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Lithuanian parliament ratifies Lisbon Treaty Added 2008-05-08 VILNIUS, May 08, BNS - The Lithuanian parliament ratified Thursday the Lisbon Treaty, also known as European Union's (EU) Reforms Treaty. The treaty was supported by 83 of Lithuania's 141 lawmakers, while five were against and 23 abstained.
BNS: Lithuanian foreign minister rejects counter arguments to Lithuania's veto on EU-Russia talks Added 2008-05-07 Vilnius, May 07, BNS - Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas rejects counter positions spoken out against Lithuania and its demands to include energy security, juridical and frozen conflict issues into the  negotiations mandate...
BNS: Mandate of EU-Russian talks undecided, step forward taken - Lithuanian foreign affairs minister Added 2008-04-30 VILNIUS, Apr 29, BNS - Although the decision on the mandate for the talks on the strategic partnership agreement between the European Union (EU) and Russia is yet to be made, a step forward has been taken, says Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras...
AFP: EU must stand up to Russian energy pressure: parliament chief Added 2008-04-24 VILNIUS, April 24, 2008 (AFP) - The EU must prevent resource-rich Russiaputting undue pressure any of the bloc's 27 member states, the president of the European Parliament warned Thursday.
EP: Official visit of President Poettering to Lithuania Added 2008-04-24 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Hans-Gert Pöttering, the President of the European Parliament, is paying an official visit to Lithuania today and Friday, the 24th and 25th of April on the invitation of Mr Česlovas Juršėnas, Speaker of the Seimas (National...
BNS: EP president coming to Vilnius next week Added 2008-04-18 VILNIUS, Apr 17, BNS - The European Parliament's President Hans-Gert Pottering is coming to Lithuania next week to meet with the Baltic state's leaders and deliver a speech at the parliament. The EP said that Pottering would speak at the Seimas...
“We can reach the goals of this important period only through unity and common endeavors“, stressed the President giving his State of the Nation address Added 2008-04-18 Tuesday, April 15, Vilnius – President Valdas Adamkus made his annual State of the Nation address in the Seimas.Addressing the members of the Seimas, Government and other public authorities, the President gave an assessment of the situation in the...
AGENCE EUROPE: Moscow ups ante on Lithuania and Poland for opening negotiations on new partnership agreement Added 2008-04-18 Brussels, 16/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - Russia is increasingly impatient with regard to the EU's inability to adopt a negotiations mandate for the European Commission to begin negotiations with Moscow for a new strengthened partnership agreement....
The Recovered Memory Should Bring Peace, by Emanuelis Zingeris Added 2008-04-09 I recently met an elderly man in Washington, who told me about the mid 1970s, when he organized the smuggling of The Beatles music through the ports of the Soviet Union. Some of the honourable guests present are well aware of the times, when we...
Swim together or sink together: A new Atlantic pact, at Europe's World Added 2008-03-19 European countries must genuinely beef-up their defence and security commitments if they are to safeguard their global interests, say James Rogers and Alexandros Petersen. Calling for an EU Security Council that would develop these efforts, they...