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	Antanas Valionis might be appointed ambassador to Portugal
		Antanas Valionis might be appointed ambassador to Portugal
		According to unofficial information available to Baltic News Service, the Foreign Ministry has proposed outgoing foreign minister Antanas Valionis, who held the office of foreign minister in three Lithuanian governments and had served two terms of office as Lithuanian ambassador to Warsaw before that, for the post of ambassador to Portugal.
		Outgoing science and education minister Remigijus Motuzas, who stated he would not seek the minister's post in the wake of a scandal over maturity exams, has been proposed to be appointed as ambassador to Sweden.
	www.baltictimes.com /news/articles/15880 (213 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Antanas Valionis delivered a lecture “Together in a United Europe” in Erfurt and attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Lithuania on the road to Europe— historical retrospect from the early Middle Ages to the start of the third millennium".
		On October 20, Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis participated in the Meeting of the European Conference devoted to the fight against terrorism and to the development of a political dialogue between the members of the European Union and the candidate states in Brussels.
		Minister Valionis, and Secretary General of the CoE Walter Schwimmer on behalf of the CoE, the Belgian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Annemie Neyts, as a representative of the European Council Presidency, and Commissioner for External Relations Christopher Patten, on behalf of the EU, participated in the meeting.
	www.lfpr.lt /018/18.doc (4895 words)

	Antanas Smetona - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Antanas Smetona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Antanas Smetona - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Antanas Smetona.
		Antanas Smetona (August 10, 1874 - January 9, 1944) was the first president of Lithuania from April 4, 1919 to June 19, 1920.
		He was also the last president of the country from December 19, 1926 to June 15, 1940 before its occupation by the Soviet Union, after seizing power in the 1926 coup.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Antanas-Smetona.html (141 words)

	Government portal :: Antanas Valionis: Ukraine - EU Action Plan may be revised in February 2006
		Ministry Portal » Government Activity » Press Center » News » Antanas Valionis: Ukraine - EU Action Plan may be revised in February 2006
		Meeting with journalists in Kyiv on Monday, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis said that if Ukraine successfully coped with the Ukraine - EU Action Plan this document could be revised in February 2006.
		Antanas Valionis pledged Lithuania's support for Ukraine in the latter's talks with the EU.
	www.kmu.gov.ua /control/en/publish/article?art_id=24059621&cat_id=32598 (357 words)

	Foreign minister outlines Lithuania`s aims in EU, future role - Gateway To Russia - News From Russia
		Valionis also said Lithuania was satisfied with the agreements reached between the EU and Russia on the eve of the enlargement.
		EU and Lithuanian diplomats have described this as an historic event and regard it as an achievement.
		[Valionis] One of the ambassadors of the Russian Tsar Peter I said: "I only read information which will be later officially denied." I think that the best result has been achieved when each side regards it as its diplomatic victory.
	www.gateway2russia.com /st/art_234056.php (1547 words)

	CER \| Lithuania: A political own-goal
		The appointment of Antanas Valionis as foreign minister, while he was serving as Lithuania's ambassador to Poland, was already controversial.
		Eventually, Valionis was the first one agreed upon by all interested groups—including the two coalition parties and the office of President Valdas Adamkus.
		Valionis then moved to secure his control over the country's foreign policy; however, his hands remain somewhat tied by the activities of the Seimas Foreign Affairs Committee and the President's Office.
	www.ce-review.org /01/1/amber1.html (1009 words)

	Baltic International Bank
		On Friday, A. Valionis met with Daniel Freed, counsellor to US president G. Bush, with the staffs of the Department of State, and with the staffs of the Department of Defence, informed the Embassy of Lithuania in USA.
		Valionis asked E. Wain to cancel antidumping measures levelled against Lithuanian producers of carbamide fertilizers.
		According to Valionis, USA has been applying antidumping measures against Lithuanian producers since 1987, when the measures had been automatically transferred on Lithuania, at that time one of the fifteen republics of the USSR.
	www.bib.lv /en/news/news_world/c_70467 (241 words)

	Lithuanian Permanent Delegation to NATO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Antanas VALIONIS, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, at the international conference “The Baltic region and the South Caucasus: strategies for cooperation and patterns of reform”
		Antanas VALIONIS, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania to North Atlantic Council
		Antanas VALIONIS, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania at the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Meeting
	amb.urm.lt /nato/ambtopmenuitems.php?TopMenuID=983&SiteID=66&LangID=2 (252 words)

	Antanas Mockus mathematician External links Colombia philosopher Report on his mayorship and a 2004 speech politician ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Antanas Mockus mathematician External links Colombia philosopher Report on his mayorship and a 2004 speech politician mime March 25
		March 25, 1952), a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, the only son of Lithuanian imigrants, left his post as rector of the National University of Colombia in Bogot?n 1993, and later that year ran a successful campaign for mayor.
		Antanas Mockus, who showered on TV to show Colombians how to conserve water, may run for president.
	en.powerwissen.com /BW%2BCkZCVX%7C%7CSL%7C%7CGksdkf3eojvw%3D%3D_Antanas_Mockus.html (458 words)

	Embassy of the Republic of the Lithuania to the United States of America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Minister Antanas Valionis and Secretary of State Colin Powell held a meeting on Friday, January 23, in Washington, D.C. Secretary Powell thanked Lithuania for active support and practical participation in the fight against international terrorism.
		Valionis expressed Lithuania‘s appreciation over the U.S. enduring engagement in the Nordic- Baltic region, and emphasized the importance of the e-PINE (Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe) initiative in this context.
		The four diplomas were presented to photographer Antanas Sutkus, artists Svajone and Paulius Stanikai, the Vilnius City Municipality together with the Lithuanian embassy in Japan and the Low Normandy Centre of Literature.
	www.ltembassyus.org /press/Newsfiles/Newsfile20040125.html (889 words)

	Lithuanian foreign minister publicly admits relations with KGB. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis has publicly admitted for the first time ever that his name was on the list of reserve officers of the Soviet KGB.
		I have never concealed this fact," Valionis said on the national radio, commenting on a Friday report of the Atgimimas Weekly that he was put on the list in 1981.
		The weekly said that Valionis took part in exercises of the secret service and was acclaimed and given the title of a captain.
	www.agentura.ru /english/Right?id=20050110215100 (228 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Antanas Valionis told journalists on 26 January that he received indications during informal discussions he held on his recent visit to Washington that President Paksas should resign, BNS reported.
		Valionis told "Kauno diena" of 27 January that "in unofficial conversations it was said that the Constitutional Court's ruling that the president violated the constitution and broke his oath" by granting Lithuanian citizenship to Russian businessman Yurii Borisov (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 30 December 2003) "is a very serious argument" for him to resign.
		Valionis refused to change his position following a half-hour meeting with Brazauskas later that day, saying, "Lithuania's foreign policy now is like a table with three legs, we can not bury our heads in the sand like ostriches," "Lietuvos rytas" reported on 29 January.
	www.rferl.org /balticreport (7142 words)

	Present and future of Europe - Lithuania's view
		Antanas Valionis, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Lithuania, addressed on 10 June 2002, the latest in a series of EPC briefings to meet the new Member States, on Lithuania’s view of the “present and future of Europe”.
		Answering questions, Mr Valionis said Lithuania had just completed theenergy chapterof the enlargement negotiations, an accord which included a declaration that Lithuania was ready to close the second unit of its nuclear power plant in 2009, with the support of assistance from the EU.
		Thanking Mr Valionis for his clear and constructive presentation of Lithuania’s views on the Future of Europe, the Chairman,John Palmer, EPC Director, said that the perspective for constitutional change for the EU advanced in Vilnius was close to that of The EPC.
	www.euractiv.com /Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-117110-16&type=Analysis (1891 words)

	EUROPA : O Futuro da União Europeia - debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		EU citizens needed a single European area of freedom, security and justice where they could feel safe from a variety of threats, including the so-called “new” threats, which were hard to cope with for any one country, and required a common institutional framework.
		Answering questions, Mr Valionis said Lithuania had just completed the energy chapter of the enlargement negotiations, an accord which included a declaration that Lithuania was ready to close the second unit of its nuclear power plant in 2009, with the support of assistance from the EU.
		Thanking Mr Valionis for his clear and constructive presentation of Lithuania’s views on the Future of Europe, the Chairman, John Palmer, EPC Director, said that the perspective for constitutional change for the EU advanced in Vilnius was close to that of The EPC.
	europa.eu.int /constitution/futurum/documents/offtext/sp100602_pt.htm (1746 words)

