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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...
Lithuania wants Ignalina open, fears the Bear, at www.energytoday.eu Added 2008-03-15 Lithuania has made a last-ditch effort to extend the life of its only nuclear power plant, fearing that its closure would boost energy costs and increase the Baltic country’s reliance on its former master, Russia. The Soviet-era Ignalina nuclear...
President underlined the importance of new energy interconnections with isolated EU energy markets Added 2008-03-15 Friday, March 14, Brussels – President of the Republic of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus attended the closing session of the European Council meeting. Heads of the European states agreed on the guidelines for the new stage of implementation of the...
At the European Council meeting, Lithuania’s President raised the issue of closure of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant Added 2008-03-15 Thursday, March 13, Brussels – As part of his working visit to Brussels, the President of the Republic of Lithuania attends the European Council meeting. Issues discussed in the first session included energy and climate change.Lithuania’s...
FIVE-POINT STRATEGY FOR EU-RUSSIA RELATIONS at Europe's World Added 2008-03-06 The EU badly needs a new approach in its dealings with resurgent Russia, write Mark Leonard and Nicu Popescu. They set out the five broad elements of a fresh European strategy.
LISBON TREATY RATIFICATION PROCEDURE UNDERWAY IN LITHUANIA Added 2008-03-05 VILNIUS, Mar 05, BNS - Lithuania commences ratification procedure of the Lisbon Treaty, which is to replace the arrested Constitution for Europe.    The Cabinet decided Wednesday to address Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus with a...