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EU GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL TO APPROVE PROGRESS IN TURKEY NEGOTIATIONS, DISCUSS RAISING EUROPE’S COMPETITIVENESS Added 2013-10-21 EU ministers for European affairs are expected to approve the opening of a new chapter in the Turkey’s EU accession negotiations in the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg on October 22. They will also prepare for the upcoming European...
LITHUANIA WILL PRESENT THE PRESIDENCY’S MIDTERM RESULTS AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Added 2013-10-21 On 21–24 October, during a plenary session of the EP in Strasbourg, Vytautas Leškevičius, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, will present the Lithuanian Presidency's midterm results to the EP Conference of...
EU TRADE MINISTERS STRESS SIGNIFICANCE OF FREE TRADE WITH EASTERN PARTNERS, OPEN WAY TO INVESTMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA Added 2013-10-19 EU trade ministers have in the Foreign Affairs Council on October 18 in Luxembourg stressed the importance of signing or initialling free trade agreements with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova in the upcoming Vilnius Eastern Partnership Summit and...
NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPORT GOODS AND SERVICES TO CANADA OPEN UP FOR LITHUANIA Added 2013-10-18 On 18 October in Brussels, after over four years of tense bilateral trade talks, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and Prime Minister of Canada Stephan Harper reached an agreement on the last contentious issues...
MINISTER L. LINKEVIČIUS TO ATTEND THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL MEETING IN LUXEMBOURG Added 2013-10-18 On 21 October in Luxembourg the Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius will attend the Foreign Affairs Council meeting where preparations will be carried out for the 3rd Eastern Partnership Summit, to be held on 28 and 29 November in Vilnius.
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER RECEIVES NEW GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR Added 2013-10-18 On 18 October in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas on behalf of the Lithuanian Foreign Minister received the new Ambassador of Guatemala to Lithuania Jorge Ricardo Putzeys Uriguen. The Guatemalan Ambassador is...
LITHUANIA WINS A SIGNIFICANT DIPLOMATIC VICTORY – THE COUNTRY IS ELECTED A NON-PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL Added 2013-10-17 At the 2013 United Nations Security Council election, which was held on 17 October in New York during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Lithuania received a  majority and won a non-permanent seat on the Security...
CULTURE - A CORNERSTONE OF EU NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY EFFICIENCY, EXPERTS SAY Added 2013-10-17 At an informal meeting of senior officials of Ministries of Culture and senior officials responsible for culture in Ministries of Foreign Affairs on 17 October in Vilnius, Lithuanian and foreign academics and public opinion makers together with...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER AND MALTA’S AMBASSADOR DISCUSS LITHUANIAN EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS Added 2013-10-17 On 17 October, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leškevičius met with Malta’s new Ambassador to Lithuania Charles Mifsud, who is paying a visit to Vilnius, and discussed the agenda of the Lithuanian Presidency...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE IN ECONOMICS WITH LITHUANIAN ROOTS ROBERT SHILLER Added 2013-10-17 On 17 October, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius congratulated Robert Shiller, a Lithuanian American, on receiving the 2013 Nobel Prize in economics and invited him to visit Lithuania.