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		<title>Laugh before breakfast you’ll cry before supper, by Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/01/laugh-before-breakfast-you%e2%80%99ll-cry-before-supper-by-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Aleknonis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Property]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nationalization of Snoras]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the current bank SNORAS crisis will have a much smaller impact on our Government, people, and banks than the infamous bank collapse 15 years ago which was highlighted by the then PM Adolfas Šleževičius&#8217;s prompt withdrawal of his personal deposit, Gintaras Aleknonis wrote in lrt.lt on 24 November.
Today, we should be proud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The burden and responsibility of freedom, by Aleknonis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Aleknonis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=9149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Being a small and virtually unnoticed country in the global arena is simply great. Even when Lithuania voted against Palestine joining UNESCO and found itself in the desperate minority – 14 votes against, 107 for, and 52 abstained – the international media forgot us completely. We hid behind the strong backs of Australia, Canada, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Built a prison for themselves by Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/20/built-a-prison-for-themselves-by-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Eastern/Central Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Aleknonis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Lukashenko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belarus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secret CIA prison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viktor Uspaskich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vilnius]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=8302</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How will Lithuania survive a new alleged shame and a new alleged international humiliation? The former head of the State security department announced that the United States of America moved their intelligence representation to the Baltic States from Vilnius to Tallinn. This allegedly does an enormous damage to our intelligence community, Gintaras Aleknonis wrote in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy is not a business by Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/22/democracy-is-not-a-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Eastern/Central Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Aleknonis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ales Bialiatski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belarus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bureaucracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lithuanian-Belarusian relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minsk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secret CIA prison]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=7988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the face of the painful story of disclosing the Belarusian human rights defender’s data, as always, we are making the same mistake – for some reason we are imagining that we have appeared under the world’s spotlight and, like a bride, worrying what the world will say about us, Gintaras Aleknonis had spoken on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t we, by bashing others, bring disdain upon ourselves? By Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/03/don%e2%80%99t-we-by-bashing-others-bring-disdain-upon-ourselves-by-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Austria]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Legal Affairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[January 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mikhail Golovatov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Putin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vaclav Havel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like the majority of Lithuanian political commentators who are not on vacation decided to participate in an unofficial (I hope) contest – who will humiliate Austria and the EU the most. Yes, our feelings have been hurt, that&#8217;s understandable, Gintaras Aleknonis wrote in lrt.lt on 21 July.
During one day, the pride in Austria’s and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easier to change anything but yourself, by Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/15/easier-to-change-anything-but-yourself-by-aleknonis-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Aleknonis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal Affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A drive of propaganda has begun in Lithuania. Purportedly, it is necessary to quickly change the Constitution, where unadvisedly a specific date is determined for Seimas (Parliament) elections – the second Sunday in October in the year of the end of authority. As a rule, several from the seven classical propaganda methods are chosen, writes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To show and to show off, by G. Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/03/to-show-and-to-show-off-by-g-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 13:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Aleknonis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new phenomenon can be observed in the political arena of Lithuania. During the 2.5 years of running the Government, the Homeland Union has not received a positive remark in the public space, but suddenly the media has started showing much more positive attention, Gintaras Aleknonis writes in LRT.LT on 28 April.
