American Film Showcase is a U.S. Department of State funded Film Diplomacy program, connecting film enthusiasts worldwide. The program brings award-winning contemporary American documentaries, independent films, and storytelling know-how to audiences around the world. Partnering with the State Department and the University of Sothern California School of Cinematic Arts, the U.S. Embassy in Lithuania offers …
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 15 January, 2020 | Topics: Culture, Education, News, Outreach, Public Affairs, U.S. & Lithuania
It is a great honor and privilege for me to take part today in this ceremony to present the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom to President Valdas Adamkus. Each year, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation bestows this medal on individuals and institutions that have demonstrated a life-long commitment to freedom, democracy, and opposition to communism …
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 29 November, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, History, News, Public Affairs, Speeches, U.S. & Lithuania
On May 2, in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of State presented its Emerging Young Leaders Award to Zina Salim Hassan Hamu, a Yazidi woman currently studying at LCC International University in Klaipeda
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 3 May, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Success Stories
On April 18 the exhibition “Across the Ocean: The Age of Friendship between Lithuania and the United States of America” opens at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library. The exhibit, created in partnership with the Valdas Adamkus Presidential Library and American Fulbright Scholar Charles Perrin, reveals one hundred years of friendship between the U.S. and Lithuania and …
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 16 April, 2018 | Topics: Art & Culture, Culture, Embassy, Featured Event, History, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & Lithuania
It is a great privilege for me to be here today. The opening of the Samuel Bak Museum in Lithuania is a historic milestone for U.S.-Lithuanian friendship. We are enormously grateful to the Vilna Gaon Jewish Museum and the Pucker Gallery in the United States for their phenomenal efforts.
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 15 November, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Culture, Events, News, Public Affairs, Speeches, U.S. & Lithuania
The United States and its NATO allies have one of the closest military relationships in the world. Lithuanian and American soldiers have been working together since 1993, in hundreds of exchanges between our two countries, and on important deployments to international missions.
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 18 October, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Military Cooperation, News, Public Affairs, Speeches
I am pleased to join you today as you take an important step toward becoming a professional board member. The Baltic Institute for Corporate Governance’s Professional Board Member Education program will equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary to make this region a true global leader in corporate governance.
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 5 October, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Featured Event, News, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, Speeches
On June 5, Ambassador Hall gave remarks at the “Marshall Plan” 70th Anniversary Commemoration Event at Seimas. This day marks the 70th anniversary of United States Secretary of State George C. Marshall’s address at Harvard University, unveiling the European Aid Program, a program that has become known to all as the “Marshall Plan.”
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By U.S. Embassy in Lithuania | 5 June, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Economic Issues, Featured Event, History, News, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, Speeches
