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TACKLING THE ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE: THE CHAIRMAN SPEAKS ("Arms Control Today", October 2008) Added 2008-10-10 When I was nominated in December 2007 as the chair-designate of the third biennial meeting of states (BMS3), my team and I immediately focused on the task of ensuring a successful outcome. This, of course, is the duty of any meeting chair; but in...
IN STOCKHOLM LITHUANIAN AMBASSADORS DISCUSS COUNTRY’S PRIORITIES REGARDING THE BALTIC SEA REGION Added 2008-10-09 On 9 October, a regional meeting of the heads of Lithuanian diplomatic representations in the states of the Baltic Sea region starts in Stockholm.
LITHUANIAN OFFICIAL STARTS HIS DUTIES AS A SENIOR POLITICAL ADVISER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION’S MONITORING MISSION IN GEORGIA Added 2008-10-09 On 9 October, Lithuanian official Darius Jurgelevičius starts his work as a senior political adviser of the European Union’s Monitoring Mission in Georgia.
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE Added 2008-10-09 On 8 October, Lithuania‘s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe Gediminas Šerkšnys presented credentials to Terry Davis, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe which has its seat in Strasbourg.
VIEW FROM THE UN BALTS WEIGH IN AT GENERAL DEBATE ("The Baltic Times", 2-8 October 2008, Vol.10, page 14) Added 2008-10-08 The three Baltic presidents delivered a powerful punch during the U.N. General Assembly debate at U.N. headquarters in New York City, and The Baltic Times was there for the knockout. Although 192 member states were invited to participate in...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY EMPHASIZES THAT DISPUTES OF COMMERCIAL COMPANIES ARE ARBITRATED BY COURTS AND NOT BY POLITICIANS Added 2008-10-06 On 6 October, the Embassy of Latvia to Lithuania received a reply to the note of Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the ruling of Vilnius District Court pertaining to the Latvian company airBaltic and Riga’s airport on the basis of the...
LITHUANIA EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THE PERISHED TURKISH SOLDIERS Added 2008-10-06 Lithuania strongly condemns the terrorist attack in South-Eastern Turkey оn 3 October, when 15 Turkish soldiers were killed. Lithuania extends condolences and sympathy to the families of the perished Turkish soldiers. Lithuania supports the...
ON THE OCCASION OF THE WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY, A TELEVISED BRIDGE JOINS VILNIUS AND DUBLIN Added 2008-10-03 On 3 October, a televised conference was held, during which Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas and Minister of Education and Science Algirdas Monkevičius saluted Lithuanian teachers in Ireland on the occasion of the World Teachers’ Day.
FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER: LITHUANIA FULLY IMPLEMENTS THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION Added 2008-10-03 On 3 October, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaroslav Neverovič met with Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Rogelio Pfirter who is paying a visit in Lithuania.
EU INTEGRATION PERSPECTIVES OF MONTENEGRO AND THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA WERE DISCUSSED IN PODGORICA AND SKOPJE Added 2008-10-03 On 3 October, political consultations between Lithuania and Montenegro on the issues of the European Union were held in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro.