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Lithuanian consulate in LA establishment in final stage
Lithuania will establish a consulate general in Los Angeles, making it the country’s first consulate general in the West Coast of the United States. […]
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Ambassador Pavilionis’ first visit to Portland, OR
Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis starts the New Year with his first ever visit to Portland, Oregon. Just about a year ago, His Excellency’s plans to explore this town were hampered by a snow and ice storm that unexpectedly hit the Rose city just two days prior to the scheduled trip. However, this time around the nature was gracious enough to greet the honorable guest with mild temperature and a ray of sunshine. […]
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13 January commemoration – The Invisible Front in Washington
On Tuesday, 13 January, the Lithuanian community and a large number of American guests commemorated in Washington’s University Club the day in 1991 when the Soviet army attempted to overthrow Lithuania’s legitimate government in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The attendants paid tribute to the 14 people killed and the over one thousand unarmed Lithuanian civilians injured when the Soviet army and Special Forces attempted to overtake the Vilnius TV Tower and the Lithuanian parliament – the Seimas. […]
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US Lithuanians organize 13 January run in Portland
When an e-mail from Vilnius came with an invitation to join the traditional annual run “On the Road of Life and Death”, we were listening to Brahms’ piano concerto in Portland performed by a student of the prestigious Rice University in Houston (Texas), Lithuanian pianist Rūta Kuzmickaitė who was born five years after the historic events of 13 January 1991. She had returned for holidays to her family in Oregon. […]
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Silent march in Washington to commemorate French terrorist attacks
On Sunday afternoon, several thousand people turned up in Washington for a silent march organised by the French Embassy. The march was held on the same day as millions joined the leaders of dozens of countries in Paris. In Washington, the ambassadors from several countries together with dignitaries, religious leaders and thousands of concerned citizens joined the French Ambassador to the USA, Gérard Araud. The participants gathered in front of the Newseum in Washington, a museum dedicated to the press and freedom of expression. […]
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EU Delegation in Washington celebrates Lithuanian entry in eurozone
On Wednesday, 7 January, Lithuania’s entry into the eurozone was a cause for celebration in the US capital. During a very well attended ceremony at the EU Delegation Lithuania was fêted as the 19th euro area member. […]
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Haitian earth quake victims to visit Vilnius
On Monday, 5 January, the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington received the visit of three young amputees, victims of the 2010 Haitian earthquake. The young man came to make a visa application for a visit to Vilnius on 8 January. The three will then travel to Rome, Italy, where they will attend a conference at the Vatican. […]
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Lithuania opens honorary consulate in New Orleans, Louisiana
On Monday, 15 December 2014, in the presence of the Lithuanian Ambassador to the USA, Žygimantas Pavilionis and a host of local dignitaries, including Mayor of New Orleans, Mitchell Landrieu, the brand new Lithuanian Honourable Consulate was inaugurated in New Orleans, Louisiana USA. […]
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Lithuanian ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis: We do not invest in our relations with the United States
Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States of America Žygimantas Pavilionis thinks that the US administration under President Barack Obama has been naive in wishing to “reset” relations with Russia, but this is the trap that every new president falls into. He hopes, however, that Obama’s successor – be it Hillary Clinton or someone else – will have a better grasp on geopolitical realities of Eastern Europe. […]
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Lithuanian Diplomacy Star awarded to Yale professor and author Timothy Snyder
On Monday, 27 October, the bestselling author, historian and Yale professor Timothy Snyder was honoured with the Lithuanian Diplomacy Star during a ceremony at the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington, DC. […]
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Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius visits Washington
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius started his visit to the US capital on 6 October with a busy schedule. […]
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Ukrainian President Poroshenko asks US military assistance during visit to Washington
The high-level visit of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to Washington on 18 September attracted much greater attention in the US capital than any other recent visit of a foreign head of state. His busy schedule saw President Poroshenko in the morning addressing the House of Representatives and the Senate in a joint meeting of US Congress before heading to the White House to meet President Barack Obama in the afternoon. […]
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Euphoria about EU-Ukraine Association Agreement overshadowed by concessions to Russian and oligarch pressure
Ratification of the Ukraine–European Union (EU) association agreement is a symbolic act, however, it is obscured by the decision to postpone enforcement of the free trade agreement amid pressure from Russia and some Ukrainian oligarchs, Lithuanian experts say. […]
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Aidas Ardzijauskas got his kicks on Route 66
On 24 Augustus, just 2 days after completing his race across the USA, about 100 Lithuanians gathered in the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington, DC, to hear Aidas Ardzijauskas speak about the run, the challenges, and the achievement. […]
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Black Ribbon Day in Washington, D.C., marks 75th anniversary of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
August 23 marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that divided Europe and facilitated the start of the Second World War. Now remembered as Black Ribbon Day in many countries, it coincided this year with the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way event. There were several commemorations in the United States that started early in the morning with a ceremony in the United States Congress and later the same morning at the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, D.C. […]
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Ambassador Pavilionis on Lithuania’s relationship with the USA
The Lithuania Tribune asked Žygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the USA how the events in Ukraine has affected America’s pivot to Asia, and where Lithuania should invest in order to strengthen the US interest in the region. […]
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Ambassador Pavilionis on Lithuanians living in the US
The Lithuania Tribune asked Žygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania’s Ambassador in Washington, D.C., to share his insights about the Lithuanian community in the US. Some estimates suggest that there are some 1 million Americans of Lithuanian descent. […]
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Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis: We stood alone and were laughed at because of Putin
Lithuania’s friends in Washington, D.C., believe that we are living as if it were 1939 when the threat of occupation loomed over Lithuania. So says Lithuania’s ambassador to the United States, Žygimantas Pavilionis. […]
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Ambassador Pavilionis to world Lithuanian youth: It is time to accept responsibility for Lithuania’s future
The Lithuania Tribune spoke to Lithuania’s Ambassador to the US Žygimantas Pavilionis. We asked what message he was planning to deliver to young Lithuanians from all over the world at the second World Lithuanian Youth Summit. The event took place in Prienai region, southern Lithuania, on 10-13 July. […]
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Lithuanian Embassy in the US hosts ExCel Exchange event
On 9 June the Lithuanian Embassy in the US, together with the American Councils’ ExCel programme, hosted a goodbye party for six Lithuanian High School students that spend the 2013-2014 school year on an exchange programme in an American high school. […]