Lithuania
LITHUANIA: New cabinet is tough on more than economy
The 2009 budget passed yesterday assumed a 4.8% contraction in the economy, as Fitch downgraded...
LithuaniaLITHUANIA: Parliament approves austerity government
The Seimas (parliament) yesterday approved the new four-party centre-right coalition government...
LithuaniaBALTIC STATES: Foreign banks lend stability in crisis
The Bank of Latvia is providing Parex banka with extra liquidity in the form of a short-term...
Baltic StatesLITHUANIA/RUSSIA: Complex forces drive Russophobia
At their joint summit on November 14, the EU advised Russia that it would resume talks on a new...
LithuaniaLITHUANIA/RUSSIA: MFA drives anti-Moscow policy
At their joint summit on November 14, the EU advised Russia that it would resume talks on a new...
LithuaniaLITHUANIA: New coalition has poor survival prospects
Four centre-right parties reached a preliminary agreement to form a government coalition on...
LithuaniaLITHUANIA: Centre-right seeks four-party coalition
The centre-right Homeland Union, led by former Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, consolidated its...
LithuaniaBALTIC STATES: Soviet legacy adds to women's burden
In the three Baltic states, still showing signs of their inheritance from the Soviet system,...
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