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CONVENTION DISCUSSES CO-OPERATION ON JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS Added 2003-04-07 In the European Convention session that took place in Brussels on 3-4 April, the participants discussed the articles of the future Constitutional Treaty that will define EU finances and regulate co-operation in the spheres of justice and home...
US THANKS LITHUANIA FOR SUPPORTING GEORGIA IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM Added 2003-04-04 US State Secretary Colin Powell expressed his gratitude to Lithuania for practical contribution to the US project of security assistance to Georgia aimed at enhancing capabilities of fighting terrorism. In his letter of 28 March to Lithuanian...
MFA STATE SECRETARY VISITS BERLIN TO CONSULT ON CLOSER COOPERATION AND GERMAN ASSISTANCE Added 2003-04-04 State Secretary of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Evaldas Ignatavičius visited Berlin and consulted representatives of the German MFA and Bundestag on closer cooperation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the both...
LITHUANIAN MFA SENDS NOTE TO POLISH EMBASSY Added 2003-04-01 On 31 March the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a note to the Embassy of the Republic of Poland proposing to organise consultations seeking to protect the Lithuanian market against the import of subsidised pork from Poland. The possibility to...
GRATITUDE TO CANADA AS FIRST COUNTRY TO RATIFY NATO ACCESSION PROTOCOLS Added 2003-04-01 Lithuania thanks Canada for decision to ratify the accession protocols which pave way for seven candidate countries to join NATO. On 31 March, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis sent a letter to his Canadian counterpart Bill Graham in...
EUROPEAN COMMISSION THANKS LITHUANIA FOR ITS PROPOSALS Added 2003-03-28 Member of the European Commission (EC) in charge of external affairs Christopher Patten thanked chief of Lithuanian diplomacy Antanas Valionis for Lithuania’s proposals on the development of the European Union’s relations with the new neighbour...
EU PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND VALUES DEBATED AT EUROPEAN CONVENTION Added 2003-03-27 On 26 March in Brussels, an additional plenary session of the European Convention was held in order to discuss the first articles of the future Constitutional Treaty defining the European Union, its goals, values and the basic rights of citizens....
EU LAW IMPROVEMENTS MUST NOT IMPAIR EFFICIENCY Added 2003-03-18 On March 17 in Brussels a session of the European Convention started, which deliberates articles of the future Constitutional Treaty defining the types of legal acts of the European Union. During the two-day session, Undersecretary of the...
ACT OF VANDALISM COMMITTED DURING COMMEMORATION OF RESTORATION OF LITHUANIA’S INDEPENDENCE Added 2003-03-17 During the commemoration of the Day of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence and the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the City of St Petersburg on March 14, an act of vandalism was committed against Consul General of the Republic of...
FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES RESULTS OF MALTESE REFERENDUM ON EU MEMBERSHIP Added 2003-03-10 Foreign Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Antanas Valionis welcomed the results of the referendum of March 8 in Malta, which proved that the Maltese citizens support their country’s membership in the European Union. "The referendum on this...