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LITHUANIA FOREIGN MINISTER EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO UNITED STATES AFTER A DEADLY OKLAHOMA TORNADO Added 2013-05-21 On 21 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius sent a letter of condolence to the United States Secretary of State John Kerry after a deadly tornado hit the Oklahoma City suburbs. Linkevičius wrote in his letter:...
THE OFFICE OF LITHUANIAN EMBASSY TO AUSTRIA OPENS IN ZAGREB, CAPITAL OF EU’S NEW MEMBER STATE Added 2013-05-21 The Office of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Austria in Zagreb was opened on 20 May, a month before Croatia officially joins the growing EU family. The Speaker of the Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania Vydas Gedvilas and...
LITHUANIA’S INCOMING EU PRESIDENCY PRESENTED AT THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE HERZLIYA AND KNESSET IN ISRAEL Added 2013-05-20 On 20 May, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, who is visiting Israel, delivered a lecture “Lithuania’s Incoming Presidency: for creating a credible, growing and open Europe” at the Interdisciplinary...
CONSULTATIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY FOCUS ON CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION Added 2013-05-20 On 20 May, consultations on key issues of bilateral cooperation of representatives from the Lithuanian and Russian Ministries of Foreign Affairs were held in Vilnius. The consultations focused on the cross border cooperation of the two countries,...
IN JERUSALEM, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HONOURS HOLOCAUST VICTIMS Added 2013-05-20 On 19 May in Jerusalem, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visited the World Centre for Holocaust Research – Yad Vashem – where he laid a wreath and paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. Linkevičius...
IN ISRAEL, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OPENS A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION OF WOODEN SYNAGOGUES OF LITHUANIA Added 2013-05-20 On 19 May in Tel Aviv, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius opened a photography exhibition “A Kaddish for Wooden Synagogues of Lithuania” at Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People. “Lithuania...
LINKEVIČIUS MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL AUTHORITY, STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RENEWAL OF PEACE TALKS Added 2013-05-19 On 19 May, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius visited the Palestinian National Authority. At the meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Palestinian National Authority Riyad Al-Maliki, he stressed the importance of the...
IN JERUSALEM, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HONOURS HOLOCAUST VICTIMS Added 2013-05-19 On 19 May in Jerusalem, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visited the World Centre for Holocaust Research – Yad Vashem – where he laid a wreath and paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. Linkevičius...
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONDEMNS THE ANTI-SEMITIC ACT IN PANEVĖŽYS Added 2013-05-18 On 18 May, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius condemned the anti-Semitic act carried out in Panevėžys during which a swastika was painted on the doors of Panevėžys Youth school and the building of Jewish community of Panevėžys.
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP HIGH ON THE AGENDA OF THE HIGH-LEVEL EU OFFICIALS MEETING IN VILNIUS Added 2013-05-18 An informal meeting of EU state and general secretaries was held in Vilnius; on this occasion, the Lithuanian delegates invited the European Union (EU) Member States to join efforts for the purposes of the Eastern partnership.