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LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR - VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Added 2006-01-18 On 17 January Lithuanian Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Gediminas Šerkšnys was elected Vice-President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
KALININGRAD REGION ADMINISTRATION APPRECIATED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FACILITATED TRANSIT PROGRAM Added 2006-01-17 On 16 January the Administration of the Kaliningrad region expressed gratitude to Lithuanian Border Guard Service and services issuing facilitated transit documents as well as to the Head of Lithuanian Government for help and cooperation during...
Lithuania and Sweden – Divided but Also United by the Baltic Sea (Made in Lithuania, Vol.19, No.1, 2006) Added 2006-01-16 Sweden, the largest source of Foreign Direct Investment in Lithuania, is extending its hand in friendship. Cultural relations between the two countries, which are divided and at the same time united by the Baltic Sea, have developed into...
Lithuania finds its niche. Dynamic "good-neighbour" policy serves as role model (OSCE Magazine, January 2006) Added 2006-01-16 The OSCE should not lose sight of the fact that "action on substance rather than perpetual reform of its working structures" is ultimately what matters most, said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis in his address to the Permanent Council...
THE FREEDOM DEFENDERS DAY COMMEMORATED FROM VILNIUS TO TOKYO Added 2006-01-13 In Warsaw Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis paid tribute to Polish citizens who had supported Lithuania’s striving for independence.
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PAID TRIBUTE TO LITHUANIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS Added 2006-01-12 On 12 December the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Daniyal Akhmetov received Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis. The parties discussed Kazakhstan’s intention to purchase „Mažeikių naftą“ and Kazakhstan’s oil supply guarantees in...
JAPAN’S GRANT AID FOR LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Added 2006-01-12 On 11 December a solemn ceremony of provision of Japan’s cultural grant aid for the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra took place in Vilnius Congress Concert Hall.
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATED THE NEW PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHSTAN Added 2006-01-11 On 11 January Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis took part in the inauguration ceremony of the President of Kazakhstan  Nursultan Nazarbayev.
POSSIBILITIES OF COOPERATION IN OIL EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING WERE DISCUSSED IN KAZAKHSTAN Added 2006-01-10 On 10 January during a visit to Kazakhstan Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis met with Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Kassymzhomart Tokaev, Kazakh Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Vladimir Shkolnik and the President...
LITHUANIA’S STRATEGIC PARTNER POLAND TO PROTECT THE AIR SPACE OF THE BALTIC STATES Added 2005-12-30 On 30 December Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis took part in the NATO air policing mission takeover ceremony in Šiauliai. Polish air force will succeed the United States contingent that had been deployed in Lithuania since...