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		<title>Fortum Heat Lithuania is planning to build a power plant in Kaunas</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/24/fortum-heat-lithuania-is-planning-to-build-a-power-plant-in-kaunas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic Energy Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction and building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reconstruction of Electricity Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kupčinskas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cogeneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fortum Heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaunas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaunas Free Economic Zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaunas Heat and Power Plant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The executives of Fortum Heat Lithuania visited Kaunas City Municipality on Friday, 20 January. During the appointment, city mayor Andrius Kupčinskas was informed about the decision to start the development of the Cogeneration Power Plant project in Kaunas. The project could be worth up to EUR 200 million (690 million Litas), delfi.lt reported on 23 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EC study to determine location of LNG terminal</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/13/ec-study-will-answer-where-to-build-a-regional-lng-terminal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arvydas Sekmokas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltic energy market interconnection plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniels Pavluts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latvia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG terminal in Lithuania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the European Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valdis Dombrovskis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Minister of Energy, Arvydas Sekmokas, has said that a European Commission (EC) study should confirm where a regional Baltic State liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal will be built. The Minister expects neighbouring Latvia to hold an advantage, as the country has Inčukalns underground natural gas storage, delfi.lt reported on 12 December.
“The EC intends to carry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M. Kostajev: “Rosatom” will not be able to build nuclear power plant without Lithuania</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/16/m-kostajev-%e2%80%9crosatom%e2%80%9d-will-not-be-able-to-build-nuclear-power-plant-without-lithuania/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic Energy Market]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Nuclear Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltic nuclear plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gazprom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaliningrad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mikhail Kostyaev]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the orders of leaders of the power plant in Kaliningrad and the instructions of regional authorities, the construction work on the nuclear power plant has not yet been started says Mikhail Kostyaev – a member of the a referendum group aiming to stop the construction of the Baltic nuclear power plant. According to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania and Poland have common projects and goals</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/14/lithuania-and-poland-have-common-projects-and-goals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/14/lithuania-and-poland-have-common-projects-and-goals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic Energy Market]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reconstruction of Electricity Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bronisław Komorowski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lithuanian presidency of the EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lithuanian-Polish gas pipeline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lithuanian-Polish relations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, November 11, Warsaw &#8211; President  Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulated the Polish people on Independence Day  and discussed with President Bronisław Komorowski of Poland the  development and perspectives of bilateral relations, joint energy  projects, the effect of the eurozone debt crisis on the economies of  both countries, and the priority tasks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy conference: Aiming for energy independence in Lithuania</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/14/aiming-for-energy-independence-in-lithuania/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/14/aiming-for-energy-independence-in-lithuania/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jorge Marcano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mazeikiu Nafta]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Nuclear Plant]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reconstruction of Electricity Sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arvydas Sekmokas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Continental European Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estlink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EURATOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gazprom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helena Wisden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Klaipėda-Jurbarkas gas pipeline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Klaipedos Nafta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law of Natural Gas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paulius Koverovas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rimantas Vaitkus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rokas Masiulis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shozo Saito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgilijus Poderys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Žygimantas Mauricas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jorge Marcano &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
On November 10th, 2011, Vilnius became the host city of the Annual Energy Conference organised by Valstybe magazine. Under the slogan “Independent Energy – Strong Economy”, various officials from the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy, several international experts and other non-state actors gathered to share some of the new trends regarding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The EU strategy for the Baltic sea region: high expectations for a new European model of regional co-operation</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/16/the-eu-strategy-for-the-baltic-sea-region-high-expectations-for-a-new-european-model-of-regional-co-operation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic Energy Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nordic-Baltic cooperation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Riga Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uffe Ellemann-Jensen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=8209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea region just another piece of paper or a real instrument to achieve positive changes? My answer to this question is clear: I have very high expectations of the EU Strategy. The EU Strategy is a new model for regional co-operation that has a very real potential for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wider energy perspectives for Baltic countries</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/14/wider-energy-perspectives-for-baltic-countries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/14/wider-energy-perspectives-for-baltic-countries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic Energy Market]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ramunas Vilpisauskas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riga Conference]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=8214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Debates on energy policy in the EU and the Baltic countries in particular have been characterized by at least two important features: first, a gap between the political rhetoric and practical action, which could be called ‘a delivery gap’, and, second, a gap between talking about the need for a common EU energy policy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Baltic States energy secure?</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/12/are-baltic-states-energy-secure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/12/are-baltic-states-energy-secure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic Energy Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy Security Centre]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baltic energy market interconnection plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juris Ozolins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riga Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandis Sraders]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=8218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To answer this question we need to look at two aspects – the external and internal dimension, and the third one that does not comply with the traditional international relations theories – Russia. The answer on the Baltic States’ energy security in fact lies in three questions, Sandis Sraders and Juris Ozolins wrote for Riga [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nordic States have not betrayed us &#8211; Grybauskaite</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/30/%e2%80%9cd-grybauskaite-north-states-have-not-betrayed-us%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jónas Baldvin Hannibalsson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[M. K. Čiurlionis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muza Rubackyte]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During her state visit in Iceland, president Dalia Grybauskaite has said that Lithuania&#8217;s foreign policy position towards Scandinavian states is based on mutual compatibility of interests, delfi.lt wrote on 27 August. These states have never betrayed Lithuania and have always helped it. As an example one can take Iceland, which was the first state to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workers: we build Baltic NP carelessly</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/10/workers-we-build-baltic-np-carelessly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/10/workers-we-build-baltic-np-carelessly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Nuclear Plant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workers of the Baltic Nuclear Plant (NP) say that they work carelessly because of salary payments delay, Rūta Lankininkaitė said in LTV News broadcast ‘Panorama’ on 8 August.
