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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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		<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>Unique Soviet Crimes, by Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/03/unique-soviet-crimes-by-girnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adolph Hitler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historical disputes are currently unceasing, neither abroad nor in Lithuania. A week ago, the French Senate adopted a law on criminal liability for negating the Armenian genocide. Turkey strongly condemned the decision taken by France, calling it irresponsible and disrespectful, and it threatened to take reciprocal measures, Kęstutis Girnius wrote in alfa.lt on 30 January.
In [...]]]></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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		<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>Top 10 M&amp;A deals in the Baltics in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/31/top-10-ma-deals-in-the-baltics-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/31/top-10-ma-deals-in-the-baltics-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy Watch]]></category>
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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>Maternity vacation conditions are different amongst Baltic countries</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/31/maternity-vacation-conditions-are-different-amongst-baltic-countries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The longest maternity vacation belongs to Estonia – 140 days,  in Latvia – 122 days and in Lithuania – 126 days. Right now maternity  vacations in all three Baltic countries are paid for evenly, but there  are some differences, bnn-news.com wrote on 30 January.
The difference – is in the necessary work experience. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Putin is avoiding The Hard Questions, by Krickus</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/31/why-putin-is-avoiding-the-hard-questions-by-krickus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dick Krickus &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
Article published in russiaprofile.org on 27 January.
 
 
Vladimir Frolov asks: “Why is Putin dodging the hard questions about his presidential platform and his plans for the presidency?” The answer is simple: He is confident of winning a third term as president so he is at liberty not to address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elections in Finland: more safety for Lithuania? By Misiūnas</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/30/elections-in-finland-more-safety-for-lithuania-by-misiunas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tomas Misiūnas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, Finland’s Presidential election took place with Sauli Niinistö (National Coalition) and Pekka Haavisto (Green Party) making it into the second round. Why the results of this election are no less important to Lithuania than those of the neighbouring counties which our politicians love to comment and evaluate? This time the answer isn’t somewhere [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rzeczpospolita is misleading: Warsaw, not Vilnius, is adulating Russia, by Laučius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/30/the-rzeczpospolita-is-misleading-warsaw-not-vilnius-is-adulating-russia-by-laucius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita published an article encouraging the restoration of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, I say it would be worth considering, despite the fact that it would anger the plentiful ranks of polonophobes. If an article reproaching Lithuania with the dislike of Russia was printed, it would be understandable: the Moscow–Warsaw relations are almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polish broke the agreement &#8211; Lithuanians lost important position in Sejny</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/29/polish-broke-the-agreement-lithuanians-lost-important-position-in-sejny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 26 January, Lithuanians in Poland expressed their outrage at the loss of county&#8217;s deputy chief position in Sejny County, inhabited by a sizeable Lithuanian minority, alfa.lt reports.
According to Sejny Lithuanians, removal of Romualdas Vitkauskas is a violation of an informal agreement, that has been valid since county&#8217;s establishment in 1999, to appoint a person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAS vice-president – Lithuania needs a strong main airport</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/29/sas-vice-president-%e2%80%93-lithuania-needs-a-strong-main-airport/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scandinavian airline company SAS vice-president Elisabeth Milton Hemmingsen states that a strong main airport and the national airlines company are necessary for Lithuania, 15min.lt wrote on 26 January.
“For us, Lithuania is a country of 3 airports. Of course, in my opinion, Vilnius should be the biggest. Palanga is the smallest, it has some sort of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are the European Union</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/28/we-are-the-european-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karina Pētersone, Director of the Latvian Institute.
The second Latvian foreign policy debate, dedicated to the 91st anniversary of Latvia’s international recognition, was held at the Saeima on January 26.
In  comparison to the very first foreign policy debate last year, this  debate was animated if not heated on some sensitive domestic issues. The  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Baltic Tigers after 20 years: is Russia extending a helping hand? By Iškauskas</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/28/the-baltic-tigers-after-20-years-is-russia-extending-a-helping-hand-by-iskauskas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the New Year eve the Russian media started  escalating the issue of Baltic countries’ future and their place in the  region. The forecasts concerning future of the three Baltic States are  far from promising. Yet most importantly, the efforts are made to  withdraw Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia from the general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What will Lithuania’s place be in the changing world? By Laurinkus</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/26/what-will-lithuania%e2%80%99s-place-be-in-the-changing-world-by-laurinkus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What threats and challenges are waiting for our state in the nearest future, and what is the response to them? It can be said even without conducting a more thorough analysis that the reaction is tame, as if the events that are taking place in the world do not concern us, and pass us by [...]]]></description>
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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>A. Kubilius — Relations with Russia are not bad</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/25/a-kubilius-%e2%80%94-relations-with-russia-are-not-bad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius states that relations with Russia will improve if Lithuania loses its dependency upon Russian energy sources, delfi.lt reported on 24 January.
“If Russia’s biggest energy companies were to stop using their monopolistic position in energy matters maliciously, I could foresee the possibility of Lithuania and other Baltic countries becoming less dependent upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Survey: improvement of relations with Russia is the primary task of Lithuania&#8217;s foreign policy</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/25/a-survey-improvement-of-relations-with-russia-is-the-primary-task-of-lithuanias-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One third of Lithuania&#8217;s main cities&#8217; residents think that the most important aim of Lithuania’s foreign policy is the improvement of  relations with Russia, delfi.lt reported on 23 January.
According to the data published by the weekly magazine Veidas, 37% of respondents said that the most important aim for Lithuania is to improve the relations with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European integration and Lithuania’s choices: northwards while maintaining balance</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/25/european-integration-and-lithuania%e2%80%99s-choices-northwards-while-maintaining-balance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nordic-Baltic cooperation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Audronius Azubalis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, Europe’s political climate has been windy. While the European Union is looking for ways to tackle the financial crisis, the following key questions surface: what is the future perspective of the EU – a federation, a confederation, maybe Eurasia, based on the Soviet Union model? Where will the limits of the EU [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Furniture manufacturers are preparing for Ikea arrival to Lithuania</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/24/furniture-manufacturers-are-preparing-for-ikea-arrival-to-lithuania/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business and Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction and building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Felit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IKEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sigurdur Palmason]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Starting from next year some of Lithuanian furniture producers may have to compete with the Swedish furniture giant „Ikea“. Concern SBA admits that Ikea&#8217;s arrival will have an influence on its trading business, on the other hand, Vilniaus baldai (Vilnius Furniture) are not worried about the arrival of the Swedish concern as they are not [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/23/inpp-closure-stalled-by-russian-german-friendship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Nuclear Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arvydas Sekmokas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nukem Technologies]]></category>

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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>Study on Latvian and Lithuanian relations: A new vision of bilateral relations</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/22/study-on-latvian-and-lithuanian-relations-a-new-vision-of-bilateral-relations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alvydas Butkus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audronius Azubalis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latvia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[referendum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greta Armonaitytė &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
On the 20 January the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Latvian Embassy held a discussion on a report about Lithuanian-Latvian co-operation perspectives’ study. The research was presented by its authors, Neris Germanas, the Lithuanian ambassador to Latvia and Alberts Sarkanis, the Latvian ambassador to Lithuania. Initially, the research was [...]]]></description>
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