	Council of Europe
		Welcome speech of Antanas Valionis, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
		Visit of the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the CoE Antanas Valionis to the Ukraine
		Visit of the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the CoE Antanas Valionis to the Russian Federation
	www.coe.lt /en/english.htm (352 words)

	Antanas Merkys - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Antanas Merkys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Antanas Merkys - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Antanas Merkys.
		Here you will find more informations about Antanas Merkys.
		Antanas Merkys (1888 in Bajorai, near Skapiskis, Lithuania - 1955 in the Soviet Union) was President of Lithuania (1940).
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Antanas-Merkys.html (95 words)

	France-diplomatie [Diplomatic News] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin met this morning with Antanas Valionis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
		Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis will be visiting Paris on October 17.
		Valionis had already come to France on December 13, 2001, for the signing of an agreement on the status of the former Lithuanian Legation in Paris.
	www.france.diplomatie.fr /actu/articleTxt.gb.asp?ART=28489 (365 words)

	Europos komitetas - Negotiations - News and actualities - 31/01/2002 European Commission proposal on financing of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Minister noted that it would be the main issue of negotiations during this year, from today until the signing of the agreement on accession to the European Union.
		According to Antanas Valionis, the existence of this budget line allows to have a grounded hope that the financing of the closure of Ignalina NPP will also be continued after 2006, while a joint working group of the European Commission and Lithuanian energy experts will establish the exact amount of EU assistance.
		Minister Valionis indicated that the Commission's proposal on direct payments to farmers of new EU member states is better than expected on the basis of the 1999 Berlin agreement, which did not envisage any aid to new member countries farmers, though assistance to agriculture could be greater.
	www.euro.lt /showitems.php?TopMenuID=41&MenuItemID=57&ItemID=1474&LangID=2 (322 words)

	Newsletter on the European Union Enlargement Fourth quarter, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Interviews with Antanas Valionis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania and Linas Balsys, journalist from the Lithuanian Radio and Television
		The interviews with Antanas Valionis, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Linas Balsys, journalist with the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT), highlight the dynamism, modernity and atmosphere of co-operation and tolerance in Lithuanian society.
		Born in 1950, Antanas Valionis has a Doctorate in Social Sciences from the University of Warsaw.
	www.infoeuropa.org /catala/Publicacions/but_amp/en/09_lt/cont.htm (9215 words)

	Pravda.RU Russian And Lithuanian Foreign Ministers Meet In Moscow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov and Antanas Valionis, Lithuanian foreign minister and chairman of the cabinet of the Council of Europe, are having a meeting in Moscow.
		Foreign Minister of Lithuania Antanas Valionis, who is also the chairman of the committee of ministers of the Council of Europe, will start a working visit to Russia today More details...
		Antanas Valionis, foreign minister of Lithuania, who is also the chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, will pay a business visit to Russia on January 15-16 More details...
	newsfromrussia.com /diplomatic/2002/01/15/25583.html (1601 words)

	CNNSI.com - Cycling - Cycling: Foreign minister enters Rumsas row - Wednesday August 14, 2002 12:47 PM
		Valionis called the French embassy's charge d'affaires Olivier Poupard to the ministry to say he thought a French magistrate's decision Tuesday to reject a request to release Edita Rumsas from jail was "incorrect," a ministry spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday.
		A local magistrate ruled that Edita Rumsas had not given a convincing explanation as to why she was carrying doping substances when she was arrested near the Mont Blanc tunnel leading to Italy on July 28, the last day of the Tour.
		Rumsas has refused to return to France for questioning and his lawyer has said he suspected French police of holding his wife "as a kind of bait" to lure him back.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cycling/news/2002/08/14/cycling_rumsas (896 words)

