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On 15 January, Ambassador Murnaghan presented Ireland's priorities to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Foreign Affairs, at Government Buildings in Vilnius. The day after, she also briefed the Committees on Foreign Affairs and European Affairs at the Seimas.
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On 1 January 2013, Ireland assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, a position it will hold until the 30 June 2013. Lithuania, for the first time since its accession to the EU, will then host the Presidency for the remainder of the year.
Full details of all Presidency news, events and meetings are available on: www.eu2013.ie. The official Twitter account of the Irish Presidency may also be followed:- @eu2013ie.
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Embassy news from January to June 2012 can be found here and July to December 2012 here.