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IN ANTAKALNIS CEMETERY, A MEMORIAL IS UNVEILED TO THE WEHRMACHT SERGEANT WHO SAVED JEWS IN THE VILNA GHETTO Added 2011-09-22   On 22 September in Vilnius, the memory of Anton Schmid, the Righteous among the Nations, was honoured in Antakalnis cemetery. „The Austrian who served in the army of the Nazi Germany dared to disobey insane orders and was...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ACQUAINTED REPRESENTATIVES FROM JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE PERPETUATION OF HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE AND JEWISH CULTURE IN LITHUANIA Added 2011-09-22   On 21 September in New York, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis acquainted representatives from Jewish organizations with Lithuania’s efforts to perpetuate Holocaust remembrance and to preserve the...
LITHUANIA AMONG TOP FIVE IN GLOBAL INTERNET SPEED STUDY Added 2011-09-22  September 22, 2011, Pando Networks, Invest Lithuania Lithuania ranks fourth among the world’s nations in terms of the Internet speed trailing only to South Korea, Romania and Bulgaria, Pando Networks, a US-based communication...
Lithuania Moves Up to Rank 24th in the World Economic Freedom Rating Added 2011-09-20  September 20, 2011, Delfi, Invest Lithuania Lithuania ranks 24th in terms of the overall level of economic freedom among the world’s 141 countries after climbing up by nine positions over the year, the Fraser Institute said in its...
LITHUANIAN, POLISH EXPERTS AGREE THAT STATE LANGUAGE EXAM WILL BE UNIFIED, EVALUATION WILL DIFFER (BNS, 20 September 2011) Added 2011-09-20     VILNIUS, Sep 20, BNS – A Lithuanian–Polish expert group on education issues agreed late on Monday in Warsaw that the form of the state language exam for all Lithuanian schoolchildren will be unified but the...
EVENTS OF THE YEAR OF REMEMBRANCE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST IN LITHUANIA SCHEDULED TO MARK THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY FOR THE GENOCIDE OF THE LITHUANIAN JEWS Added 2011-09-20   15 September 11.00 a.m. The Life Saving Cross awarding ceremony to the Righteous among the Nations at the Office of the President. Organizers: the Lithuanian Jewish Community, Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania...
LITHUANIA’S GOAL TO ASSESS AUSTRIA’S ACTIONS IS ALSO A STRUGGLE FOR EU VALUES, LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS Added 2011-07-19 When responding to Austria’s rapid decision to release the detained suspect in the January 13th case, Lithuania seeks for entire European Union to assess Austria’s actions properly and to learn well the lesson of the lack of...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DREW ATTENTION OF THE EU GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL TO AUSTRIA’S RELEASE OF A SUSPECT IN JANUARY 13TH CASE Added 2011-07-19 At the European Union’s General Affairs Council meeting in the evening of 18 July in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis drew the attention of other EU foreign ministers to the actions of the Austrian...
LITHUANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH HIS AUSTRIAN COUNTERPART Added 2011-07-18 On 18 July during the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council meetings in Brussels, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis met with Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Spindelegger to...
LITHUANIA PRESENTS A NOTE TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRIA OVER THE DECISION TO RELEASE A SUSPECT IN THE CASE OF JANUARY 13 Added 2011-07-18 On 18 July, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė presented a note to Austria’s Chargé d’Affaires Josef Sigmund, requesting Austria to explain on what basis and why so hastily the...