	Slovenia Business Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Lithuanian government does not oppose a NATO referendum, but sees no need to call one because support for the country's NATO membership is strong enough, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis told the press in Ljubljana after meeting his Slovenian counterpart Dimitrij Rupel on Monday, 13 January.
		However, given that a debate on the country's EU membership is rather heated due to some sensitive issues such as agriculture policy and nuclear energy, Lithuania is planning to hold a referendum on EU accession, Valionis stressed.
		Valionis, who paid an official visit, also met with Prime Minister Anton Rop and Speaker of the Parliament Borut Pahor.
	www.gzs.si /SBW/head.asp?idc=12222 (398 words)

	President Leonid Kuchma receives Lithuanian Minister for Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis / News / NRCU
		We shall inform you about the most important events in political, social and economic life of Ukraine frankly and detail.
		We shall show you the spiritual wealth of Ukrainians, acquaint you with Ukrainian literature and art as well as with great cultural achievements of our people.
		Messrs Kuchma and Valionis noted a stable growth in trade turnover between Ukraine and Lithuania (in 2004's first half it totalled 433 M. Messrs Kuchma and Valionis discussed topical international matters, as well.
	www.nrcu.gov.ua /index.php?id=148&listid=5405 (182 words)

	"Belarus could follow Ukraine towards democracy" :: Charter'97 :: News :: 04/02/2005
		Speaking to European Voice, Valionis said that radical political changes like those seen in Kiev were not out of the question in Belarus.
		Valionis said that in March Lithuania would play host to an EU meeting on relations with Belarus, which he hopes will increase the EU’s activities “with Belarus and in Belarus”.
		In a thinly veiled criticism of some member states, including France and Germany, Valionis said that maintaining good relations with Russia should not be the EU’s only concern in dealing with eastern Europe.
	www.charter97.org /eng/news/2005/02/04/ukr (401 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Lithuanian minister's KGB past
		Lithuanians had come to associate Antanas Valionis with their country's mission to rejoin the West.
		But this record of cordial diplomacy with Brussels and Washington was tainted when it was learned that Valionis once took his orders from Moscow.
		Former reservists are exempted from a Lithuanian law stating that all former KGB agents must disclose their past to the public.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/europe/4156695.stm (231 words)

	National Union of Journalists: Break stalemate on Gongadze case inquiry
		A joint letter from the four organisations calls on Lithuanian foreign affairs minister Antanas Valionis, the current chairman of the committee of ministers, "without further delay and in accordance with the Parliamentary Assembly's recommendation 1538 (2001), formally to ask member countries to send investigators to participate in the inquiry".
		The appeal also seeks an assurance from Valionis "that the independent inquiry will be established before the monitoring procedure for Ukraine is reconsidered" - i.e.
		Last week's approach to Valionis follows a meeting in Paris earlier this month between the four groups and other campaigners to co-ordinate efforts to achieve justice in the Gongadze case.
	media.gn.apc.org /gongadze/020419.html (764 words)

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		The Minister noted that it would be the main issue of ne gotiations during this year, from today until the signing of the agreement on accession to the European Union.
		According to Antanas Valionis, the existence of this budget line allows to have a grounded hope that the financing of the closure of Ignalina NPP will also be continued after 2006, while a joint working group of the European Commission and Lithuanian energy experts will establish the e xact amount of EU assistance.
		\par \par Minister Valionis indicated that the Commission\rquote s proposal on direct payments to farmers of new EU member states is better than expected on the basis of the 1999 Berlin agreement, which did not envisage any aid to new member c ountries farmers, though assistance to agriculture could be greater.
	www.euractiv.com /ndbtext/enlarge/lithuania01.rtf (200 words)

	TRANSCRIPT OF THE STATEMENTS BY RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV AT A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Transcript of the Statements by Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov at a Joint Press Conference with the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis in Moscow on January 15, 2002
		Valionis, for a very constructive, frank and trusting conversation on all the issues.
		Valionis has arrived in Moscow with a large delegation of the Council of Europe.
	www.ln.mid.ru /bl.nsf/900b2c3ac91734634325698f002d9dcf/a15516743dd6cf2543256b4300466798?OpenDocument (722 words)

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