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	<title>The Lithuania Tribune &#187; NordBalt</title>
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		<title>Sweden’s ABB started manufacturing NordBalt cable</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/27/sweden%e2%80%99s-abb-started-manufacturing-nordbalt-cable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sweden’s ABB has started to manufacture the 900 kilometres cable, for NordBalt power link, which will connect Lithuania and Sweden.  The cable will be manufactured in 15 months and will link Lithuania’s and Sweden’s power grids.
“All measures planned with respect to NordBalt are being implemented as scheduled. We have announced international contract tenders, obtained all [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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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>U.S.-Lithuania Joint Press Release on Energy Security Cooperation</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/01/u-s-lithuania-joint-press-release-on-energy-security-cooperation/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/01/upcoming-danish-eu-presidency-to-help-lithuania-to-secure-funding-for-important-energy-projects/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/30/lithuania-and-sweden-to-enhance-energy-cooperation/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/27/westinghouse-visaginas-n-plant-project-is-attractive-due-to-links-to-nordic-and-polish-grids/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/20/latest-on-the-new-visaginas-nuclear-power-plant/</link>
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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>Baltic Loser &#8211; James Lemmon</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/27/baltic-loser-james-lemmon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one wants to be on the bottom while their colleagues and rivals get better and better, but that seems to be the dilemma that Latvia is facing.
Estonia has been setting the bar high for years with their progressive policy, budget surpluses and more. They even have a brand that people laugh about, but know: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grybauskaite&#8217;s Norway haul: 84 mln euros and a boatload of convicts</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/06/grybauskaites-norway-haul-84-mln-euros-and-a-boatload-of-convicts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 06:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
President Dalia Grybauskaite will return to Lithuania from her to Norway with documents that release 84 million euros of funding as well as a boatload of Lithuanian prisoners that Norwegian authorities don&#8217;t want to deal with.
Grybauskaite and her delegation signed off on memorandums of understanding with the Norwegian government concerning the implementation of the Norwegian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kubilius: I Do Not Like Phrase &#8216;Overnight Reforms&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/03/kubilius-i-do-not-like-phrase-overnight-reforms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius shared his thoughts on the situation in the country, on national minorities, on relations with Russia, and on many other things with the weekly  in Russian Ekspress Nedelia.  The interview was published on 26 February.
We have experienced a recession period &#8211; we have managed to overcome a difficult financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy and martyrdom; the consequences of playing the blame-game, by Fredrik Rydström</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/03/26/energy-and-martyrdom-the-consequences-of-playing-the-blame-game-by-fredrik-rydstrom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fredrik Rydström &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
In December 2010, after the withdrawal of the South Korean tender, it became clear that Lithuania’s efforts to rebuild the Ignalina nuclear power plant suffered yet another setback. Immediately after this purportedly devastating news, the Lithuanian government reassured the public that the plans of building a new nuclear plant on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latvenergo ex-chairman: Scandinavians to join Latvian energy market</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/03/17/latvenergo-ex-chairman-scandinavians-to-join-latvian-energy-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy producers from Scandinavia are likely to join Latvenergo competitors in the Latvian energy market in near future, the energy power supply enterprise Latvenergo ex-chairman Kārlis Miķelsons told in an interview to the business news portal Baltic News Network, adding that this will toughen the competition in the energy market even more.
He also stresses Latvia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Close Baltic-Nordic cooperation will guarantee successful future for the region</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Dalia Grybauskaitė received Thorvald Stoltenberg, former Minister of Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway and author of the Stoltenberg Report, and ambassadors of the Baltic and Nordic countries, resident in Lithuania, Presidential Office reported.
The President underlined in the meeting that close relations between the Nordic and Baltic countries were a priority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Lithuania initiate serious changes in energy sector?</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/02/11/will-lithuania-initiate-serious-changes-in-energy-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian intrigues, an unfavourable situation in the international energy market, Lithuania&#8217;s financial situation &#8211; all these factors can become insurmountable roadblocks to Lithuania&#8217;s independent energy market and to the country&#8217;s aspiration to make this market much less dependent on Russia&#8217;s influence. The only thing that offsets all these roadblocks is the strong desire of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EBRD could finance Lithuanian LNG terminal and power links</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/01/25/ebrd-could-finance-lithuanian-lng-terminal-and-power-links/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) would consider funding Lithuania&#8217;s plans for building electricity power links with Poland and Sweden.  The EBRD could also provide a loan for a project of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Klaipeda and initiate talks between Ingalina N-Plant and Nukem in attempt to solve problems of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grybauskaite: We Should Stop Deceiving Ourselves That We Will Soon Have New Nuclear Power Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read an extract of an interview with the Lithuanian President Dalia Gryubauskaite who was interviewed on domestic, foreign policy, energy projects published in Veidas magazine on 3 January 
Lithuanian President believes that Lithuania&#8217;s economy will regain its footing in 2011, but she says it will be a slow process the success of which will depend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A glimpse at 2010, and Happy 2011!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lithuanian Tribune would like to wish you all a very happy 2011 and thank you for being with us.  2010 were intense and let us hope that the light that we see in the year 2011 tunnel is not the light of an approaching train.  We would like to mark the most important events [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM Kubilius’ interview ‘Dancing to the beat’</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 15th Lithuanian Government is two years old. Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius thinks that the Lithuanians need to overcome their lack of trust in Lithuania&#8217;s future success.  Read an interview with the Prime Minster which was published in Lietuvos Zinios paper on 9 December.
This Thursday (9 December), the Kubilius-led government will celebrate its two-year anniversary. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia keeps hand on Baltic States pulse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not excluded that the electricity prices for the Baltic States’ residents will be determined by the Russian power utility owners. For instance, already now the power utility Inter RAO is rapidly and extensively constructing new plants at Lithuania’s border, the Baltic News Network reported referring to the Latvian business daily Dienas Bizness. 
This means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweden’s ABB to build NordBalt and converter stations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sweden’s ABB to manufacture and install converter stations for the power link NordBalt between Lithuania and Sweden, Lithuania’s Litgrid, the electricity transmission system operator said in its press statement on 20 December.  Additionally, it became apparent on 17 December that ABB won another tender to manufacture and install a cable for the NordBalt power link.  [...]]]></description>
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