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MORE THAN 300 TORAH SCROLLS WILL BE HANDED OVER TO INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES' REPRESENTATIVES Added 2002-01-30 On 30 January, an international delegation of Jewish communities' representatives headed by Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Melchior arrives in Vilnius. The delegation will meet Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas, Chairman of the Seimas...
LITHUANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER GIEDRIUS ČEKUOLIS MET SLOVAKIAN DEFENCE MINISTER JOSEF STANK Added 2002-01-23 On January 22, Deputy Foreign Minister Giedrius Čekuolis met with Slovakian Defense Minister Josef Stank, who was on an official visit in Vilnius. The issues of NATO enlargement and bilateral Lithuanian - Slovakian relations were discussed at...
FOREIGN MINISTER ANTANAS VALIONIS VISITED MOSCOW Added 2002-01-22 On January 15-16, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis as Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe paid a working visit to Russia. During the visit the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the CoE met...
LITHUANIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ASKED EU MEMBER STATES TO GRANT A LONGER TRANSITIONAL PERIOD FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PIPELINE EU REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCISE DUTIES ON CIGARETTES Added 2002-01-16 On January 15, Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis sent an official letter to the Foreign Ministers of 15 EU Member States asking to grant for Lithuania a longer transitional period for excise duties on cigarettes with regard to the requirements of...
FOREIGN MINISTER ANTANAS VALIONIS AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS OF THE CoE TO GO ON A VISIT TO RUSSIA Added 2002-01-15 On 15-16 January, the delegation headed by Antanas Valionis the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania left on a working visit for Moscow. During the visit,...
REGULAR ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS ON THE REAL ESTATE OF LITHUANIAN AND RUSSIAN EMBASSIES WAS HELD Added 2002-01-14 On January 10, a regular round of negotiations of bilateral intergovernmental commission's working group on the real estate of Lithuanian and Russian diplomatic representations was held in Moscow. Neris Germanas, State Secretary of the Ministry of...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MET SPANISH AMBASSADOR Added 2002-01-11 On January 10 Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis met with Ambassador of Spain José Pons Irazazabal, who is accredited to Lithuania from Copenhagen. The Ambassador presented the programme of Spanish EU Presidency and its priorities. He voiced...
NEW DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER APPOINTED Added 2002-01-10 On 7 January 2002, Ambassador Justas Vincas Paleckis was appointed a deputy foreign minister. His area of responsibility includes liaising with the Seimas (Parliament) and supervising the relations with the world Jewish communities as well as the...
LITHUANIA CONFIRMS ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF EU ENLARGEMENT Added 2002-01-03 Lithuania will do all in its power to make EU enlargement a success, thus contributing to one of the priorities set by Spain during its presidency of EU in the first half of 2002, said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis in a greeting...
THE LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESENTED A REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF LITHUANIAN INSTITUTIONS IN COMBATING TERRORISM Added 2001-12-29 On December 29, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry presented a report on the activities of Lithuanian institutions in combating terrorism to the Counter Terrorism Committee of the UN Security Council. The report describes legal, executive, security...