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EU GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL APPROVES OPENING OF A NEW CHAPTER IN TURKEY NEGOTIATIONS, DISCUSSES RAISING EUROPE’S COMPETITIVENESS Added 2013-10-22 EU ministers for European affairs approved the opening of a new chapter in Turkey’s EU accession negotiations in the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg on October 22. Ministers also prepared for the upcoming European Council by discussing...
STATE SECRETARIES’ MEETING OF THE NORDIC BALTIC EIGHT FOCUSES ON THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY ISSUES Added 2013-10-22 On 21-22 October in Stockholm, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas attended a State Secretaries’ meeting of the Nordic Baltic Eight (NB8), which discussed future cooperation of the NB8 diplomatic missions and...
THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT LAUNCHES LITHUANIA-OECD ACTION PLAN Added 2013-10-22 On 22 October, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) launched the Lithuania-OECD Action Plan for intense cooperation in the period 2014-2015. The Action Plan, which takes into consideration Lithuania’s interests...
IN STOCKHOLM, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER PRESENTS LITHUANIA’S SECURITY DEFENCE POLICY PRIORITIES Added 2013-10-22 On 21 October, the Lithuanian Embassy that performs functions of a NATO Contact Point Embassy in Sweden organised a roundtable discussion, during which the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas presented Lithuania’s...
L.LINKEVIČIUS CONGRATULATED MOLDOVA, GEORGIA AND ARMENIA ON JOINING THE EASTERN EUROPE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENT PARTNERSHIP FUND Added 2013-10-22 On 21 October during the opening of the Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership Fund (E5P) conference in Luxembourg, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius congratulated Moldova, Georgia and Armenia on their...
MORE EFFORT IS NECESSARY FOR THE UPCOMING VILNIUS SUMMIT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2013-10-21 At the EU’s Foreign Ministers meeting on 21 October in Luxembourg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius stressed that partner countries had to make more progress and that the EU had to take into account aspirations...
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...