Lithuania
EASTERN EUROPE: Missing the euro 'train' has benefits
The previous government's target for adopting the euro in 2010 is unrealistic, Czech Prime...
LITHUANIA/BELARUS: Pociunas case arouses suspicion
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas refused to comment yesterday on the death of a...
LithuaniaRUSSIA/LITHUANIA: Transneft sends no oil to Butinge
In its shipping schedule for September, state-owned pipeline monopoly Transneft exports nothing...
RussiaRUSSIA/LITHUANIA: Druzhba-1 is not Transneft priority
Transneft denied today any plans to close permanently the crude oil pipeline to Lithuania's...
RussiaBALTIC STATES: Economies inspire cautious optimism
Strong import demand widened Lithuania's current account deficit to 3.4 billion litai (1.3...
Baltic StatesEASTERN EUROPE/AFGHANISTAN: Romania sends more men
Visiting Romanian President Traian Basescu said in Kabul yesterday that, at NATO's request,...
AfghanistanLITHUANIA: Inflation in July reaches eight-year high
The consumer price index (CPI) rose in July by 4.4% year-on-year, accelerating from 3.7% in June,...
LithuaniaLITHUANIA: Vilnius declares emergency due to drought
The government decided at an extraordinary meeting today to declare a state of emergency owing to...
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