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	<title>The Lithuania Tribune &#187; New Nuclear Plant</title>
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		<title>Visaginas NPP funding request not to be supported</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/26/visaginas-npp-funding-request-not-to-be-supported/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 25th of January, Saeima (Latvian Parliament) did not  support Prime-minister Valdis Dombrovskis’ request «Of Latvia’s cooperation in  funding the construction of Visaginas NPP», bnn-news.com reports.
As Saeima Request commission Chairman Romualds Razuks pointed out:  «The commission denied this request, believing that, the work of  Ministry of Economy and government at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INPP closure stalled by Russian-German friendship</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/23/inpp-closure-stalled-by-russian-german-friendship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian politicians might have yielded up in the fight against company Nukem, which is delaying INPP’s (Ignalina’s Nuclear Power Plant) closure and requires more funds, due to the Germany-Russia friendship, delfi.lt wrote on 16 January.
Recently Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius and Minister of Energy Arvydas Sekmokas confirmed that almost a billion of Euros have vanished during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania could take revenge for Brussels unfulfilled promises by once again launching the Ignalina NPP</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/10/lithuania-could-take-revenge-for-brussels-unfulfilled-promises-by-once-again-launching-the-ignalina-npp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the European Commission decided the closure of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) requires far less money than promised, Lithuania could restart its nuclear reactors, TV3&#8217;s show Week’s Commentaries reported on Sunday. Officials acknowledge that the second power unit could resume work, but it would cost hundreds of millions and damage relations with Brussels, delfi.lt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latvia is seeking 15-20% of the shares of Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/31/latvia-is-seeking-15-20-of-the-shares-of-visaginas-nuclear-power-plant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The head of the Latvian Government Valdis Dombrovskis stated that Latvia is seeking 15-20% of the Visaginas nuclear power plant&#8217; stock, alfa.lt reported on 23 December.
&#8220;We are going to participate in this project and are now considering the specific numbers of our shares, said V. Dombrovskis during an interview in Riga on 23 December. &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitachi – Poland never took Visaginas’ project seriously</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/23/hitachi-%e2%80%93-poland-never-took-visaginas%e2%80%99-project-seriously/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fact that Poland suspended its participation in the Visaginas’ Nuclear Power Plant project will have no impact on the further course of the project: strategic Japanese investor Hitachi determined to continue participating fully in the project, delfi.lt wrote on 13 December.
“The fact that Poland stopped its participation does not diminish the significance of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A. Kubilius and A. Sekmokas hope that an agreement with Hitachi on the main provisions will be signed till the end of this year</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/20/a-kubilius-and-a-sekmokas-hope-that-an-agreement-with-hitachi-on-the-main-provisions-will-be-signed-till-the-end-of-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania’s Minister of Energy and Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius hope to see an agreement on the main points of the development of the new nuclear power plant with Japanese-US investor Hitachi-GE, signed until the end of 2011. Arvydas Sekmokas has said that the agreement is important for both partners, and in addition, did not rule out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visaginas is a geopolitical project but Poland thinks differently – President</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/19/visaginas-is-a-geopolitical-project-but-poland-thinks-differently-%e2%80%93-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The official Warsaw begun treating energy projects, like Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project, from the commercial side even though the Lithuanian president thinks that such energy projects involve a geopolitical character.  In an interview to TV3 commercial television the president Dalia Grybauskaite noted that Poland is increasingly opening close cooperation with Russia
‘Back when it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A. Sekmokas – PGE manager did not coordinate the decision concerning NP with Polish government</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/18/a-selmokas-%e2%80%93-pge-manager-did-not-coordinate-the-decision-concerning-np-with-polish-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister of Energy, Arvydas Sekmokas, has made claims that the former Chairman of the Board of Polish energy company Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), did not coordinate the company’s withdrawal from the Visaginas nuclear power plant project with the Polish government, and as a result, has left the company, delfi.lt reported on 15 December.
The issue was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President – Poland’s withdrawal from NPP project should make running of the plant easier</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/16/president-%e2%80%93-poland%e2%80%99s-withdrawal-will-make-the-power-plant-running-easier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Dalia Grybauskaitė did not emphasise Poland’s decision to end its participation in the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project as a crucial turning point in the development of the plant. The President added that the fewer participants involved, the easier it would be to run the project, 15min.lt reported on 14 December.
