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WTO COUNTRIES FAILED TO FIND COMMON POSITIONS ON LIBERALISATION OF MARKETS FOR AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIAL GOODS Added 2008-07-30 On 29 July, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas took part in the European Union’s General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in Geneva. During the meeting EU Ministers stated that countries of the World Trade...
FLOODED WESTERN UKRAINE NEEDS HELP Added 2008-07-29 Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to Ukraine announced that from 23 through 26 July Western Ukraine suffered from excess rainfall and floods, due to this disaster at least 22 people perished, including 6 children. More than 40,000 houses were...
ACT OF VANDALISM WAS CARRIED OUT AGAINST LITHUANIAN EMBASSY Added 2008-07-25 On the night of 25 July in Minsk, an act of vandalism was carried out against the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Belarus. Lithuanian Ambassador to Belarus Edminas Bagdonas lodged a protest with the officials...
IN BRUSSELS FOREIGN MINISTER PAID MOST ATTENTION TO UKRAINE AND GEORGIA Added 2008-07-22 On 22 July, during the European Union’s General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas and the EU heads of diplomacy paid most attention to the issues of Ukraine and...
STEPONAS DARIUS AND STASYS GIRĖNAS COMMEMORATED IN NEW YORK Added 2008-07-21 On 19 July, a solemn commemoration of a historical transatlantic flight of Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas was held in Floyd Bennet Field, New York City’s former airport. A memorial plaque dedicated to this deed of Lithuanian pilots was...
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS MUTUAL LIBERALIZATION OF MARKETS OF AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURED GOODS Added 2008-07-18 On 18 July, during the extraordinary meeting of General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of the European Union, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Jaroslav Neverovič and other Ministers of the EU Member...
IN PANEVĖŽYS, FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE STATE AND BUSINESS Added 2008-07-18 On 18 July, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas visited Panevėžys region, where he participated in the ceremony of transfer of documents of family patrimony of Minister of Foreign Affairs of prewar Lithuania Juozas Urbšys to...
THE DISTRICT OF ŠALČININKAI IS ENCOURAGED TO BENEFIT FROM THE EU FUNDS WHILE COOPERATING WITH NEIGHBOURING REGIONS OF BELARUS Added 2008-07-15 On 15 July in the Šalčininkai district, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas met with mayor of the district municipality Leonardas Talmontas and discussed the readiness of the municipality to use the funds of the European...
UN BIENNIAL MEETING OF STATES ON SMALL ARMS BEGAN IN NEW YORK Added 2008-07-14 On 14 July, the United Nations biennial meeting of states on implementing the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons Programme began at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SENT A LETTER OF CONDOLENCE REGARDING THE DEATH OF BRONISŁAW GEREMEK Added 2008-07-14 On 14 July, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas sent a letter to Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, in which he presented his condolences regarding the death of former Polish Foreign Minister and long-term activist of...