PoliticsMinister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey: Lithuania deserves to be a member of the OECD2015-04-05, 10:38On Friday, the Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius welcomed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in the Government building. Prime Minister emphasized the active bilateral relations and discussed Lithuania's goal of becoming a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Lithuanian interior minister and Belarusian ambassador talk over border traffic, smuggling2015-04-04, 13:48During a meeting on 30 March with Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Lithuania Alexander Korol, Lithuania's Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis discussed the issues of improving border traffic, illegal migration, prevention of smuggling and other questions of mutual importance. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with Head of IMF Mission in Lithuania, Cristoph Klingen, and his team to discuss Lithuania's economic outlook and development trends, as well as the proposal of the new social model. President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the U.S. House Armed Services Committee chairman and its members to discuss military, economic and energy cooperation between Lithuania and the United States, the current security situation in Europe as well as the situation in Ukraine. Lithuanian Foreign Minister thanks Italian and Polish soldiers for protecting the airspace over the Baltic States2015-04-01, 14:15Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visited the Air Force Base of the Lithuanian Army near Šiauliai on 31 March to mark the 11th anniversary of Lithuania's membership in NATO and of the NATO Air Policing mission in the Baltic States. The Minister expressed his gratitude to the soldiers of the Polish and Italian Air Force contingents for the present participation in the NATO Air Policing Mission in Lithuania. Last Friday the Council of Vilnius district has given the leader of Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania Valdemar Tomaševski the title of the Honorary Citizen of the Vilnius District. Mr Tomaševski is the fifth person who was awarden this honour in the Vilnius district. Possibilities for further development of bilateral relations between Lithuania and Kazakhstan discussed in Astana2015-03-29, 11:57The political consultations of Foreign Ministries of Lithuania and Kazakhstan on 26 March in Astana focused on possibilities for further development of bilateral relations, Kazakhstan's relations with the European Union, security situation and regional cooperation in Central Asia. Lithuania is invited to contribute to the construction of sarcophagus for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant2015-03-28, 15:54On Friday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with German Ambassador to Lithuania, Jutta Schmitz, and the diplomatic representatives in Lithuania of the Group of Seven (the USA, Canada, France, and Japan). The Ambassador handed over a letter from German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, inviting Lithuania to financially contribute to the construction of the safety sarcophagus of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The Seimas ratifies the agreement between Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine on setting up a joint military unit2015-03-27, 15:00At its plenary sitting, the Seimas has ratified the agreement between the Governments of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine on establishing a joint military unit. All 73 Members of the Seimas attending the voting in the plenary voted in favour of the draft law on the ratification of the agreement. On Tuesday, 24 March 2015, newly elected Member of Parliament Sarunas Gustainis, a representative of the Liberal Movement, gave an oath during a plenary sitting of the Seimas. |
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