PoliticsLithuanian diplomacy in the spotlight of international community2013-11-07, 18:07President Dalia Grybauskaitė paid a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to congratulate Lithuanian diplomats on their professional holiday - Diplomats' Day. Lithuanian diplomacy is celebrating the 95th anniversary - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania was established on 7 November 1918. Reforms are needed for Georgia and its people2013-11-07, 12:25President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, David Usupashvili. The meeting focused on preparations for the Vilnius Summit to be held in late November, as well as ongoing reforms and recent presidential election in Georgia. NATO collective defence will ensure Lithuania’s security2013-11-06, 15:27President Dalia Grybauskaitė, together with Latvian President Andris Bērziņš, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, attended NATO Response Force Exercise Steadfast Jazz 2013 at the Adazi Base in Latvia - the first such exercise in the region. It is the largest NATO exercise since 2006. The President to attend the largest NATO exercise in the Baltic States2013-11-05, 15:17Tomorrow, at 12:00 p.m., President Dalia Grybauskaitė, together with Latvian President Andris Bērziņš, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will attend NATO Response Force Exercise Steadfast Jazz 2013 in Latvia. EP this week: lessons from the crisis, NSA inquiry, EU summit2013-11-04, 18:43MEPs are back for a busy committee week in Brussels. The economic committee reviews the impact of the bailout programmes for crisis-stricken countries, while the civil liberties committee continues its inquiry into the NSA scandal after the return of their fact-finding delegation from Washington DC. Political group leaders will revisit the conclusions of the last European Council and MEPs will also vote on the future of the Erasmus programme. Linas Linkevičius: Vilnius Summit - trust or treat2013-11-03, 11:07If EU is to show responsibility for the continent, Eastern Partnerships provide a perfect ground to be more active. Linas Linkevičius and Štefan Füle: Western Balkans and Turkey: new opportunities for EU enlargement2013-11-02, 11:10Few months ago the European Union grew again. Croatia became the 28th member state. This new enlargement showed once again that the EU project does not stop, nor slows down. It also underlined the credibility of the enlargement policy under which the countries are admitted after they delivered on the necessary criteria. The agenda of the Lithuanian Presidency in this semester is a good proof of the determination to keep this policy going. EAPL seeks to speed up the return of land to its rightful owners2013-11-01, 23:35Another meeting of the ruling coalition took place last Thursday. The members of the coalition discussed about additional direct payments for farmers, Institute of Oncology, salary of culture workers, and centralized management of state property. On 31 October, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, who is paying an official visit to Hungary, took part in a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Visegrad countries, Austria, Turkey and the Western Balkans, which discussed important issues related to the EU's enlargement and its prospects. The meeting is organised at the initiative of the Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrad Group. New challenges mobilize the Baltic States2013-10-31, 18:39Wednesday, October 31, the Bīriņi Castle in Latvia - President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Latvian President Andris Bērziņš and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. It is a traditional annual meeting of the three Baltic presidents who gather to discuss topical regional issues and ways to strengthen cooperation among their countries. |
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