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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.
LITHUANIA ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CAMEROON Added 2013-10-17 On 16 October, Lithuania established diplomatic relations with the 173rd country, which is Cameroon. Cameroon is often referred to as “Africa in miniature” for its geological and cultural diversity. In New York, the Lithuanian Minister...
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDS TO GRANT THE STATUS OF CANDIDATE FOR EU MEMBERSHIP TO ALBANIA, AND THAT ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA BE OPENED Added 2013-10-16 On the 16th of October the European Commission (EC) adopted the annual European Union Enlargement Package, which this year comprises of the EU enlargement strategy and regular progress reports of Iceland, Turkey and Western Balkan countries...
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WILL HELP EU CITIZENS RECOGNISE EUROPEAN VALUES, SAID THE VICE-MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Added 2013-10-16 Communication specialists should stimulate pro-European movement in the European Union more actively and, with the European Parliament elections coming up, help citizens to better understand what the European Union stands for, and what it is...
EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL TO PREPARE FOR EASTERN PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT, WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA Added 2013-10-16 European Union trade ministers will meet in Luxemburg on October 18 to discuss trade aspects of the Eastern Partnership Summit and preparations for the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference. Ministers will also be invited to approve a mandate,...
ACTIVITIES OF OFFICE OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA DISCUSSED IN VILNIUS Added 2013-10-16 On 16 October in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas met with Valentin Inzko, the High Representative of the International Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The meeting discussed the international...