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		<title>Political scientists are sceptical on Drąsos kelias chances in the elections</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/01/political-scientists-are-sceptical-on-drasos-kelias-chances-in-the-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2012 Parliamentary Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lauras Bielinis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drasius Kedys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drasos kelias]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Constituent assembly of the Path of Bravery Party (Drąsos kelias) secretly held on Saturday in Kaunas, after which the social movement began to call itself a party (although one thousand signatures must be obtained, party’s constituent assembly organized, programme documents presented and other formalities carried through), is viewed sceptically by political scientists, delfi.lt wrote on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over the month, construction input prices decreased by 0.2 per cent</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/30/over-the-month-construction-input-prices-decreased-by-0-2-per-cent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statistics Lithuania]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Statistics Lithuania informs that construction input  prices in December 2011, against November, decreased by 0.2 per cent.  The monthly change in construction input prices was mostly influenced by  a decrease in wages and salaries.









Fig. 1. Monthly changes in construction input prices
Compared to the previous month

As for building materials and products, over a [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/30/elections-in-finland-more-safety-for-lithuania-by-misiunas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordic-Baltic Defence Cooperation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scandinavia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tomas Misiūnas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaliningrad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></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[Eastern/Central Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vladimiras Laucius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lithuanian-Polish relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lithuanian-Russian relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weimar triangle]]></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>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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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minorities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Česlovas Iškauskas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dmitry Kondrashov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neo-fascism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russian minority]]></category>

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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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				<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mečys Laurinkus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mecys Laurinkus]]></category>
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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>Syrian crisis, by Krickus</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/23/syrian-crisis-by-krickus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dick Krickus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arab spring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dick Krickus &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
Article published in russiaprofile.org on 20 January.
A negotiated settlement to the brutal oppression of peaceful protestors in Syria is nowhere in sight and international observers fear we are witnessing the early signs of a protracted civil war.  The outcome remains unclear but it will have a profound impact upon region [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divided we stand and divided we fall: the NB8 vis-à-vis the Russian petrocracy, by Rydström</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/20/divided-we-stand-and-divided-we-fall-the-nb8-vis-a-vis-the-russian-petrocracy-by-rydstrom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fredrik Rydström]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordic-Baltic cooperation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carl Bildt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When brushing through reports concerning energy security in the 1990s published by major international organizations, such as the IMF or various EU institutions, one can not help to get struck by how the authors, in contrast to the current situation, portray Lithuania’s energy future in vivid colours. Back then, analysts argued, Lithuania enjoyed cheap Russian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will a remote Kazakhstan become closer? By Šernius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/18/will-a-remote-kazakhstan-become-closer-by-sernius/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/18/will-a-remote-kazakhstan-become-closer-by-sernius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Central Asia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaidotas Šernius]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economy of Kazakhstan is the largest economy in Central Asia (CA). Soon the country will celebrate the 20th anniversary  of its Independence (16 December 1991). What happened in the country  during these years and what does Lithuania and Kazakhstan have in  common? Vaidotas Šernius wrote in geopolitika.lt on 9 January.
Lithuania and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>V. Landsbergis encourages his fellow party memembers to a legal assessment of Karta Polaka</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/18/v-landsbergis-encourages-his-fellow-party-memembers-to-a-legal-assessment-of-karta-polaka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEP Vytautas Landsbergis encouraged other members of his party to aim for the legal assessment of the so-called Karta Polaka, which is being distributed by the Polish government among Lithuanian citizens of Polish descent, 15min.lt reported on 15 January.
During the council meeting of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, V. Landsbergis said the Constitutional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China’s geopolitical phenomena or when we could expect news from Finland-China border, by Spraunius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/13/china%e2%80%99s-geopolitical-phenomena-or-when-we-could-expect-news-from-finland-china-border-by-spraunius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Arūnas Spraunius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The statement about the news from the border of China  and Finland is oxymoron, without any doubt. However, the title does  show a certain tendency: even extreme scenarios should not be rejected  in the confused globalization, Arūnas Spraunius wrote in geopolitika.lt on 2 January.
In September Beijing released a policy document  laying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bonfires set up in Vilnius in memory of January 13 victims and defenders</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/13/bonfires-set-up-in-vilnius-in-memory-of-january-13-victims-and-defenders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday‘s evening, bonfires dedicated to victims and defenders of January 13 were set up in Vilnius. On Independence Square by the Seimas, the Liberty Bell was rung and the singer Andrius Mamontovas performed the song „The Light of the Fire“ to honour the defenders of freedom, 15min.lt reported on 12 January.
The remembrance ceremony was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Lithuanian foreign policy to its closest neighbours, by Laurinavičius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/11/on-lithuanian-foreign-policy-to-its-closest-neighbours-by-laurinavicius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good relations with neighbours have always been one of the most important goals in foreign policy, as publicly declared by Lithuania. It seems, however, that in 2012 these relations will also be, like never before, the greatest diplomatic challenge for our country. Of course, everybody’s eyes are primarily turning towards the relations with Poland – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political Forecast for 2012: Two Perspectives</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Article published in russiaprofile.org on 10 January.
 
 An American analyst well-informed about Russian affairs might provide the following forecasts:
In 2012, barring an unexpected development, Putin’s liberal opponents will increase their numbers, address the leadership question and begin constructing a movement that gives the middle class a real voice in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012: what (not) to expect, by Šindeikis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2012 Parliamentary Elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s good that we are having the Seimas elections this year; it’s good that we are not Russia or Belarus so we can hope to have a new Seimas majority and a new Government at the end of 2012. Even if the new majority isn’t more stable than the current one, and the new Government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paths and sideways of foreign policy, by Beržiūnas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regarding Lithuania&#8217;s foreign policy, the year 2011 were neither touching nor happy. Rather dreary and grey, Valentinas Beržiūnas wrote in diena.lt on 29 December.
To begin with &#8211; Lithuanian neighbours. Belarus. It seemed that Lithuanian foreign policy planners have developed a political dialogue without any preconditions with our neighbours; however, everything remained just a talk. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lithuania Tribune looking for volunteers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lithuania Tribune news portal is looking for volunteers: English language proofreaders, editors, writers, IT/website developers, HR and PR specialists.  The positions could be interesting for a person who is keen in taking part in the development of a vibrant internet news portal and for those who are interested in Lithuanian current events and are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is In Store For Russia in 2012? By Krickus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dick Krickus &#124; The Lithuania Tribune

Article published in russiaprofile.org on 30 December.

Twenty years ago, among the most compelling reasons for the Soviet Union’s demise was a two-fold admission on the part of the Kremlin elite. First, they did not have answers to the USSR’s most daunting economic and social problems while on the international front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The most significant 20-year anniversary, by Landsbergis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, it was 20 years when the USSR – the Soviet Union, a substitute of the Russian empire that was jerry-built by the communist Bolsheviks – ceased to exist. This is exactly what the famous Belovezh Forest Agreement signed by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus on 8 December 1991 states: the country, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putin’s search for a foreign scape-goat is a dead end, by Krickus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dick Krickus &#124; The Lithuania Tribune

Article published in russiaprofile.org on 23 December.
In the late 1970’s former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger lamented that democratic societies were at a great disadvantage in their struggle with totalitarian rivals.  Their leaders were burdened with a free press, an organized political opposition and a citizenry that possessed the [...]]]></description>
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