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		<title>The President — Lithuania will follow fiscal discipline and responsibility</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/05/the-president-%e2%80%94-lithuania-will-follow-fiscal-discipline-and-responsibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė forecasts that Lithuania will only accede to some of the provisions of the Fiscal Compact Treaty, but will follow the key objectives of the treaty, 15min.lt on 30 January.
 
„The main points have been discussed. The majority of states are likely to approve them. Of course, the United Kingdom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growth of Lithuanian export – one of the fastest in the EU</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exports and Imports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statistics Lithuania]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last year the growth of Lithuania’s export was one of the fastest in the European Union. Statistics Lithuania reported that in 2011 export reached 69.6 billion LTL and, compared to 2010, increased by 28.8 percent, 15min.lt wrote on 30 January.
Export of Lithuanian origin goods during period from January to November in 2011 increased by 26.8 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anders Borg: Swedish banks should regard Baltics as their home</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/04/anders-borg-swedish-banks-should-regard-baltics-as-their-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business and Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scandinavia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anders Borg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swedish finance  minister Anders Borg who visited Tallinn yesterday  and had a meeting  with the Estonian finance minister Jürgen Ligi said  that he has a  message for Swedish banks that operate at home, writes bbn.ee.
Borg said that large Swedish banks should behave in Estonia and other Baltic states like it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania is second in terms of foreign visits increase in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Travel Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourism to Lithuania]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to the 2011 data of tourism in Europe published by the European Travel Commission (ETC), uniting national tourism organisations of 33 European countries, Lithuania is one of the leaders in Europe in growth of foreign visits and overnight stays at hotels, 15min.lt reported on 1 February. 
According to the ETC report, the highest growth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last year wages grew, but slower than inflation</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/03/last-year-wages-grew-but-slower-than-inflation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages in the Baltics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last year unemployment decreased insignificantly. The wage growth was also not significant, and slower than inflation, therefore people did not feel the increase, Statistics Lithuania informs, 15min.lt reported on 30 January.
Unemployment rate was declining throughout the 2011 year, although far from rapidly. Current level of unemployment in the country is 15.4 per cent, meaning a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who donated the most?</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/03/who-donated-the-most/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2012 Parliamentary Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business and Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Achema]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arvi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Electoral Commision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding of political parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Klasco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lithuanian Green Movement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) data, the companies owned by the Achema Group and Arvi group of companies donated the most to political parties last year, delfi.lt reported on 21 January.
On the basis of analysis conducted by the CEC, three Achema Group companies transferred 414 thousand LTL to eight parties. Two companies from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excited to start the works on the site — Thomas Ralph, Lead Advisor at Fluor for the Lithuanian LNG terminal project</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/03/excited-to-start-the-works-on-the-site-%e2%80%94-thomas-ralph-lead-advisor-at-fluor-for-the-lithuanian-lng-terminal-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG terminal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article from Terminalas magazine, published by oil.lt.
Energy independence so rigorously sought after by Lithuania – a country of honorable and inspiring history is one of the reasons that the Lithuanian LNG terminal stands out from among other projects managed by Thomas Ralph, Lead Advisor at Fluor for the Lithuanian LNG terminal project. Today Thomas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impacts of Liverpool Seaways ferry detention</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/03/impacts-of-liverpool-seaways-ferry-detention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fact that Liverpool Seaways ferry was detained in Sweden can have an impact on ferry business in Klaipeda, writes jura24.lt.
No losses after the fire of Lisco Gloria
Klaipeda port still experiences losses after the  fire of Lisco Gloria in 2010. The fire did not have any impact on  container shipping, which experienced the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andrius Kubilius and Dutch gas giants discuss strategic gas market prospects</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/02/andrius-kubilius-and-dutch-gas-giants-discuss-strategic-gas-market-prospects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Gas Exchange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius and the delegation continue the working visit in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Prime Minister A. Kubilius has met with two huge Dutch gas companies  GasTerra and Nederlandse Gasunie at the Lithuanian Embassy in the Hague,  where they have discussed gas market developments in Europe and the  world, gas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London&#8217;s court allowed Antonov and Baranauskas to report less frequently</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Raimondas Baranauskas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 30 January, Westminster Magistrates&#8217; Court in London continued to investigate the extradition case of ex-shareholders of the recently nationalized bank Snoras, Vladimir Antonov and Raimondas Baranauskas to the Republic of Lithuania, delfi.lt informs.
