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LITHUANIAN AND THE U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES’ SOLDIERS DEVELOPED JOINT ACTIONS Added 2011-08-01 In July Lithuanian Special Operations Forces jointly with the U.S. Special Operations Forces and U.S. Navy SEALS in Lithuania participated in military exercises, exchanged the experience from multinational operations and improved joint operational...
SONGS OF THE VILNA GHETTO EXPERIENCE Added 2011-07-27 In commemoration of the "Year of Rememrance for the victims of the Holocaust in Lithuania", the Embassy of Lithuania in Washington, D.C. will host the Embassy Series concert "Songs of the Vilna Ghetto Experience" on September 15, 2011 with Jerome...
AMONG INVESTORS ALREADY IN LITHUANIA - MANY U.S. COMPANIES. Added 2011-07-27 WESTERN UNION WESTERN UNION - In May 2010, the US-based payment transfer firm Western Union Financial Services (subsidiary of First Data), opened its Global Operations Center of Excellence in Lithuania. The center in Vilnius is company’s...
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE HAS TO MAINTAIN THE DYNAMICS OF WORK WITH POTENTIAL INVESTORS IN LITHUANIA, SAYS LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Added 2011-07-27 The last year’s dynamics of search for potential investors when hundreds of foreign companies were invited to invest in Lithuania by the diplomatic service must be further maintained,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius...
LITHUANIA'S REACTION TO AUSTRIA’S DECISION TO RELEASE THE SUSPECT IN JANUARY 13TH CASE (highlights and information package) Added 2011-07-20 HIGHLIGHTS  On July 18, Lithuania handed in a note to Austria requesting to explain on what basis and why so hastily the decision was taken to release the suspect in the case of the assault of January 13, 1991, Mikhail Golovatov, who was...
BALZEKAS MUSEUM OF LITHUANIAN CULTURE Added 2011-07-19 The life-long dream of Stanley Balzekas, Jr., to preserve for posterity the wealth of material pertaining to Lithuania's history and culture was realized when he opened the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture in a "two-flat" building next to his...
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...