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CONVENTION DELIBERATES EU REPRESENTATION IN THIRD COUNTRIES Added 2003-07-04 On 4 July in Brussels, the European Convention continues debates on Part 3 of the EU Draft Constitutional Treaty laying down detailed provisions on the European Union’s (EU) policies and specific actions in certain fields. One of the issues in...
TREATY ON LITHUANIA’S MEMBERSHIP IN EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA INITIALLED Added 2003-07-03 On 3 July in Brussels, the wording of the treaty on the membership of Lithuania and the other future EU member states in the European Economic Area (EEA) was initialled. When the treaty comes into effect, the European Economic Area that...
LITHUANIAN AND AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING TAKES PLACE Added 2003-07-02 On 1 July, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, paying a two-day working visit to the Republic of Austria, met with Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner. On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of Mindaugas coronation,...
MINISTER DISCUSSES NEW ACCENTS OF LITHUANIA’S EUROPEAN UNION POLICY Added 2003-06-27 On 27 June, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis delivered a speech at the round table discussion “Lithuania’s Mission in the European Union: What the European Policy of Lithuania Should Be?” in “Reval Hotel Lietuva” in Vilnius attended by...
CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN LITHUANIAN AND JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRIES TAKE PLACE Added 2003-06-24 On 23 June, during the bilateral consultations between the Lithuanian and Japanese Ministries of Foreign Affairs the first decade of the bilateral relations was overviewed and the future cooperation trends discussed. It was agreed to encourage...
AGREEMENT ON ISSUING FACILITATED KALININGRAD RAIL TRAVEL DOCUMENTS SIGNED IN MOSCOW Added 2003-06-23 On 20 June in Moscow, Lithuania and Russia signed a bilateral agreement that will regulate issuing the facilitated rail travel documents to and from the Kaliningrad region to the Russian citizens. The agreement sets a very precise scheme for...
FUTURE EU MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS IN DECISION MAKING PROCESSES – LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2003-06-17 The new EU member states should participate in the intergovernmental conference where final decisions concerning the EU institutional reforms will be made, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis said at the meeting of the European Union’s...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES CZECH EU REFERENDUM RESULTS Added 2003-06-16 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis greeted the results of the Czech EU referendum of 13-14 June, showing that the country’s population approved its membership in the European Union. "We congratulate the Czech Republic on completing...
FOREIGN MINISTER PARTICIPATES IN SEMINAR ON NORDIC-LITHUANIAN COOPERATION Added 2003-06-13 On 12 June Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis presented Lithuania’s economic achievements and investment possibilities at the seminar “Nordic Research and Innovation Cooperation with Lithuania”. The Minister indicated that the...
MEETING ON OECD TAKES PLACE IN FOREIGN MINISTRY Added 2003-06-13 On 11 June in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), a discussion on activities of Lithuania in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) took place on the initiative of Lithuanian diplomats. Representatives from the...