“Currently, the plant is due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R. Lopata: Poland stops participation in Visaginas NP project due to declining bilateral relations</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/14/r-lopata-poland-stops-participation-in-visaginas-np-project-due-to-declining-bilateral-relations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Polish side has declared that it is stopping participation in the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project, argues political scientist Raimundas Lopata, as a result of declining bilateral relations: In Smolensk died the Polish political elite that was favorable to our country, and the new Polish leaders simply do not see reasonable prospects of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ažubalis – Bilateral relations and Poland’s withdrawal from Visaginas project not related</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 9 December, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Audronius Ažubalis, urged people to stop searching for a link between Poland’s decision to end its participation in the Visaginas nuclear power plant project, and the state of bilateral relations, writes 15min.lt.
Ažubalis added that the new nuclear power plant project would be based on firm logical grounds.
“Money has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agreements concerning NP will be provided for Seimas in the spring,  says A. Seikmokas.</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/13/agreements-concerning-np-will-be-provided-for-seimas-in-the-spring-says-a-seikmokas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minister of Energy Mr. Arvydas Seikmokas said that the contract with the Japanese American corporation Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy  to build the new nuclear power generating station (NPGS) will be signed at the of 2011 and the start of 2012. He says  he is certain, that the concession to build the station and  the collection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latvenergo: VNPP project has returned to the primary stage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Polish state-owned power company PGE (Polska Grupa Energetyczna)’s decision to end its participation in the new Visaginas nuclear power plant project means a return to the primary stage of the project, stated Āris Žīgurs, head of the Latvian state-owned energy company Latvenergo, delfi.lt reported on 9 December.
“Clearly the remaining participants of the project are going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>V.Dombrovskis: we will finish VNPP even without Poland</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/11/v-dombrovskis-we-will-finish-vnpp-even-without-poland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis was not surprised of Poland‘s position to withdraw from the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (VNPP) construction project, delfi.lt reported on 9 December.
According to Latvia’s prime minister, Baltic States may proceed new VNPP project even without Poland.
‘Poland in previous preparatory meetings considered the project  to be too small for Poland. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poland freezes its participation in the Visaginas’ N-Plant project</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/09/poland-freezes-it-participation-in-the-visaginas%e2%80%99-n-plant-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poland has decided to freeze its participation in the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (VAE) project in Lithuania, state energy group PGE announced on 9 December.  The Visaginas Plant COE is surprised, the Minister of Energy states that the project will go ahead as planned and the Prime Minster is convinced that this is only negotiations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EC&#8217;s proposed €210 million financing of INPP closure is unacceptable, Kubilius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/05/kubilius-ecs-proposed-210-mln-financing-of-ignalina-plant-closure-is-unacceptable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission’s (EC) offer to provide €210 million (725.1 million Litas) to close the Ignalina nuclear power plant (INPP) between 2014 and 2017 has been deemed unacceptable by Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius.
“The EC’s regulation project has commenced discussions and negotiations over the financing of the closure of the INPP. However, the current offer is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Z&#8221; files: how to fight for energy independence from Lithuania? By Valentinavičius.</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/05/the-z-files-how-to-fight-for-energy-independence-from-lithuania-by-valentinavicius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the times when the energy suppliers ruled the state rather than vice versa, congenital clubs of experts do not spare energy and imagination to reinvent the evidence why there is no need to transform gas, build LNG terminal and to construct a new nuclear power plant, Virgis Valentinavičius wrote in delfi.lt on 11 November.
Various [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ignalina nuclear power plant to lose money following Snoras bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/03/ignalina-nuclear-power-station-to-lose-money-following-snoras-bankruptcy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The suspension and bankruptcy of Snoras bank is expected to affect operations at the Ignalina nuclear power station (INP). Speaking to DELFI, the plant’s spokeswoman, Daiva Rimašauskaitė confirmed that the facility had more than 100,000 Euros (345,000 Litas) deposited with the bank, although the exact amount has not be disclosed, delfi.lt reported on 29 November.
According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania blasts nuclear decommissioning plan</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/25/lithuania-blasts-nuclear-decommissioning-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius slammed the European  Commission yesterday (24 November) for its proposal to help close the  Ignalina power station as part of an aid package to decommission nuclear  plants in three new EU member countries, EurActive.com reports on 25 November.

The Commission announced a further EU  assistance of €500 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M. Kostajev: “Rosatom” will not be able to build nuclear power plant without Lithuania</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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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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