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BNS: Government approves Lithuania's half-decade strategic EU policy focus areas Added 2008-09-26 VILNIUS, Sep 25, BNS - The government approved Lithuania's European Union (EU) policy focus areas ocument for years 2008 - 2013, identifying Lithuania's EU vision and singling out ten focus areas, which outline Lithuania's most important EU policy...
Energy security in discussions with President of European Parliament Added 2008-09-18 On the last leg of the working visit to Brussels, Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas had a meeting with President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Pöttering. The Prime Minister briefed the President on Lithuania’s situation following the...
President of the European Commission pledged support to ensure energy security for Lithuania Added 2008-09-18 In his Brussels meeting with President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas continued political consultations on energy security issues in the European Union and the Baltic Region.
BNS: Lithuania's Ignalina N-plant dismantles unfinished 3rd reactor building Added 2008-09-16 VILNIUS, Sept 15, BNS - Lithuania's Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) has completed the dismantling of unfinished third reactor building and remediation of contaminated soil around the unit, which has never been launched.
BNS: EU observers in Georgia to carry authority for operating in breakaway regions - Lithuanian foreign minister in Brussels Added 2008-09-16 VILNIUS, Sep 15, BNS - The European Union (EU) - delegated observer mission in Georgia will carry authority to operate in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas rounded up EU's decision.Vaitiekunas applauds EU's...
Prime Minister to visit Brussels Added 2008-09-16 Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas is leaving for Brussels on a working visit on Wednesday, 17 September, and is scheduled to meet heads of the European Commission, the European Parliament and NATO to discuss energy, international security, and...
Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister: the European Union has to strengthen its cooperation with the USA Added 2008-09-08 On 5 September, a two-day Informal Meeting of EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Gymnich) started in Avignon, France. On the first day of the meeting, heads of diplomacy of the EU Member States discussed the EU’s relations with the U.S.A. and the...
At the informal Baltic Foreign Ministers' meeting, Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister discusses situation in Georgia Added 2008-09-03 On 2 September in Jūrmala, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas had an informal meeting with Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maris Riekstins and Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet. The heads of Baltic States’...
Parliamentary panels say Lithuania should wait for Russia's actions Added 2008-09-03 VILNIUS, September 03, BNS - Lithuanian parliament's two committees agreed on Wednesday to wait for the next week's meeting of the Russian and French presidents, as well as further moves of Russia. Speaking to journalists after the joint meeting...
President Adamkus: “The European Union must provide Georgia with urgent political and economic assistance” Added 2008-09-03 September 1, Brussels – President Valdas Adamkus participated in the extraordinary session of the European Council to discuss the situation Georgia, EU aid to Georgia and prospects for EU-Russia relationship. President Adamkus was the first to...