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CONSUL GENERAL IN NEW YORK HONOURS LITHUANIAN CITIZEN, WHO IS BESTOWED THE TITLE OF RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS Added 2012-05-16 On May 10, Lithuania’s Consul General in New York Valdemaras Sarapinas participated in the event, which was co-organised by the Consulate General in New York and the American Society of Yad Vashem. During the event, the titles of Righteous among...
LITHUANIA – A PAST NOT FORGOTTEN (The Jerusalem Post, 1 May 2012) Added 2012-05-11 Eastern European country has made significant efforts to acknowledge its role in Holocaust. Given the Lithuanian heritage of an overwhelming majority of South African Jews, it is somewhat surprising that seemingly few have visited the Eastern...
COOPERATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS IS DISCUSSED IN THE U.S. Added 2012-05-04   On May 3 Mr. Linas Linkevičius, Ambassador-at-Large at Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,  who is on a visit to Washington, D.C., and U.S. officials and experts discussed the readiness of the Lithuanian institutions to fight...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND U.S. SENATOR DISCUSS THE UPCOMING NATO SUMMIT, STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY IN EASTERN EUROPE Added 2012-05-04 On May 3 in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis met with U.S. Senator and former U.S. presidential candidate John McCain to discuss preparations for the Chicago NATO Summit and the promotion of democratic values in...
US AMBASSADOR TO VILNIUS ANNE E. DERSE: WE APPLAUD WHEN PEOPLE CELEBRATE FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY (15min.lt, 16 April 2012) Added 2012-04-19 "Aš kalbu lietuviškai labai mažai, bet man patinka bandyti," Anne E. Derse, the US Ambassador to Lithuania, told me after an interview in the American Embassy. In fact, it seems that all US Ambassadors, defying the general stereotype about...
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SET UP IN LITHUANIA, IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE US Added 2012-04-14 On 11 April, the Centre of Excellence (COE) for Nuclear Security was set up as an independent unit at the Border Guard School in Medininkai. The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has significantly contributed to the opening of the centre in...
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE U.S. COMPANY MAERSK LINE RECEIVES THE AWARD OF HONOUR OF LITHUANIA’S MFA FOR STRENGTHENING LITHUANIA-U.S. ECONOMIC AND TRANSPORT RELATIONSHIPS Added 2012-04-14 On 12 April in Washington, D.C. Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius conferred the award of honour of Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Lithuanian Diplomacy Star” on Torben Svenningsen, Senior Director of...
STRENGTHENING LITHUANIA-U.S. COOPERATION TO PREVENT THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS DISCUSSED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Added 2012-04-12 During the working visit to Washington, D.C. on 11 April, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius took part in consultations with U.S. officials on nuclear non-proliferation and agreed to continue to strengthen the...
THE BALTIC-NORDIC REGION IS ATTRACTIVE, SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN VICE-MINISTER SAYS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Added 2012-04-11 On 10 April in Washington, D.C., Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius discussed an upcoming NATO summit with Assistant Secretary for Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon. The Vice-Minister participated...