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70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIQUIDATION OF VILNA GHETTO WILL BE COMMEMORATED IN BRUSSELS Added 2013-09-20 A commemoration of the National Memorial Day for the Genocide of the Lithuanian Jews and the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto will take place in the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union on 23...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSES THE NEED TO SPEAK THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST TO FUTURE GENERATIONS Added 2013-09-20 At the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto at the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on 20 September, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius stressed the need to always remember the terrible...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER AND MOROCCAN REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSS LITHUANIA’S EU PRESIDENCY AND EU-MOROCCO COOPERATION Added 2013-09-19 On 19 September in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leškevičius and Morocco’s Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Youssef Amrani discussed Lithuania’s Presidency of the Council...
LITHUANIAN AMONG OSCE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS Added 2013-09-19 Lithuanian Ms. Aistė Dumbrytė has been selected as one of six Junior Professional Officers for the OSCE Junior Professional Officer Programme 2013. Within it, Ms. Dumbrytė will work for three months at the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna and later for...
EUROPEAN UNION’S GOAL: TIMELY APPROVAL OF A TRILLION EURO BUDGET Added 2013-09-19 Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, members of the European Parliament Committee on Budgets and Chairman Alain Lamassoure discussed the approval and implementation of the of the EU budget - multiannual financial framework...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONVEYS HIS CONDOLENCES OVER THE DEATH OF A LITHUANIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER IN NORTHERN KOSOVO Added 2013-09-19 On 19 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius expressed his condolences over the death of Lithuanian customs officer Audrius Šenavičius in northern Kosovo to the bereaved family and strongly condemned the...
VILNIUS HOSTS INFORMAL MEETING OF EU SECURITY POLICY DIRECTORS Added 2013-09-18 On 17-18 September, Vilnius hosted an informal meeting of EU Security Policy Directors, which discussed key issues on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) agenda and the preparation for the European Council in December with discussions on...
STATEMENT OF THE LITHUANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON SYRIA CONFLICT Added 2013-09-17 The United Nations Mission Report on 16 September stated in clear and unequivocal terms that chemical weapons were used in Syria affecting civilian population. The use of chemical weapons under any circumstances is a grave violation of...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND CZECH AMBASSADOR MEET TO DISCUSS LITHUANIA’S EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY AND BILATERAL COOPERATION Added 2013-09-17 On 17 September, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with the Czech Ambassador to Lithuania Radek Pech to discuss Lithuania’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, bilateral cooperation, and other...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS TO THE EU INSTITUTIONS TO URGE RUSSIA TO CEASE DISCRIMINATORY MEASURES Added 2013-09-17 On Tuesday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius sent a letter to the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, the Vice-President of the European Commission Siim...