7.7.2013. 19:53 |
Litva- predsjedajuća EU
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Lithuania pledges to focus on ‘our Mediterranean neighbours’ at start of EU Presidency, as it commits to an open Europe ‘ready both to give and to receive’
Litva prilikom početka svojeg predsjedavanja EU, traži pozornost za "naše mediteranske susjede" , jer se zalaže za otvorenu Europu "koja je spremna da daje i prima"
by: Shari Ryness Updated: 04/Jul/2013
STRASBOURG/JERUSALEM (EJP) --- Lithuania assumed its six-month presidency of the EU Monday to succeed Ireland as Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite paid tribute to Europe’s support of Lithuania’s post-communist moves towards independence in a speech to the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg Wednesday, concluding: “It was here, in the European Parliament, more than two decades ago, that the Lithuanian cry for freedom was first heard, and, with your ringing endorsement, transmitted to the world.”
Strasbourg/Jerusalem(EJP). Litva je započela svoje petomjesečno predsjedanje EU, nakon Irske, tako da je litvanska predsjednica Dalia Grybauskaite odala priznanje Europi za potporu koju je postkomunistička Litva dobila u svojem pokretu za neovisnost. U svom govoru na plenarnoj sjednici u Strasbourgu, predsjednica je zaključila:
"To je bilo ovdje, u Europskom parlamentu, pred više od dvije dekade, kada se Litvanski krik za slobodom prvi puta čuo, i uz vašu potporu prenio svijetom".
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Grybauskaite also made a point of looking beyond Europe’s immediate borders, as she highlighted the need “to achieve free trade arrangements with Europe’s trading partners”, as she vowed to reengage with “our Mediterranean neighbours”. After Israel officially recognised Lithuania’s independence in 1991, the two countries established full diplomatic relations the following year, and are both full members of the Union for Mediterranean.
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Congratulating Croatia on meeting the criteria of EU membership, she added: “The conditions of membership are, by design, challenging. Those who overcome the challenges are those who see the European Union as open, and ready both to give and to receive.”
In total, approximately 206,800 Lithuanian Jews perished during the Holocaust, 95% of its original community. Today, approximately 5,000 Jews are thought to remain in the country....
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