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FOREIGNERS OF LITHUANIAN DESCENT ARE APPOINTED 50 UNIVERSITY SEATS AND 50 COLLEGE SEATS Added 2011-07-19 th the intent of fostering the link between foreigners of Lithuanian descent and their cultural and historical homeland and language, the Ministry of Education and Science is supporting their entrance to Lithuanian academic institutions. The...
NEW SHIFT OF LITHUANIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES SQUADRON AITVARAS BEGINS DUTY IN AFGHANISTAN Added 2011-07-19 In July a new shift of the Lithuanian Special Operations Forces (LITHSOF) Squadron Aitvaras began service in Afghanistan. The outgoing rotation was redeployed to Lithuania. Rasa Juknevičienė, Minister of National Defence, expressed her delight...
AUSTRIA’S HASTY DECISION TO RELEASE THE SUSPECT IN JANUARY 13TH CASE UNDERMINES PRINCIPLE OF EU SOLIDARITY, BALTIC FOREIGN MINISTERS SAY Added 2011-07-19 The hasty decision taken by Austrian authorities to release the suspect in the so-called “January 13th case” diminished the efficient international legal cooperation in criminal cases among EU member states, as well as the principle of EU...
LITHUANIA PRESENTS A NOTE TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRIA OVER THE DECISION TO RELEASE A SUSPECT IN THE CASE OF JANUARY 13 Added 2011-07-18 On 18 July, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė presented a note to Austria’s Chargé d’Affaires Josef Sigmund, requesting Austria to explain on what basis and why so hastily the decision was taken to release the...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER INVITES WORLD LITHUANIANS TO FOSTER UNITY AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATION OF LITHUANIA’S FUTURE Added 2011-07-15 On the occasion of the Unity Day of Lithuanians of the World, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis encourages Lithuanians around the world to foster the idea of unity and calls on every Lithuanian to contribute to the creation...
THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY: HITACHI IS SELECTED AS THE STRATEGIC INVESTOR FOR THE VISAGINAS NPP PROJECT Added 2011-07-14 14 July, the Ministry of Energy announces that the Concession Tender Commission (the Commission) for the Strategic Investor in the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Project selected Hitachi Ltd. together with Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd....
97th ANNUAL LITHUANIAN DAYS IN FRACKVILLE, PA: AUG. 13-14 Added 2011-07-13 The 97th annual Lithuanian Days, sponsored by the Knights of Lithuania Council #144, will be celebrated on August 13 and 14 2011, at the Schuylkill Mall, Route 61 and I-81, Frackville, PA. It is the longest consecutive ETHNIC FESTIVAL in the...
FIRST U.S. CERTIFIED TRADE MISSION TO LITHUANIA INTRODUCED Added 2011-07-12 The first U.S. certified Trade mission to Lithuania was introduced to the potential U.S. partners, trade consultants, experts and representatives from various trade structures on July 12 at the Embassy of Lithuania. "Lithuania is a dynamic...
THE PRESIDENT CONGRATULATED THE U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA ON THE INDEPENDENCE DAY Added 2011-07-11 Monday, July 4, Vilnius - President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė sent congratulations to U.S. President Barack Obama on the national holiday, the Independence Day. "Twenty years ago, Lithuania and the United States...
TROIKA OF THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES ISSUED A STATEMENT ON DETENTION OF FORMER PRESIDENT OF BELARUS Added 2011-07-08 Mongolia which assumed the Presidency of the Community of Democracies July 1 initiated the statement of the Troika of the Community of Democracies, condemning the detention of former Chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus Stanislau...