WorldParliament Speaker Loreta Grauziniene who is paying an official visit to South Korea has asked to support Lithuania's accession to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Last week, after a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, German Chancellor Angela Merkel emphasized that the Polish-German relations are in very good condition and the two states are cooperating closely regarding the European issues and NATO involvement in the Ukraine affairs. On 11 October, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius met with Vice President of the United States Joe Biden in Washington and discussed the current issues of bilateral cooperation, promotion of the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, security in Eastern Europe and energy security. The European Commission is giving € 3.9 million in humanitarian funding to help meet the urgent needs of the thousands of people who have fled to Turkey in recent weeks to escape the fighting in the Syrian town of Kobane. The European Commission announced this Friday new development funding of €1.4 billion to Afghanistan for the period 2014-2020. The funds will focus on vital sectors for growth and social stability, such as rural development and agriculture, health, and strengthening democracy in the country. India Kailash Satyarthi, an activist of the children rights in Pakistan and Malala Yousafzai, a teenager who survived the Taliban attack, became the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize - the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced today. M. Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate in the history. Lithuania PM in Pittsburgh takes part in agreement signing on new clinic in Vilnius2014-10-09, 12:49On the second leg of his visit to the United States, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius had a meeting with Jeffrey Romoff, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Centre of the University of Pittsburgh (UPMC), followed by the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between the Baltic Institute of Medical Research, and Strategic Business Initiatives. Over a thousand former workers at firms producing metals in Communidad Valenciana (Spain) and cars around Genk (Belgium) should get EU aid to help them find new jobs, the Budgets Committee recommended on Tuesday. The proposed European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aid still needs to be approved by both Parliament as a whole and the Council of Ministers. Japan is interested in Lithuanian beef products and is waiting for them in the country's stores, said Japanese Ambassador to Lithuania Kazuko Shiraishi during her meeting with Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitiene. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and his delegation will visit the United States of America (Washington, D. C., Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and Chicago) on 5-13 October. The visit is aimed at further strengthening of the strategic partnership between the USA and Lithuania, as well as providing new impetus for the bilateral economic cooperation. |
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