| MEETING WITH THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, FRANS TIMMERMANS |
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On July 3, Frans Timmermans, the First Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) visited the Vilna Gaon State Jewish museum as part of his 3-day working visit in Lithuania.
F. Timmermans met with the Museum Director Markas Zingeris, Head of the Museum’s Tolerance Center Ieva Šadzevičienė, Chair of the Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community Faina Kukliansky and other Community members. Mr. Timmermans was accompanied by the member of his Cabinet Liene Balta, Head of the European Commission Representation in Lithuania Arnoldas Pranckevičius and Head of Representation’s Politics Analysis and Review Group Laimutė Pilukaitė. During the productive meeting various issues were discussed, including promotion of tolerance, dangers caused by populism and combating anti-Semitism and stereotypes through education.
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