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Polls open in Lithuania's election, nuclear referendumPolls opened Sunday in Lithuania's general election, a vote expected to mark the comeback of two disgraced populists, ex-president Rolandas Paksas and former political star Viktor Uspaskich.
Source : topix.net | 12-Oct-2008 10:31
An Azerbaijani may become a member of Lithuanian seym
Reports say that Hamzayev claims for a seat in the seym by the line of the Party of the United Movement of Lithuanian Liberals.
Source : topix.net | 12-Oct-2008 05:43
Lithuania votes on fate of Soviet nuclear plant
This Baltic nation mulls a stark choice in a referendum this weekend held on the same day as national elections: Faith in an outmoded Chernobyl-style nuclear plant or dependence on Russian gas.
Source : topix.net | 11-Oct-2008 05:37
War death hits home
A 29-year-old soldier killed in Afghanistan five weeks ago was just weeks from the end of his tour of duty and a planned a trip to visit his parents in Las Cruces.
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 18:09
Lithuania threatens to block EU climate-change program - Update
Riga/Vilnius - Lithuania will refuse to close its Soviet-era Ignalina nuclear power plant as planned unless the European Union provides adequate compensation, Lithuanian Economy Minister Vytas Navickas said on ...
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 05:32
Lithuania votes ...
The people will decide on Oct. 12, who will succeed the current Social Democrat government led by Gediminas Kirkilas.
Source : topix.net | 10-Oct-2008 01:10
Lithuania Voters May Urge Leaders to Break EU Pledge to Shut Nuclear Plant
When Lithuania joined the European Union in 2004, it promised to shut down its Ignalina nuclear plant , a Soviet-era relic powered by the type of reactor that caught fire in Ukraine's Chernobyl plant in 1986.
Source : topix.net | 09-Oct-2008 01:00
Saffron to boost Lithuania's brand
Saffron Brand Consultants has been appointed by the Lithuanian Development Agency to project its image as a thriving Baltic economic hub.
Source : topix.net | 08-Oct-2008 00:46
Kerry Aids Lithuanian Holocaust Survivors
Boston City Councilor Mike Ross had always admired U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts.
Source : topix.net | 07-Oct-2008 00:46
A melancholy tour of Kaunas' fort o...
Getting to the Ninth Fort can be stressful, but it's all part of the adventure. Located in the suburbs of Kaunas and isolated from the city proper by the Vilnius-Kaunas Highway, it's a challenge to get there by ...
Source : topix.net | 06-Oct-2008 00:43
Lithuania gears up for mobile WiMAX
Lithuania-based mobile WiMAX provider LRTC has tapped Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd as its equipment supplier.
Source : topix.net | 04-Oct-2008 00:23
Lithuanian Nazis become partisans?
Where the Nazi henchmen of World War II are concerned, most Lithuanians hurry to set themselves apart from their Baltic neighbors, Latvians and Estonians.
Source : topix.net | 03-Oct-2008 00:13
Open house: In final months, world leaders line up to visit Bush
Washington - The White House has seen more than its fair share of visitors lately.
Source : topix.net | 01-Oct-2008 19:51
Sister Faustina's Confessor Remembered
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, SEPT. 28, 2008 .- Benedict XVI remembered the priest who was instrumental in helping St.
Source : topix.net | 30-Sep-2008 19:47
Bush to hold talks with Lithuania, Ukraine leaders
US President George W. Bush was to meet with the leaders of former Soviet republics Lithuania and Ukraine on Monday for talks shaped by worries over Russia`s conflict with Georgia.
Source : topix.net | 29-Sep-2008 19:44
Young Muslims revive Ramadan
Palestinian customers shop at a market in the West Bank town of Hebron on Saturday, preparing for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
Source : topix.net | 28-Sep-2008 14:00
Cult of Luna, Mannhai Confirmed For Lithuania's Mountainrock Vol. 5 Festival
Swedish post-metal behemots CULT OF LUNA and Finnish groove masters MANNHAI will join longstanding Lithuanian heavy rock act MOUNTAINSIDE for the MountainRock Vol.
