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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS PLANNED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN LITHUANIA’S NEIGHBORHOOD RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION Added 2012-03-26 President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is currently in Seoul for the Nuclear Security Summit, met with Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
EUROPEAN UNION MUST ADEQUATELY FINANCE ITS PROJECTS ALSO AFTER 2013, LITHUANIA FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS Added 2012-03-26 On 26 March at the meeting of EU Ministers for European Affairs in Brussels, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas stressed that further adequate financing of the closure of the Ignalina nuclear power plant (NPP) was one of...
THE EU MINISTERS TAKE A UNANIMOUS DECISION ON BELARUS Added 2012-03-23 On 23 March in Brussels, the EU foreign ministers made a unanimous decision to reinforce restrictive measures against the Belarusian regime. Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis underlined that these measures should affect the...
THE EU COMMON AGRICULTURAL AND COHESION POLICIES REMAIN BASIC TOOLS FOR THE PROMOTION OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS Added 2012-03-23 On 22 March at the high-level conference on the EU multiannual financial framework in Brussels, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas underlined that the agricultural and cohesion policies were essential tools to help...
ENERGY SECURITY – UNDERLYING GOAL FOR LITHUANIA AND LATVIA Added 2012-03-22 President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with President Andris Bērziņš of Latvia in Bistrampolis Manor. During a working meeting, the Presidents discussed the implementation of strategic energy projects that are obligatory for ending the Baltic...
LITHUANIA’S COMPLAINT AGAINST BELARUSSIAN NPP PROJECT HEARD IN GENEVA Added 2012-03-21 The Implementation Committee of the UN Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) heard into Lithuania’s claim that Belarus failed to meet convention requirements while building a new nuclear...
VICE MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE WILL DISCUSS IN BRUSSELS DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARY CAPABILITIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Added 2012-03-21 On March 22, Vice Minister of National Defence for Defence Policy and International Relations Vytautas Umbrasas will participate in the European Union’s Defence Ministers’ meeting in Brussels (Belgium). The event will focus on the...
THE EU MUST EMPLOY A SOLID EXTERNAL ENERGY POLICY, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS Added 2012-03-20 Having high dependence of imported energy resources, the European Union needs to employ a solid and strong external energy policy, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas said.
HEARING INTO LITHUANIA’S COMPLAINT AGAINST BELARUSIAN NPP PROJECT KICKS OFF IN GENEVA Added 2012-03-19 On 20–21 March in Geneva, the Implementation Committee of the UN Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) is to begin a hearing into Lithuania’s claim that Belarus failed to meet...
DALIA GRYBAUSKAITĖ CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OF MOLDOVA Added 2012-03-19 President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President-elect Nicolae Timofti of the Republic of Moldova.