Lithuania

  • Oct 29, 2008
  • 8 min read

LITHUANIA: New coalition has poor survival prospects

Four centre-right parties reached a preliminary agreement to form a government coalition on...

Lithuania
  • Oct 27, 2008
  • 2 min read

LITHUANIA: Centre-right seeks four-party coalition

The centre-right Homeland Union, led by former Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, consolidated its...

Lithuania
  • Oct 20, 2008
  • 7 min read

BALTIC STATES: Soviet legacy adds to women's burden

In the three Baltic states, still showing signs of their inheritance from the Soviet system,...

Baltic States
  • Oct 13, 2008
  • 2 min read

LITHUANIA: Voters turn from governing parties

With most votes from Sunday's election counted, Homeland Union emerged this morning as the...

Lithuania
  • Oct 8, 2008
  • 2 min read

LITHUANIA/EU: Party promises to keep Ignalina open

Lithuanians about to vote on the Ignalina nuclear power plant (NPP) fear closure will cause...

Lithuania
  • Oct 3, 2008
  • 2 min read

BALTIC STATES: Ratings agency drops ratings one notch

Deteriorating international financial conditions and the likelihood of a euro-area recession have...

Baltic States
  • Sep 9, 2008
  • 7 min read

BALTIC STATES: Rhetoric harms relations with Russia

As neighbours of Russia, the three Baltic states have identical, historically conditioned fears...

Baltic States
  • Aug 28, 2008
  • 2 min read

RUSSIA: Rosatom to build nuclear plant in Kaliningrad

Russian state-controlled nuclear conglomerate Rosatom announced yesterday that it had...

Russia