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FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES ROMANIA AND BULGARIA ON ACCESSION TO THE EU Added 2007-01-03 On 3 January Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas sent letters to Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin and Romanian Foreign Minister Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu to congratulate them on these countries’ accession to the European...
IN THE FORMER CRADLE OF YIDDISH, MAMA LOSHEN STILL SPEAKS TO HEART (JTA, January 2, 2007) Added 2007-01-02 VILNIUS, Lithuania, Jan. 2 (JTA) — The blonde pianist enters the stage first, followed by a goateed, serious-looking young opera singer, Rafailas Karpis. Hands clasped above his bright yellow tie, he belts out five songs in Yiddish, odes to love...
LITHUANIA READY TO STRENGTHEN ITS ECONOMIC STRATEGY (Jūra.Mоре.Sea, № 6/2006) Added 2006-12-29 The international business magazine JURA MOPE SEA talks with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Petras Vaitiekunas, whose inauguration to lead the ministry coincided with the complicated international political situation caused by...
DIPLOMATS CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH LITHUANIAN MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Added 2006-12-27 On 22 December Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas  met with the Members of the European Parliament elected in Lithuania and discussed important issues of the European Union agenda included in the programme of German EU...
MOLDOVAN FOUNDATION FOR CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY APPRAISED LITHUANIA’S SUPPORT Added 2006-12-27 On 22 December in Chisinau  Moldovan non-governmental organisation Foundation for Christian Democracy gave annual award “Golden Heart 2006” to Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas.
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSED WITH ACADEMIC COMMUNITY LITHUANIA’S READINESS FOR EU PRESIDENCY Added 2006-12-22 On 22 December Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas invited representatives of Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University to contribute to preparations for the European Union’s Presidency...
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS DEVELOPING STATES STRIVING TO PARTICIPATE IN MULTILATERAL TRADE SYSTEM Added 2006-12-21 Lithuania allocated 46 thousand Swiss francs to Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund in response to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) call to contribute to technical support to the least developed, developing and transition economy...
BILATERAL COOPERATION ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED IN WARSAW Added 2006-12-20 On 18 December Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Jaroslav Neverovič took part in international conference “Eastern Dimension of the European Union” in Warsaw, where he spoke on Europe’s East policy issues.
LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO THE QUEEN OF DENMARK Added 2006-12-19 On 18 December Lithuanian Ambassador Rasa Kairienė presented credentials to the Queen of Denmark Margrethe II.
LITHUANIA DEPOSITED THE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS RATIFICATION DOCUMENTS TO THE UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL Added 2006-12-18 On 18 December Lithuanian Permanent Representative to UNESCO Ambassador Ina Marčiulionytė together with twelve EU ambassadors submitted the ratification documents of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural...