WorldThe European Commission has announced an emergency aid package worth €82 million as famine has been declared in South Sudan for the first time since the country gained independence in 2011. Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, sent tonight a letter of condolences on the passing of Ambassador Vitaly Churkin to the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov. Linas Linkevičius: reforms in Moldova – first and foremost for the people of the country2017-02-21, 15:56During the Munich Security Conference, Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, had a meeting with Andrei Galbur, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova. Linas Linkevičius congratulated Moldova on the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries and invited his counterpart to pay a visit Lithuania. High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini met with the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, today in the margins of the Munich Security Conference. To counter the growing threats from “foreign fighters” travelling to conflict zones for terrorist purposes and “lone wolves” planning solo attacks, new EU-wide rules were approved by Parliament on Thursday. President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is attending the Munich Security Conference, participated in the first panel discussion entitled “The Future of European Union: United or Divided”. Among the panelists were also European Commission’s First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Witold Waszcykowski. Albania should step up the pace of judicial reform, as a key to starting EU accession negotiations, while Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) needs to overcome its ethnic and political divisions and remain united throughout the EU membership application evaluation process, said MEPs on Wednesday. The European Parliament today backed the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), facing down protests by activists and Donald Trump-inspired calls for protectionism. Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen gave a passionate speech in favour of the EU at the European Parliament and said the challenges facing Europe could only be tackled together. Van der Bellen was addressing MEPs in Strasbourg on 14 February as part of his first official foreign trip. During the speech he said: “The European idea is great. It is unique. It is worth all the effort." Linkevičius: We are proud that Lithuania’s representative will head a committee of the United Nations2017-02-14, 11:53The Professor at Vilnius University Dalia Leinartė was elected as President of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). For the first time in modern history of Lithuania’s multilateral diplomacy, the Lithuanian representative has assumed the charge of the post at such a high level of management in one of the institutions of the United Nations. On that occasion, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius held a telephone conversation to congratulate the Professor personally. |
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