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NEW OSCE CHAIRPERSON EMPHASIZES HUMAN RIGHTS DURING MEETINGS WITH HEADS OF OSCE INSTITUTIONS, FIELD OPERATIONS Added 2011-01-14 VIENNA, 14 January 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, stressed Lithuanian Chairmanship’s commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms in meetings with heads of OSCE institutions and field...
FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES FOR 2011 WERE DISCUSSED AT THE MFA CONSULTATIONS OF THE EU MEMBER STATES IN BUDAPEST Added 2011-01-14 On 13-14 January in Budapest, Political Director of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eitvydas Bajarūnas took part in the consultations of political directors from foreign ministries of 27 European Union’s member states. During the...
Lithuanian OSCE presidency to realize tasks set in Astana Final Declaration (14 Jan 2011, Kazinform) Added 2011-01-14 The Lithuanian presidency will strive to realize the tasks set in the final declaration of the OSCE Summit in Astana. OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis made it public presenting the priorities of the...
ENERGY SECURITY IS AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITIES FOR LITHUANIA AND HUNGARY Added 2011-01-14 On 13-14 January at the informal European Union’s General Affairs Council in Budapest during which Hungary presented its priorities, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas noted that Lithuania would pay special attention to...
CANADIANS REMEMBER THOSE LITHUANIANS WHO FELL IN DEFENCE OF THEIR NATION’S FREEDOM, THE CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-01-13 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Lawrence Cannon sent a letter to Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis extending his sombre recognition of the 20th anniversary of January 13 and stressing that Canadians remembered those...
AT LITHUANIA’S INVITATION, A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM MOLDOVA TOOK PART IN THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF THE OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP Added 2011-01-13 At the invitation of Lithuania that assumed the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), a group of students from Moldova paid a visit to Vienna on 12-13 January. They met with representatives of the...
NEW OSCE CHAIRPERSON CALLS FOR JOINT COMMITMENT TO RESOLVE EXISTING CONFLICTS IN A PEACEFUL AND NEGOTIATED MANNER Added 2011-01-13 VIENNA, 13 January 2011 – The new OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, urged the Organization's participating States to focus on resolving existing conflicts and achieving concrete progress in addressing...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES OVER THE DEATH OF THE FAMOUS CZECH POLITICIAN Added 2011-01-13 Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis extended condolences to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg over the death of Jiří Dienstbier, the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of...
PRESENTATION OF LITHUANIA’S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP WORK PROGRAMME IN VIENNA BEGAN WITH THE COMMEMORATION OF THE VICTIMS OF JANUARY 13 Added 2011-01-13 On 12 January in the Congress Centre at the Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna, the presentation of the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship Work Programme began with performance of the Dzukian Variations by composer Bronius Kutavičius in commemoration of...
INAUGURAL EVENT OF LITHUANIA'S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP IN VIENNA, JANUARY 12, 2011 Added 2011-01-13 INAUGURAL EVENT OF LITHUANIA'S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP IN VIENNA, JANUARY 12, 2011