAREST FUTURE Added 2007-02-22 On 21-22 February Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the regular consular consultations of ministries of foreign affairs of the Republic of Lithuania and the Russian Federation. The participants of the consultations discussed the...
LITHUANIAN CANDIDATE ELECTED MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD Added 2007-02-22 On 21 February associate professor of Vilnius University, Head of Clinic of Child Development Centre Mr Dainius Pūras was elected member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child  during the 11th Meeting of State Parties to the...
LITHUANIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SEEKS TO ENHANCE COOPERATION WITH THE UK Added 2007-02-21 On 20 February Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Margaret Beckett. They discussed important issues of bilateral cooperation, international security,...
NEW LITHUANIAN HONORARY CONSUL TAKES OFFICE IN JORDAN Added 2007-02-21 On 19 February a Consulate headed by the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Lithuania Ahmed Helmi Monibo Armoush was opened in Jordan. Lithuanian Ambassador  to Egypt Dainius Ginutis Voveris handed consular patent to the new ...
HE AMBASSADOR ALFONSAS EIDINTAS: IN SEARCH OF THE MOSCOW SPHINX (The Magazine for Corps Diplomatique, Vol. 14-15, p. 77-78) Added 2007-02-20 Most of us remember the dramatic days in 1991 when thousands of Lithuanians formed a human shield around the national television station in Vilnius, which had been taken over by Soviet forces on 13 January. Fourteen innocent civilians were either...