On 21 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the President of the State of Israel Shimon Peres and the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed. Lithuanian diplomat is said to have discussed bilateral cooperation, …
On 19 May in Tel Aviv, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius opened a photography exhibition ‘A Kaddish for Wooden Synagogues of Lithuania’ at Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People, the Foreign Ministry has informed. “Lithuania has remained almost the only …
On 19 May in Jerusalem, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visited the World Centre for Holocaust Research – Yad Vashem – where he laid a wreath and paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. Linkevičius met with Chairman of the …
On 19 May, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius visited the Palestinian National Authority, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed. At the meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Palestinian National Authority Riyad Al-Maliki, he stressed the importance of the renewal of Israeli-Palestinian …
On 14 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leškevičius met with the Undersecretary of Turkey’s Ministry for EU Affairs Haluk Ilıcak, Foreign Ministry has informed. The diplomats are said to have discussed progress …
On 5 May, 2013, the first ever Indian Baltic Community was established in the ‘Indian Centre’ in Vilnius. During the event, Chander Shekhar was elected the president of the community, while Jyoti Bala became its coordinator. The goals of the Indian Baltic Community are to …
BNS The Japanese government is closely following the Lithuanian government’s steps in discussing a new energy strategy, the Japanese ambassador to Lithuania, Kazuko Shiraishi, said on Wednesday. “The Japanese government has carefully followed the process of the Lithuanian government review on energy strategy,” Japan’s ambassador …
US Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah McCarthy delivered a speech ‘the Transatlantic Partnership and U.S. Expectations for Lithuania‘s EU Presidency’ at the Institute for International Relations and Political Science in Vilnius on May 7, 2013. Read the speech below. Good afternoon and thank you for the …
BNS Japan’s businessmen and government are awaiting Lithuania’s decision about the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project where Japan’s Hitachi corporation was picked as strategic investor, Lithuania’s Ambassador in Tokyo Egidijus Meilūnas says. “From my communication with both businessmen and government figures I learned they are …
On 30 April, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Neris Germanas met with Japan’s Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masaji Matsuyama to discuss the political and economic cooperation between Lithuania and Japan. Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed that Germanas noted that the …
BNS Israeli President Shimon Peres should come to Lithuania in the summer, the Israeli Embassy has confirmed it to BNS, noting that Lithuanian-Israeli relations are very good. “The embassy can confirm the visit of the President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, to Lithuania …
As the Minister of National Defence of Lithuania Juozas Olekas was finishing his visit in Afghanistan, he held meetings with Deputy Commander ISAF Lieutenant General Nick Carter, NATO Deputy Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Andrew Steinfeld and First Deputy Minister of National Defence Dr. Enayatullah …
The Embassy of Lithuania in China has informed that on 9 April, 2013, one of the biggest companies in China, North China Energy Network Institute, signed a purchase contract with the Lithuanian company Energy Power Network in Beijing. The ambassador of Lithuania in China, Lina …
BNS The European Union (EU) is meeting its financial commitments to Afghanistan, but some of them have been delayed recently due to slow progress in Afghanistan’s justice sector, Vygaudas Ušackas, the European Union’s special representative and the head of the EU mission to Afghanistan, said …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is currently on a working visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan, where he participates in the World Economic Forum, held in Baku, the Press service of the PM’s office informs. In the opening session of the Forum ‘The Vision of South …
BNS Turkey’s ability to have Islam and democracy coexisting together can help fight extremism in Europe where the Muslim population will continue to rise, Turkish Minister for European Union Affairs Egemen Bagis told BNS. In an interview to BNS, the minister said he expects a …
BNS The Lithuanian EU Presidency will try to step up the EU accession talks with Turkey, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė told on Wednesday after a meeting with visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul in Vilnius. According to Grybauskaitė, talks on one or two more chapters might …
Over a month ago, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from the Ambassador of North Korea to Lithuania, Pak Kwang Chol, reports www.delfi.lt. However, nobody expected that the welcoming speech of the President of Lithuania could be used for the political propaganda of …
BNS It is vital for Lithuania to uncover specific business niches in India and attract more investments from the country, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday after handing credentials to the new Ambassador to India Laimonas Tallat-Kelpša. “India’s economy is among the largest in …
On 12 March, an exhibition of works by Japanese photographer Hideaki Hamada opened at Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The exhibition “Haru and Mina” commemorates victims of the tsunami that engulfed Japan two years ago, informed urm.lt. At the event, the participants were greeted by …
