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Foreign Minister L. Linkevičius calls for joint effort to help Eastern Partnership countries translate European aspiration into reality Added 2019-05-31 On 31 May, a conference of the Baltic Assembly, marking the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership, took place in Vilnius. The conference focused on trends that will shape the future of the Eastern Partnership initiative in the next ten...
Lithuania supports Finland's priority agenda for enhancing European resilience against hybrid threats Added 2019-05-24 On 24 May, the Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Asta Skaisgirytė met with Jukka Salovaara, Director General of the Finnish Foreign Ministry's Political Department. The meeting discussed the agenda for Finland's...
Lithuania calls on International Atomic Energy Agency to take action to solve safety issues of Ostrovets NPP Added 2019-05-24 On 24 May, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) received a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius the and the Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas about unresolved nuclear safety issues of the...
General Affairs Council discusses future of EU multiannual budget and financing of external actions Added 2019-05-22 On 21 May in Brussels, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Albinas Zananavičius attended the General Affairs Council meeting, which discussed the external action aspects of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027.
Baltic and German Foreign Ministers meet in Hamburg Added 2019-05-21 On 21 May, a traditional meeting of the Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, and German Foreign Ministers took place in Hamburg. The meeting discussed issues of security, the future of the European Union and its relations with eastern neighbors, as well...
Negotiations on financing of EU's future foreign policy require additional effort Added 2019-05-17 On 16 May, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius attended the Foreign Affairs Council (Development) in Brussels. EU development ministers discussed how to maintain momentum for the 2030 Agenda towards achieving the...
L. Linkevičius: Council of Europe reached a crisis point due to Russia's violations of international law Added 2019-05-17 On 16-17 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended a session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which mainly focused on a crisis point reached by the Council of Europe due to Russia's...
L. Linkevičius spoke in favor of ambitious goals of the Eastern Partnership after 2020 Added 2019-05-14 On 14 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in a high-level conference marking the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership in Brussels. The Foreign Minister addressed the session on the future goals...
Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination issues recommendations to Lithuania Added 2019-05-10 On 10 May, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) of the United Nations issued recommendations to Lithuania on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination....
Lithuania is elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Added 2019-05-08 On 7 May in New York, the United Nations Economic and Social Council elected Lithuania for the first time ever to the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) for the period...