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Lithuania's OSCE chairmanship will try to stick to moderate tone (2011 Jan 01, BNS) Added 2011-01-01 Taking over the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Lithuania will try to stick to a moderate tone necessary for this status, Audronius Azubalis, Lithuania's minister of foreign affairs, has said in an...
LITHUANIA TAKES OVER OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP, WILL FOCUS ON FREEDOM OF THE MEDIA, PROTRACTED CONFLICTS, FOSTERING REGIONAL CO-OPERATION Added 2011-01-01 VILNIUS, 1 January 2011 – Lithuania took over the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe today, with a focus on internal and external threats in the OSCE area, fostering democracy, human rights and...
STATEMENT BY FOREIGN MINISTER ON NON-EXTENTION OF MANDATE FOR OSCE OFFICE IN MINSK Added 2010-12-31 Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis, as the incoming OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, on December 31 expressed his deep regret over the non-extension of the mandate of the OSCE office in Minsk by the Belorussian authorities. This...
LITHUANIAN RESIDENTS EVALUATE THE COUNTRY’S UPCOMING EU PRESIDENCY POSITIVELY, THE OPINION POLL SHOWS Added 2010-12-30 Lithuanian residents positively evaluate the country’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2013, the opinion poll results show. On 3-12 December, this public opinion survey was carried out at the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER AND THE DELEGATION OF GHANA DISCUSS BILATERAL COOPERATION Added 2010-12-29 On 29 December in Vilnius, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė met with Minister of State of Ghana Joseph Afotey Agbo and his accompanying delegation. The meeting focused on opportunities for the development of...
SUPPORT OF THE LITHUANIAN POPULATION FOR THE EU REMAINS HIGH Added 2010-12-28 The support of Lithuanian citizens for the country’s membership in the European Union remains steadfast and high, the opinion poll results show. On 3-12 December, this public opinion survey was carried out at the request of the Ministry of...
FOREIGN AMBASSADORS RECEIVE “THE SCENT OF LITHUANIA” AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT Added 2010-12-24 Foreign ambassadors residing in Vilnius received “The Scent of Lithuania” perfume as a Christmas present.
LITHUANIA WELCOMES THE U.S. SENATE’S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. AND RUSSIA STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TREATY Added 2010-12-23 Lithuania welcomes the decision of the U.S. Senate to ratify the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which provides for substantial reductions in the U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals, and arms control mechanisms that would...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND MOLDOVA’S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSED POSSIBILITIES FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF TRANSNISTRIAN CONFLICT Added 2010-12-22 On 21 December in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis met with Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Victor Osipov and discussed with him the priorities for Lithuania’s chairmanship of the...
LITHUANIA HELPS OPEN A NEW CHAPTER IN GEORGIAN OPHTHALMOLOGY Added 2010-12-21 Doctors of the Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos (Santariškės Clinic) and Lithuanian diplomats initiated a project for early treatment of eye disease in Georgian infants. The project resulted on 21 December in the...