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BNS: EP GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO LITHUANIAN SEMETA'S CANDIDACY FOR EUROPEAN COMMISSION Added 2010-01-21 VILNIUS, Jan 21, BNS - The European Parliament's (EP) group leaders on Thursday gave a go-ahead to 25 out of 26 proposed European commissioners, including Lithuania's Algirdas Semeta.
STATEMENT BY THE CONVENING GROUP OF THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES ON 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN UKRAINE Added 2010-01-15 In view of the impending presidential elections in Ukraine, the Convening Group of the Community of Democracies wishes to underline the crucial importance of compliance of the elections to Ukraine’s international commitments and continuation of...
BNS: LITHUANIA'S RED CROSS RALLLIES SUPPORT FOR EARTHQUAKE STRUCK HAITI Added 2010-01-14 VILNIUS, Jan 14, BNS - Lithuania's non-governmental organizations on Thursday called upon the country's residents to donate support to those aggrieved by the Haiti quake, with 50,000 litas (EUR earmarked by the Foreign Ministry.
LITHUANIA’S MFA AND DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS WILL JOIN THE CIVIL CAMPAIGN, COMMEMORATING THE EVENTS OF THE 13TH OF JANUARY Added 2010-01-13 On the 13th of January, the Lithuanian Freedom Defenders Day, Lithuanian diplomatic representations abroad and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will join the civil campaign “Memory is Alive and Manifest”. In the break of day lights will be...
REPRESENTATIVES FROM LITHUANIA AND SPAIN DISCUSSED THE ISSUES OF STRENGTHENING EUROPEAN UNION’S ENERGY SECURITY Added 2010-01-13 On 12 January, the eve of an informal Meeting of EU Ministers for European Affairs in La Granja, the Spanish province of Segovia, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė and Diego López Garrido, the Secretary...
LITHUANIA WILL HOST A TRADITIONAL INFORMAL DISCUSSION OF EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN EXPERTS ON INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY POLICY Added 2010-01-12 On 14-15 January, an informal meeting of European and North American experts on international and security policy - politicians, political scientists, diplomats and analysts - is held in Trakai. The participants of the meeting will address issues...
EUROPEAN THINK TANK: OPEN LETTER TO ANDRIUS KUBILIUS (PM OF LITHUANIA) Added 2010-01-07 by James Beadle, Market Melange (European Think Tank), Jan. 6, 2010 Dear Prime Minister Kubilius First, let me wish you Happy New Year and offer my congratulations on a successful 2009. It seems odd to describe a year in which GDP declined by...
LITHUANIA TO TAKE OVER OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP NEXT YEAR Added 2010-01-05 At the close of the year 2009, Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius decreed a set up of an inter-service working group to steer Lithuania’s preparations for the Chairmanship and to coordinate the actual Chairmanship (over the OSCE) in 2011.
RESOLUTE DECISIONS WILL BRING US OUT OF THE DOWNTURN Added 2010-01-04 Monday, December 21, Vilnius - President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed three laws passed by the Seimas for 2010: the law on state and municipal budgets, the law on social security budget, and the temporary law on...
PRIME MINISTER KUBILIUS: A BUDGET OF RESPONSIBILITY AND SOLIDARITY ADOPTED Added 2009-12-11 Seimas has adopted the 2010 budget today. The Government had approved on measures to cut budget expenditure and raise the revenue, which resulted in cutting the budget deficit by more than LTL 2 billion (down to LTL 4,930 million, or 5.9% of GDP).