Source : topix.net | 26-Sep-2008 13:49
Lithuania drops war crimes probe of Israeli historian
Lithuanian prosecutors said Wednesday they are dropping a war crimes investigation of an Israeli Holocaust historian who served with Soviet forces in the Baltic state.
Source : topix.net | 25-Sep-2008 13:32
Obstructionist States paralyze UN in face of major crises, Lithuanian leader says
United Nations efforts to resolve conflicts and crises around the world are being blocked by States that avoid punishment by claiming national sovereignty, Lithuania's President told the annual high-level ...
Source : topix.net | 24-Sep-2008 13:23
Joint Statement by the Presidents of the Republic of Lithuania and...
Joint Statement by the Presidents of the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Latvia to the Third Congress of the Lithuanian-Latvian Forum Public 'ta: 12:46 22.09.2008. September 22, 2008 The following is ...
Source : topix.net | 23-Sep-2008 13:05
Russians could take us' Adamkus...
Lithuania has learned from Russia's invasion of Georgia and is ready to counter any attacks, Defense Minister Juozas Olekas said.
Source : topix.net | 22-Sep-2008 12:48
Lithuania celebrates its own apparition of Mary
As Pope Benedict celebrated mass at Lourdes in France for the 150th anniversary of the vision of the Virgin Mary, Lithuania was marking its own, earlier apparition of Christ's mother.
Source : topix.net | 20-Sep-2008 12:41
Lithuanian Hope for Nuclear Extension Dashed by EU
Lithuania's hopes of being allowed to extend the life of its Ignalina nuclear power plant were dashed on Wednesday by the European Commission.
Source : topix.net | 18-Sep-2008 22:26
Powerfully Fragile Digitalized Art - Classic Images Get a Dark Twist
The first five illustrations in the gallery were done on assignment from French jewelry designer Lydia Courteille's Bijoux Extraordinaires.
Source : topix.net | 17-Sep-2008 22:22
Lithuania: State of the Blogosphere
Vilnius Blogs notes that even though "blogging is trendy [in Lithuania] just as everywhere else," "there are not too many English-language blogs about Lithuania." Start the conversation Name Email Website URL ...
Source : topix.net | 15-Sep-2008 22:10
Lithuania marks its own vision of Mary
As Pope Benedict visited Lourdes in France yesterday for the 150th anniversary of the vision of the Virgin Mary, Lithuania was preparing to mark its own, earlier apparition of Christ's mother.
Source : topix.net | 14-Sep-2008 10:51
U.S. president to welcome parade of foreign leaders in September
A parade of foreign leaders will pass through the White House during the next few weeks.
Source : topix.net | 12-Sep-2008 22:04
CIS and Baltic press on Russia
Some local media believe that the European Union needs to revise its relations with Russia, while NATO does not provide sufficient protection from Moscow's aggressive policies.
Source : topix.net | 12-Sep-2008 05:06
Shallow human remains halt Snipiskes dig ...
Snipiskes has caused an international furor. {{thebaltictimes}}VILNIUS - Human bones have been discovered centimeters below the surface of the Snipiskes grounds in central Vilnius.
Source : topix.net | 08-Sep-2008 04:48
Cigarettes seized in operation at Dublin airport
Customs officers seized some 289,000 cigarettes and 50kg of tobacco worth a total of 96,500 in an anti-smuggling operation at Dublin airport.
Source : topix.net | 06-Sep-2008 04:33
U.S. Embassy in Vilnius Sponsors Port Training in Klaipeda, Lithuania, on September 8-12, 2008
The U.S. Embassy in Vilnius in conjunction with U.S. Customs and Border Protection is sponsoring a Regional Sea Port Targeting and Risk Management Training Seminar in Klaipeda September 8-12. Funded by the U.S. ...
Source : topix.net | 06-Sep-2008 00:01
Will Lithuania indict Holocaust survivors?
The president of Lithuania has promised that his country's investigation into the wartime activities of several elderly Jewish World War II partisans will be dropped, according to an official of the Simon ...
Source : topix.net | 04-Sep-2008 23:54
Chief prosecutor in Vilnius a...
The senior prosecutor of the Vilnius Country Prosecutor's office has been attacked and beaten on the street outside his home, the Lithuanian-language daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Wednesday.
Source : topix.net | 03-Sep-2008 23:36
Belarus offers Lithuania power from future nuclear plant: PM
Built in 1983, it is the same kind of nuclear plant as Chernobyl, which caused the world's worst nuclear accident when it exploded in 1986, contaminating parts of Ukraine where it was located, as well as ...
Source : topix.net | 02-Sep-2008 23:32
War criminal who handed Jews over to Nazis for extermination 'lives openly in Germany'
A man convicted of collaborating with the Nazis in the mass murder of Jews during World War II has been found living in Germany.
Source : topix.net | 01-Sep-2008 04:07
Palanga hosted conference of Kazakh-Lithuanian Intergovernmental...
Palanga hosted conference of Kazakh-Lithuanian Intergovernmental commission on trade and economic coop ASTANA.
Source : topix.net | 30-Aug-2008 15:46
Everton draw Standard Liege
Everton have been drawn in the Uefa Cup against Standard Liege - the team that almost sent Liverpool crashing out of the Champions League qualifiers.
Source : topix.net | 29-Aug-2008 15:44
Mrowiec Joins Hearts
Hearts have completed the signing of Polish midfielder Adrian Mrowiec from FBK Kaunas.
Source : topix.net | 28-Aug-2008 16:28
Baltics' Brain Drain Empties Underfunded Lithuanian, Latvian Universities
Like thousands of other college- bound Lithuanians, Edgaras Predkelis spent the past year filling out paperwork and studying for exams to get into Vilnius University , the nation's most prestigious school.
Source : topix.net | 27-Aug-2008 17:17
Megarenta bought by Norwegian company ...
Norwegian investment company NOR Property Investments AS, has bought Megarenta, the owner of a 30,000 sq.m. logistics center in Vilnius for LTL 78 million .
Source : topix.net | 26-Aug-2008 16:57
Lithuanian students visit Polk; concert set this morning
Students from the Ciurlonius National School of Performing Arts in Vilnius, Lithuania, will be giving a concert at the Harrison School of the Arts in Lakeland this morning.
Source : topix.net | 26-Aug-2008 12:25
Lithuanian student musicians to play tonight in Winter Haven
Student musicians from the M. K. Ciurlionio National School of Performing Arts in Vilnius, Lithuania, will perform a free concert tonight from 6:30 to 7:30 in the First Baptist Church of Winter Haven at 198 W. ...
Source : topix.net | 24-Aug-2008 17:11
Lithuanian Leaders Bar "Gay" Bus
Some Lithuanian politicians going head-to-head with their peers in the European Union.
Source : topix.net | 22-Aug-2008 22:53
Gay Fury as EU Anti-Discrimination Road Show Truck Banned Again from Lithuanian Cities
BRUSSELS, August 20, 2008 - The European Union's "anti-discrimination road show" truck has been barred from parking on municipal land in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius by the city's mayor.
Source : topix.net | 21-Aug-2008 22:44
Dual Lithuanian role for Couceiro
Having impressed in his short spell at the helm of Lithuanian champions FBK Kaunas, JosA© Couceiro has been installed as the coach of the country's national team as well.
Source : topix.net | 20-Aug-2008 22:19
August 19: Lithuania's position
Lithuania's position Sir, - The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania would like to draw your attention to the Lithuanian leaders' position concerning any expression of anti-Semitism . When the act of vandalism ...
Source : topix.net | 19-Aug-2008 21:54