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COMMENT BY THE LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY Added 2011-10-13 Accusing Lithuania of indulging in neo-Nazism is just a reaction of certain Russian institutions to the outstanding efforts made by the current Government of Lithuania to achieve the recognition of Stalinist crimes at a European level.
THE CONTINUITY OF EU ENLARGEMENT POLICY HELPS TO ESTABLISH SECURITY AND STABILITY IN EUROPE, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2011-10-13 On 12 October, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis welcomed the positive opinion of the European Commission with regard to preparedness of Croatia to assume obligations of EU membership and to become the 28th member state as of 1 July...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PRESENTS CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO UKRAINIAN JOURNALIST FOR COVERING POLITICS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Added 2011-10-13 On 12 October, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis presented a certificate of acknowledgement to Ukrainian journalist and political analyst Vitaly Portnikov for many years of journalism and for covering politics in Lithuania, the Baltic...
UKRAINE’S STRATEGIC ROLE WILL DETERMINE THE PATH OF THE ENTIRE EASTERN EUROPE, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2011-10-12 Ukraine’s strategic role will determine whether the entire Eastern Europe steps on the path of exclusion or integrity, reads the greeting of Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis to the participants of the round table...
BELARUSIAN NUCLEAR PROJECT VIOLATES THE UN CONVENTION, IGNORES INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD Added 2011-10-12 By finally determining the site of the planned nuclear power plant and by signing agreements on the project, Belarus does not comply with international standards, which provide that a priority site for the construction could be determined only...
LITHUANIA INVITES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO SHOW SOLIDARITY ON COHESION POLICY Added 2011-10-11 Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas invited the European Union to find a pragmatic and solidarity-based solution for the EU’s future cohesion policy.
OSCE CHAIRPERSON EXPRESSES CONCERN AT TYMOSHENKO VERDICT, URGES FULL TRANSPARENCY DURING APPEAL Added 2011-10-11 VILNIUS, 11 October 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, expressed concern at the conviction today of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko and urged full transparency during the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER THANKED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER FOR HER ATTENTION TO ALES BELIATSKI CASE Added 2011-10-11 Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis sent a letter to the Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, thanking her for the request to free a Belarusian human rights activist Ales Beliatski and acquainted her with...
LITHUANIA WELCOMES MONTENEGRO'S PROGRESS TOWARDS EU MEMBERSHIP AND INVITES TO IMPLEMENT FURTHER POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORMS Added 2011-10-11 On 10 October, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė met with Montenegro’s Foreign Minister Milan Roćen to discuss bilateral cooperation, Montenegro’s aspirations to join the European Union and NATO, important...
OPENING REMARKS BY THE VICE MINISTER ASTA SKAISGIRYTĖ- LIAUŠKIENĖ AT THE OSCE MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE ON THE MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERS AND THE OSCE. Budva, 11 October 2011. Added 2011-10-11 Your Excellency Minister Roćen,Secretary General Zannier, President Efthymiou,Ambassador Cogan,Ambassador Radulović, Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,  Please allow me to express the sincere gratitude of the Lithuanian OSCE Chair to...