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SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS VILNIUS Added 2002-02-22 On February 20-21, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel was on an official visit in Lithuania. Dimitrij Rupel met with Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas, Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, Deputy...
MAJORITY OF LITHUANIAN PEOPLE WOULD VOTE FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP Added 2002-02-20 On February 7-10, public opinion and market research investigation centre "Vilmorus" performed a poll on the position of Lithuanian citizens towards NATO. The results of the poll indicated that 58,9 % of Lithuanian citizens would vote for...
DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTERS MET WITH SWEDISH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Added 2002-02-20 On February 19, Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Ministers Evaldas Ignatavičius and Rytis Martikonis met with Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Lena Hjelm-Wallén. At the meeting the officials discussed EU enlargement, EU Convention on EU future activities,...
FIFTH MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND LITHUANIA, Brussels, 19 February 2002 Added 2002-02-19 JOINT PRESS RELEASE 1. The EU-Lithuania Association Council held its fifth meeting on Tuesday 19 February 2002. The meeting was chaired by Mr Josep PIQUÉ Y CAMPS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain and President-in-Office of the Council of...
LITHUANIAN DIPLOMAT WINS JAPANESE LANGUAGE CONTEST Added 2002-02-19 On February 16, a contest on Japanese language took place in Tokyo, Japan. Counsellor Dainius Kamaitis of the Lithuanian Embassy in Japan came out the winner of the first prize, a cup of Japan's Foreign minister Yoriko Kawaguchi. Seventeen...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE VISITS PORTUGAL Added 2002-02-18 On February 14, Antanas Valionis, Lithuanian Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) met in Lisbon with Jaime Gama, his Portuguese counterpart. Portugal is currently chairing over the OSCE...
DEPUTY MINISTER TOURS SOUTHERN EUROPE FOR NATO CONSULTATIONS Added 2002-02-15 On February 14-15, Deputy foreign minister Giedrius Čekuolis is visiting Italy and Greece. He leads the Lithuanian delegation participating in a trip to the Southern European NATO capitals by high representatives of the foreign and defence...
SPAIN SUPPORTS BALTIC STATES' NATO MEMBERSHIP Added 2002-02-15 On February 13, consultations on the integration to NATO of the three Baltic states were held in Spain. Rytis Paulauskas, Director of the MFA Multilateral Relations Department, headed the Lithuanian delegation. During political and military...
FOREIGN MINISTERS OF LITHUANIA, LATVIA, ESTONIA AND GERMANY GATHERED IN RIGA Added 2002-02-12 On February 11, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Baltic countries and Germany met for their sixth quadripartite meeting in Riga. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis, Latvian Minister Indulis Bērziņš, Estonian Minister Kristiina...
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSAL ON FINANCING OF EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT IS TO BE THE BASIC ISSUE THIS YEAR, SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER ANTANAS VALIONIS Added 2002-01-31 The proposal by the European Commission of 30 January 2002 on the solution of financial issues of the negotiations in 2004-2006, is presented in time and is a good basis for further discussions and negotiations which have to be concluded this...