The residents of Kaliningrad district are worried about the safety of the Baltic NP being built closely to Ragainė and the Lithuanian border, but are also happy about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latvian Govt, but not President will decide on Latvia’s participation in Visaginas N-Plant; PM Kubilius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/08/latvian-govt-but-not-president-will-decide-on-latvia%e2%80%99s-participation-in-visaginas-n-plant-pm-kubilius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the Latvian Government and Latvenergo company would decide on the participation in Visaginas New Nuclear Plant and not the Latvian President, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius commented Latvia’s President Andris Berzinis remark that Latvia could not afford to take part in the project.  But if Latvia to withdraw from the project it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. is Lithuania’s partner to attain energy independence</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/01/the-u-s-is-lithuania%e2%80%99s-partner-to-attain-energy-independence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Unites States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, currently visiting Vilnius at her invitation, to discuss energy and regional security issues, Lithuanian-U.S. cooperation priorities, and prospects of democratic development in the neighboring countries, Presidential Palace Press Office reported.
According to the President, new energy security related challenges are defining new guidelines for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.-Lithuania Joint Press Release on Energy Security Cooperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Governments of the United States and Lithuania reaffirm their strong bilateral partnership and close cooperation, and recommit to strengthen energy security in promoting energy diversification efforts in the Baltic Sea region. Lithuania has taken a leading role in promoting regional energy security cooperation in several key energy diversification and market liberalization initiatives, including a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Danish EU Presidency to help Lithuania to secure funding for important energy projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vilnius &#8211; President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė had a meeting with the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lene Espersen, who is attending the high-level conference ‘Women Enhancing Democracy: Best Practices&#8217; , Presidential Press Office reported on 30 June.
The discussion in the meeting centered on energy security, Nordic-Baltic cooperation (NB8) and Lithuanian-Danish bilateral [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania and Sweden to enhance energy cooperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania and Sweden would follow closer cooperation in the field of energy and enhance opportunities for closer cooperation within the NB8 framework, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite and Sweden’s Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson agreed in Vilnius the President’s Press Service reported on 30 June.
“The power bridge to Sweden will integrate Baltic electricity networks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westinghouse; Visaginas N-plant project is attractive due to links to Nordic and Polish grids</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westinghouse is interested in the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (VAE) because of plans to link Baltic, Nordic and Polish electricity grids, Anders Jackson, Westinghouse’s president for Europe, Middle East and Africa said to business daily Verslo Zinios daily.  Westinghouse representative also indicated that the site chosen for the plant could accommodate a facility with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest on the New Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hiroaki Nakanishi, President of Hitachi, met with Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius yesterday (16 June) to discuss the future of Lithuania&#8217;s Visaginas nuclear plant, LiTnews.lt portal reported.
In a press conference following the meeting Mr Nakanishi said that Hitachi were ready to start work as soon as approval was given and were offering to take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitachi President comes to Vilnius to present its bid to Visaginas N-Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President of Japanese-US Corporation Hitachi Hiroaki Nakanishi is to visit Vilnius on 16 June to introduce its bid on investments into new Lithuania’s nuclear power plant Visaginas, the government’s press service said in a press statement on 14 June.  This visit would be the first ever visit by the top executive of such a huge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latvia to get Scandinavian electricity within 2 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 09:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Competition in the Baltic electricity market will only get fiercer in the coming years, believes Dāvis Skulte, electricity sales director at Latvenergo. the Baltic News Network reported
Compared to the Scandinavian countries with dozens of electricity traders, competition on the Latvian market is small. However, it tends to increase similarly as in other Baltic States, Skulte [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuanian PM: Baltic States becoming similar to Nordic countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fact that Baltic identity over 20 years has had to merge with the Nordic identity, has become one of the few overlapping ideas expressed by the weekend in Tallinn, where Lithuanian prime minister expressed at the interview to the Estonian paper ‘Postimees’, alfa.lt reported.
Dear Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, is there anything you would [...]]]></description>
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