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LITHUANIA: Minister yields to presidential pressure
Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas resigned today following political pressure exerted by...
LithuaniaLITHUANIA: Nuclear shutdown creates energy dependence
Lithuania shuts down its only nuclear power plant today.
LithuaniaLITHUANIA: Government responds to crisis insensitively
Industrial production fell by 8.3% year-on-year in November, it was reported on December 22. The...
LithuaniaLITHUANIA: Commission accepts CIA ran jails here
There is evidence that the State Security Department (SSD) allowed the CIA to run a secret prison...
LithuaniaLITHUANIA/ESTONIA: Clean-up needs political clear-out
Since the fall of communism, Estonia has become less corrupt, more prosperous and self-confident....
LithuaniaLITHUANIA: Recession ends technically in third quarter
First official estimates show the economy expanding by 6.0% quarter-on-quarter in July-September,...
LithuaniaCEE: Penal policy often lags behind EU standards
EU membership conditionality required that the ten post-communist member states embark on prison...
EuLITHUANIA: Kubilius fears double-digit public deficit
The cabinet yesterday approved a draft 2010 budget that cuts social spending, raises taxes and...
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