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THE MAIN CONDITIONS OF THE CONCESSION AGREEMENT OF VISAGINAS NPP HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED Added 2011-12-23 Today the Agreement on the main conditions of the Concession Agreement of Visaginas nuclear power plant (NPP) has been signed in the Government. The Agreement has been signed by Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, the Head of Concession Tender Commission and...
SEIMAS APPROVES THE STATE BUDGET FOR 2012 Added 2011-12-21 The Seimas has approved the state and municipal budget for 2012. A total of 72 MPs voted in favour, 45 were against, and 3 abstained from voting on the law endorsing the financial indicators for the state and municipal budget for the year 2012.
MEETING OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEES OF THE PARLIAMENTS OF THE BALTIC STATES IN RIGA EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION OF UKRAINE Added 2011-12-19 A traditional meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the Parliaments of the Baltic States was held in Riga, Republic of Latvia, on 18-19 December. During the debate on topical issues relating to the implementation of the EU Eastern...
WHEN REPRESENTING LITHUANIA AROUND THE WORLD, THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE MUST, FIRST OF ALL, RESPOND TO CITIZENS’ NEEDS, SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2011-12-16 On 16 December in Vilnius, representatives from academic community, media and general public were acquainted with the report on this year’s activities of the Lithuanian diplomatic service “Lithuanian diplomatic service 2011”,...
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADOPTED A STATEMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE Added 2011-12-16 On 16 December 2011, the Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted a Statement on the Implementation of the EU Eastern Partnership Initiative which underlined that the Eastern Partnership will be among the top priorities of the Lithuanian Presidency of...
AZUBALIS DISCUSS EU DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES Added 2011-12-14 By Marius GurskasThe Baltic Times VILNIUS – Success of Lithuania’s foreign policy efforts to achieve the objectives set for the European Union depends on important factors of external and domestic policy - the preparation for the Presidency...
SUCCESS OF LITHUANIA’S EU POLICY DEPENDS ON PREPARATION FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU AND ON RESPONSE TO DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WIDER ENVIRONMENT Added 2011-12-14 Success of Lithuania’s foreign policy efforts to achieve the objectives set in the European Union depends on important factors of external and domestic policy - the preparation for the Presidency of the Council of the EU, developments in the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ACQUAINTED EU AMBASSADORS WITH IMPORTANT ISSUES AND PRIORITIES OF LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN POLICY Added 2011-12-12 On 12 December at the Embassy of Poland in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis acquainted EU member state ambassadors to Lithuania with priorities of the foreign policy for 2012 and with the most important events of...
EU POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR LITHUANIA’S ENERGY SECURITY Added 2011-12-09 The heads of state or government of EU Member States in the capital of Belgium approved Lithuania’s proposal to include in the European Council statement the provision that energy isolation of the EU regions should be ended by 2015.
AT THE CONFERENCE IN VILNIUS, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LISBON TREATY TO THE EU’S DECISION-MAKING PROCESS Added 2011-12-09 On 9 December at the international conference “The European Union after the Lisbon Treaty and Challenges to Lithuania” in Vilnius, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas stressed the importance of the Treaty of...