According to news portal lrytas.lt, the court gave permission for Mr Antonov and Mr Baranauskas, who are both suspected of committing financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing energy costs — challenge for manufacturing, construction and transport</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial production]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Growing energy costs pose a threat on the profits of manufacturing, construction and transport enterprises. An increase in the energy needs would mean that these sectors may face losses, informs consulting company KPMG Baltics, delfi.lt wrote on 26 January.
According to the analysts of KPMG, Lithuania‘s energetic vulnerability should be decreased by the diversification of energy supply as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G. Nausėda — Lithuania will have to get used to slower development</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/02/g-nauseda-%e2%80%94-lithuania-will-have-to-get-used-to-slower-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Exports and Imports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP forecast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gitanas Nauseda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wages in the Baltics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Statistics Lithuania reports that gross domestic product (GDP) in the last quarter of 2011, compared to the same period in 2010, grew by 4,3 per cent. Over the 2011, compared to 2010, GDP grew by  5.8 per cent, Gitanas Nausėda wrote in delfi.lt on 30 January.
These results can be interpreted as a kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best medicine for economy</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/02/best-medicine-for-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG terminal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jekaterina Rojaka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG terminal in Lithuania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nerijus Maciulis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Žygimantas Mauricas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An article from Terminal magazine, published by oil.lt.
The overall energy resource disbalance in Lithuania is steadily increasing and has virtually exploded in the recent years.  In the course of one year LTL 8 bn outflow from Lithuania as payment for gas, oil and electricity which has a significant negative effect upon the national economy.   Economists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy security – an objective for the entire Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/01/energy-security-%e2%80%93-an-objective-for-the-entire-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[EU 3rd Energy Package]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an article published by oil.lt, Arūnas Molis, Professor at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University answers the questions of &#8220;Terminal&#8221; 
Up till now Lithuania has been receiving natural gas from a single supplier only.  What will the Terminal mean to us when commissioned? 
The terminal will contribute to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snoras commission will be headed by V.Mazuronis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/01/snoras-commission-will-be-headed-by-v-mazuronis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 12-person       parliamentary commission for Snoras&#8217; story investigation       was confirmed by Seimas after a       long discussion. It will present the conclusions by June 1. The       fight broke out    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I. Šimonytė — there is some success in Government’s fight against the shadow economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When judging Government’s work fighting the illegal market, the Finance Minister says that ‘there is some success’. According to Ingrida Šimonytė, if better results are wanted in the fight against the shadow economy &#8211; public support is required, lrytas.lt wrote on 25 January.
‘Fight against the shadow market requires not only consistent work and collaboration between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 M&amp;A deals in the Baltics in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eurozone turbulence  last year lowered expectations in the mergers and acquisitions (M&#38;A)  market and prompted forecasters to look more prudently into the future.  Still, following the meagre recession years, 2011 was marked by growth  in the number of M&#38;A deals in the Baltics, bbn.ee reported on 30 January.
The  brightest star [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europe’s new treaty – obligation to deal with finances in responsible manner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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The leaders of the EU member states, currently attending an informal meeting of members of the European Council in the capital of Belgium, approved the Fiscal Compact Treaty designed to obligate the eurozone members to observe stringent fiscal discipline and pursue a responsible economic policy. All of the EU member states, except United Kingdom and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In 2011, gross domestic product grew by 5.8 per cent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statistics Lithuania reports that, based on available statistical  data and econometric models, gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011  amounted to LTL 105 713 million at current prices and, compared to 2010,  grew by 5.8 per cent (changes estimated based on a chain-linking  method).
In 2011, a positive change in the gross value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>60 percent of inhabitants think that Lithuania needs LNG terminal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public opinion poll, conducted in more than 17 towns and 56 villages in January, has shown that people support Lithuania’s objective to build the liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, 15min.lt reported on 26 January.
The survey&#8217;s results have shown that the majority of Lithuania&#8217;s residents &#8211; 60 per cent &#8211; agreed with the necessity of LNG [...]]]></description>
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