PoliticsOn Wednesday, April 22, President Dalia will travel to Chisinau to meet with Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti. She will also attend a working lunch with the Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova, Andrian Candu. Lithuania's Cabinet was presented with Foreign Affairs Ministry's information on Lithuania's preparedness for membership in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), short-term tasks and plans for coordination of preparation for the country's membership in the organization. President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Lamberto Zannier. The OSCE Secretary General has arrived in Lithuania to attend the OSCE/UN conference held under the patronage of the President. The focus of the conference is on women's role in promoting international peace and security. At its plenary sitting on 16 April 2015, the Seimas of Lithuania adopted the law regulating private detective activities. Seimas political group of the Liberal Movement in Lithuania has called for a parliamentary resolution, which would allow holding a dual citizenship referendum in Lithuania along with parliamentary election in 2016. Lithuanian and German Foreign Ministers discuss bilateral partnership, response to new threats in Europe2015-04-17, 11:49On 16 April in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius in a meeting with German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed strengthening bilateral partnership, armed aggression against Ukraine, relations with Russia, the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood, energy and information security issues. Prime Minister discusses with the Jewish community conversion of Vilnius Concert and Sports Palace2015-04-16, 12:20On Tuesday Prime Minister has met with representatives of the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe (CPJCE) as well as the Jewish Community of Lithuania and discussed further steps in the project for the conversion of Vilnius Concert and Sports Palace into a Congress Centre. The Prime Minister has noted the necessity to preserve the memory of Šnipiškės Cemetery located within the territory of Vilnius Concert and Sports Palace. President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen. The meeting focused on regional security issues and defense cooperation. Prime Minister: closer economic and cultural cooperation between Lithuania and India2015-04-14, 10:16On Monday, in-coming Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Republic of Lithuania Ajay Bisaria has met Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius at the Office of the Government. The Prime Minister has congratulated the Ambassador on his new term of office in Lithuania, discussed bilateral relations, and stressed Lithuania's interest in the signing of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and India. Committees will this week discuss and vote on free-trade talks with the US, biofuels, cross border payment claims, conflict minerals and healthcare. During the plenary session on Wednesday, MEPs will discuss among others the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide and the reallocation of money left over from last year's EU budget. Meanwhile EP President Martin Schulz will pay a visit to Hungary and welcome King Felipe VI of Spain when he visits the Parliament on Wednesday. |
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