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BILATERAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND SPAIN REGARDING REPRESENTATION IN INSSUANCE OF SCHENGEN VISAS ENTERS INTO FORCE Added 2012-05-31 The bilateral agreement between Lithuania and Spain regarding representation in issuance of Schengen visas enters into force on June 1. In compliance with the agreement, Lithuania will represent Spain in issuing Schengen visas in Armenia, and...
EUROPEAN COMMISSION WELCOMES LITHUANIA’S EFFORTS AND CALLS FOR ADHERING TO FISCAL DISCIPLINE Added 2012-05-30 On May 30 in Brussels, the European Commission adopted recommendations, commending Lithuania’s efforts to correct budget deficit. However, the Commission encourages continuing to adhere to disciplined spending policies, reform the pension...
EU FISCAL STABILITY TREATY SUBMITTED FOR PARLIAMENTARY RATIFICATION Added 2012-05-30 President Dalia Grybauskaitė signed a decree submitting the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union for parliamentary ratification. Lithuania, together with other 24 EU member states, signed the European...
REPRESSIONS BY SYRIAN AUTHORITIES AGAINST THEIR PEOPLE IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY Added 2012-05-30 Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the repressions committed by the Syrian government on May 27 in the city of Hula. The United Nations confirmed that at least 90 people were massacred, including 34 children. It is a crime against...
IF THE EUROPEAN UNION WANTS ECONOMIC GROWTH, COHESION ALLOCATIONS CANNOT BE REDUCED, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2012-05-29 On May 29 at the meeting of the EU Ministers for European Affairs in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis stressed that it was difficult to expect economic growth and creation of new jobs, if the new multiannual EU...
LITHUANIA AND MALTA WILL STRENGTHEN BILATERAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION WITHIN EU Added 2012-05-29 President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with President of the Republic of Malta George Abela, who arrived in Lithuania on a state visit. This is the first highest-level meeting of the leaders of the two countries over eighteen years since the...
LATVIA’S SUPPORT FOR IMPORTANT REGIONAL ENERGY PROJECTS AND LAUNCH OF A JOINT INFORMATION SPACE FOR CULTURE DISCUSSED IN RIGA Added 2012-05-28 On May 28, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis, who paid an official visit to Riga, held meetings with Latvia’s highest-ranking officials and highlighted the importance of the country’s support for regional energy...
STRONG LITHUANIAN–SWEDISH PARTNERSHIP IMPORTANT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Added 2012-05-25 President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with a delegation from the Swedish Parliament (the Riksdag) to discuss the bilateral relations, the Nordic-Baltic cooperation, and the economic situation in Europe.
IN VILNIUS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER CALLS FOR RECOGNITION AND PROMOTION OF WOMEN’S ROLE IN SETTLING CONFLICTS AND CONSOLIDATING PEACE Added 2012-05-25 On May 24 at the seminar in the Foreign Ministry, which discussed the implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė...
AT THE CONFERENCE IN KAUNAS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSES LITHUANIA’S HISTORICAL SUPPORT FOR THE EUROPEAN IDENTITY OF UKRAINE Added 2012-05-24 At the on-going international scientific conference “Central and Eastern Europe at the Time of the Battle of Blue Waters” on May 24 at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis...