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AUSTRIA THANKS LITHUANIA FOR HONOURING THE RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS WHO SAVED JEWS OF VILNIUS GHETTO Added 2011-09-26 The President of Austria Heinz Fischer expressed gratitude for Lithuania’s efforts to commemorate the Righteous among the Nations, the former German Wehrmacht Sergeant Anton Schmid who saved Jews of Vilnius Ghetto.
LITHUANIAN OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP OPENING STATEMENT BY THE VICE MINISTER EVALDAS IGNATAVIČIUS AT THE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING. Warsaw, 26 September 2011. Added 2011-09-26  Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,   It is a particular pleasure that I may greet you all on behalf of the Lithuanian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.  I also want to thank Ambassador Lenarčič and his...
HOLOCAUST VICTIMS COMMEMORATED IN AUKŠTIEJI PANERIAI MEMORIAL Added 2011-09-25 On 23 September Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė participated in a ceremony in tribute to the Holocaust victims in Vilnius Aukštieji Paneriai memorial.
LITHUANIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES STRENGTHENED AND REVITALIZED IT, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-09-24 Two-year Lithuanian presidency of the Community of Democracies has shown that this body uniting democratic states can effectively consolidate experience of countries in strengthening democracy and organize assistance for emerging democracies,...
PREPARATIONS FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT WERE DISCUSSED IN NEW YORK Added 2011-09-24 On 23 September at a meeting in New York Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs  Audronius Ažubalis and Special Assistant to the U.S. President for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism Gary Samore...
HOLOCAUST VICTIMS COMMEMORATED IN AUKŠTIEJI PANERIAI MEMORIAL Added 2011-09-23 On 23 September Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė participated in a ceremony in tribute to the Holocaust victims in Vilnius Aukštieji Paneriai memorial.
LITHUANIA IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO FOSTER THE LITVAK HERITAGE AND HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2011-09-23 Lithuania is firmly committed to honour and remember the more than six hundred years of history of the Lithuanian Jews, their culture, traditions and the victims of the Holocaust, says Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis on...
OSCE ANNUAL POLICE EXPERTS MEETING TO FOCUS ON REFORM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Added 2011-09-23 VIENNA, 22 September 2011 – A two-day Annual Police Experts Meeting (APEM) that started in Vienna today gathered some 120 international criminal justice experts who will share best practices and discuss how the reform of the criminal justice...
IN ANTAKALNIS CEMETERY, A MEMORIAL IS UNVEILED TO THE WEHRMACHT SERGEANT WHO SAVED JEWS IN THE VILNA GHETTO Added 2011-09-22 On 22 September in Vilnius, the memory of Anton Schmid, the Righteous among the Nations, was honoured in Antakalnis cemetery. „The Austrian who served in the army of the Nazi Germany dared to disobey insane orders and was himself condemned to...
OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF OFFICIAL ‘5+2’ NEGOTIATIONS ON TRANSDNIESTRIAN SETTLEMENT Added 2011-09-22 NEW YORK/MOSCOW, 22 September 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today’s agreement in Moscow to resume official ‘5+2’ negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement.