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THE PARLIAMENT APPROVES THE CONCESSION AGREEMENT OF VISAGINAS NPP Added 2012-06-21 Today, the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania approved the Concession to be granted to the Visaginas NPP Project development company and the selection of “Hitachi“ as the strategic investor, as well as the development of the...
THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTS A GLOBAL MAP OF HUMAN RIGHTS Added 2012-06-21 President Dalia Grybauskaitė, currently attending the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, delivered a speech at the Women World Leaders' event. The President focused on the factual position of women in the world, the legal...
LITHUANIA IS ABLE TO KEEP BALANCE BETWEEN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Added 2012-06-21 President Dalia Grybauskaitė in her speech at the United Nations Global Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil underlined that decisions aimed to ensure safe development of the world should be adopted in solidarity and without delay. To...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ACQUAINTS EU AMBASSADORS WITH PRIORITIES OF EU PRESIDENCY Added 2012-06-20 On June 20, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis met with EU ambassadors who reside in Lithuania and acquainted them with priorities of the forthcoming Presidency of the EU Council, including energy policy, development of the...
A PLETHORA OF EVENTS IN CHISINAU MARKS 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OF LITHUANIA AND MOLDOVA Added 2012-06-20 On 19 June, the Embassy of Lithuania in Chisinau launched a plethora of cultural, political, and academic events “Two States, Two Destinies and Two Decades of Diplomatic Relations” to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of...
THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND GLOBAL UN CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Added 2012-06-19 President Dalia Grybauskaitė will attend the United Nations Global Conference on Sustainable Development, RIO+20. The President will deliver a speech at a plenary session and will chair, at the invitation of President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, one...
LITHUANIA BECOMES A PART OF THE NORDIC POWER EXCHANGE Added 2012-06-18 On 18 June 2012, Europe’s leading Nordic power exchange Nord Pool Spot has launched its bidding area in Lithuania. The Law on electricity that came into force last February and the agreement with Nord Pool Spot concluded in March were the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND CYPRIOT LEADERS DISCUSS COUNTRIES’ READINESS TO HOLD PRESIDENCY OF EU COUNCIL, NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY Added 2012-06-15 On June 15–17, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis paid an official visit to Nicosia, where he met with the highest ranking officials of Cyprus to discuss readiness of both countries to hold the Presidency of the EU...
DURING LITHUANIA–HUNGARY CONSULTATIONS, OFFICIALS AGREE TO SEEK TO RECEIVE PROPER FINANCING OF EU COHESION POLICY AND AGRICULTURAL POLICY Added 2012-06-14 On June 14 in Vilnius, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leškevičius met with Hungarian Minister of State for European Affairs Enikő Győri and discussed with her negotiations on the EU’s Multiannual Financial...
INCUKALNS GAS STORAGE FACILITY CAN BECOME A REGIONAL GAS BANK Added 2012-06-13 President Dalia Grybauskaitė, currently on a state visit in Latvia, and Latvian President Andris Bērziņš visited an underground gas storage facility in Incukalns.