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SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS TO LITHUANIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE SUMMER COURSES IN 2008 Added 2008-02-28 In summer 2008, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania calls for applications for Lithuanian language and culture summer courses (3-4 weeks) in the higher education institutions of Lithuania. Having chosen these...
Speech by H.E. Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic of Lithuania, at the Celebration of the Ninetieth Anniversary of Lithuanian Independence, National Opera and Ballet Theatre Added 2008-02-18 Dear Fellow People of Lithuania, Distinguished Guests, Today we celebrate a solemn and meaningful anniversary of our state. I would like to thank the Presidents of Latvia and Estonia – our sister nations of similar historical fate – Mr. Valdis...
Lithuanian, Estonian, Latvian and Polish Presidents Congratulated the People of Lithuania on Independence Anniverssary Added 2008-02-18 Saturday, February 16, Vilnius – President Valdas Adamkus together with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers and Polish President Lech Kaczyński attended a military parade and delivered congratulatory speeches....
THE COOPERATION AMONG THE MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF LITHUANIA, FINLAND AND SWEDEN IS STRENGTHENED Added 2008-02-12 On 11-12 February, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Petras Vaitiekūnas and State Secretary of the Ministry Deividas Matulionis met with Secretary of State of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Pertti Torstila and State Secretary...
LITHUANIA AND FINLAND WILL SEEK TO STRENGTHEN BILATERAL AND REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE SPIRIT OF EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY Added 2008-02-01 On 31 January – 1 February, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Petras Vaitiekūnas paid a working visit to Helsinki, where he met with President of Finland Tarja Halonen, Minister of Foreign Affairs Illka Kanerva, Minister of Migration and...
LITHUANIAN NATIONAL WRITING CONTEST Added 2008-01-29 On January 26th, the third Lithuanian National Writing Contest was arranged worldwide for lovers of the Lithuanian language. The main rule of the contest required all participants to write the same text at the same time. With much interest, the...
TOURISM TO LITHUANIA WAS PROMOTED IN MATKA 2008 Added 2008-01-21 On January 17-20, Lithuania participated for the tenth time to the Nordic Travel Fair Matka 2008 in Helsinki. This year, along with the traditional promotion of tourism to Lithuania, the special attention was paid to promoting Vilnius – European...
LITHUANIA JOINS THE SCHENGEN AREA AS FROM DECEMBER 21, 2007 Added 2007-12-17   The Schengen Area   The Schengen group, or the Schengen area, includes the countries that have signed the Schengen Agreement. Although the external borders of this area are guarded with a great care, control on internal ones is...
PRIME MINISTER OF FINLAND MATTI VANHANEN VISITED LITHUANIA Added 2007-11-12 On November 12, the Prime Minister of Finland Matti Vanhanen had a one day working visit to Lithuania. In the meeting with the Prime Minister of Lithuania Gediminas Kirkilas, they discussed the matters of bilateral cooperation, investments,...
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF LITHUANIA CONVEYED THE CONDOLENCES ON THE TRAGIC EVENTS AT JOKELA HIGH SCHOOL Added 2007-11-08 On November 8, the President of the Republic of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus extended condolences to the President of the Republic of Finland Tarja Halonen on the tragic events at Jokela High School on November 7th and noted in his letter of...