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LITHUANIA WANTS EU’S 2014-2020 BUDGET TO NARROW THE GAP BETWEEN MEMBER STATES Added 2011-11-15 On 15 November at the European Union’s General Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis said that the EU had to further the cohesion policy’s principle, i.e., to reduce economic,...
EUROPEAN UNION HAS TO APPLY UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED BY ALL NEIGHBOURS, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2011-11-14 On 14 November at the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis stressed that the EU’s support – closer political cooperation, economic integration and...
SUCCESS OF THE EU–RUSSIA COOPERATION DEPENDS ON MUTUAL EFFORT, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2011-11-13 On 13 November at the EU foreign ministers’ informal discussion in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis said that the EU–Russia cooperation would be successful only if both sides would make effort....
LITHUANIA AND POLAND HAVE COMMON PROJECTS AND GOALS Added 2011-11-11 President Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulated the Polish people on Independence Day and discussed with President Bronisław Komorowski of Poland the development and perspectives of bilateral relations, joint energy projects, the effect of the eurozone...
LITHUANIA ASKS TO MAINTAIN EU SUPPORT TO LESS-DEVELOPED MEMBER STATES Added 2011-11-11 On 10 November at the meeting of the EU member states belonging to the Group of Friends of the EU Cohesion Policy in Budapest, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Egidijus Meilūnas voiced Lithuania’s position on the essential...
LITHUANIAN AND BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS ISSUES OF BILATERAL AND REGIONAL COOPERATION Added 2011-11-11 On 11 November on his first working visit to London, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and the U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed the most important issues of the European Union, security policies, and bilateral...
LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT CONGRATULATED THE POLISH PEOPLE ON INDEPENDENCE DAY Added 2011-11-11 President Dalia Grybauskaitė participated in the festive events dedicated to Poland’s Independence Day, on the invitation of President Bronisław Komorowski of Poland, and extended congratulations to all Polish people on their National Day.
CENTENARY OF CZESŁAW MIŁOSZ COMMEMORATED IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Added 2011-11-10 The heritage of the Nobel literature prize winner Czesław Miłosz and his role in defining the European identity were discussed at a commemorative event in the European Parliament. On the occasion of poet’s centenary the commemoration was...
LITHUANIA AND LATVIA WILL ACT TOGETHER TO PURSUE COMMON GOALS Added 2011-11-04 President Dalia Grybauskaitė discussed with the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, the continuity of bilateral cooperation in implementing regional energy and transport projects, and the representation of interests...
MFA STATEMENT ON THE STATUS OF PALESTINIANS AT UNESCO Added 2011-11-02 Lithuania has always consistently aimed and will aim to have a single EU position regarding the status of Palestinians at international organizations. As the EU failed to establish a single position regarding this issue, we have voiced our...