Just a few days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A toy for a cat is for a mouse a &#8230;, by G. Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/06/a-toy-for-a-cat-is-for-a-mouse-a-by-g-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Aleknonis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gediminas Kazlauskas]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=6099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can the authorities overcome the media? Most probably this question can only be asked on 1 April. The majority of editors and journalists, listeners or readers will only laugh at such a thought. And the politicians and people working in public institutions will remain calm and collected. It’s needless, writes Gintaras Aleknonis in LRT.LT on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Stolen Holiday, by G. Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/03/25/a-stolen-holiday-by-g-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, there has been a major threat to the Lithuanian national holiday, which is celebrated on 11 March, in which it will soon be appropriated by Europe. In addition, we should neither be rejoicing, nor taking pride in the fact that we, purportedly, have been given the permission to also render a memorable day to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The pendulum needs a supporting base, by Gintaras Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/03/11/the-pendulum-needs-a-supporting-base-by-gintaras-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Aleknonis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipal elections 2011]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Democrats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=5818</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A political pendulum is like a forecast coming true on its own. The Opposition will sooner or later replace the ruling party which, in turn, will criticize the new Government and one day will return to power again. Depending on the side they&#8217;re on, the politicians are constantly trying to slow down or speed up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Apologies, by Gintaras Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/12/29/my-apologies-by-gintaras-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the eve of the year’s most beautiful holiday, suddenly within the public realm we poured so much dirt over our own heads and so savored swimming in it that even the warmest greetings get stuck in your throat. It’s difficult to converse with honesty without first cleaning yourself off, speaking the truth and apologizing.
Christmas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prague Legend, by Gintaras Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/10/15/prague-legend-by-gintaras-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lithuanian-US strategic partnership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is a meeting between the Lithuanian and American presidents news? No. I made such a conclusion after reading last week&#8217;s newspapers. Is a non-meeting between the Lithuanian and American presidents news? Yes, it is, and such news can be commented on for months, said Gintaras Aleknonis on the Public Broadcaster portal lrt.lt on 30 September. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A captive of choice, by Gintaras Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/09/25/a-captive-of-choice-by-gintaras-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s time to openly and honestly talk about the deep crisis involving the institution of President of Lithuania. It would be difficult to think up something more absurd. President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s ratings are at their highest levels, media provocations and thinly concealed contempt only raise the President’s authority.
The fragile political balance in Seimas provides the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dual citizenship is like dual love with dual commitment, by Gintaras Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/06/15/dual-citizenship-is-like-dual-love-with-dual-commitment-by-gintaras-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[dual nationality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legislation comes in two types: those that resolve problems and those that create tension and uncertainty. We speak little of the former &#8211; we simply follow them. The latter create confusion and turmoil.
It appears that Parliament is preparing to install questionable legislation, which will legitimise dual citizenship. Few laws receive so much attention and require [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What did V. Ušackas not understand? By Gintaras Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/01/22/what-did-v-usackas-not-understand-by-gintaras-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would think that every minister should feel the political situation so well as never to receive an official suggestion from the head of state to leave his post. „I am not clinging to my chair, so if my resignation would solve the problems, I will immediately sign an application to resign,” -this standard sentence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G.Aleknonis-The Prisons of CIA. Truth under the counter</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/01/12/899/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[„At that time in Lithuania two equal forces stood in front of each other – bourgeois nationalists and the labour people. And if our paratroopers wouldn&#8217;t have interfered, nobody knows what could have happened&#8230;“ Such a version of the events of the 13th of January of 1991 I&#8217;ve heard from Mikhail Gorbachev.
A decade ago, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Andrius Kubilius didn&#8217;t say?  By Gintaras Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2009/12/14/gintaras-aleknonis-what-andrius-kubilius-didnt-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian government which this week celebrated its first birthday did not get truly sincere congratulations. However, it seems that the government even did not expect to get them. In the modest three-page long report of the Prime Minister Mr. Andrius Kubilius, which was announced on this occasion, one can find only the signs of careful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gintaras Aleknonis: Let&#8217;s count not only the money of the others</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2009/10/28/gintaras-aleknonis-lets-count-not-only-the-money-of-the-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently the police of one small town, which is situated on the border between Austria and the Czech Republic, published astonishing statistics on the increase of crimes. After the Schengen Treaty came into force and the documentation of people, crossing the borders is increased by 50 percent.
The Austrians, normally used to a calm life, questioned, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gintaras Aleknonis. &#8216;Our Justice&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2009/10/12/gintaras-aleknonis-our-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lithuania Tribune began publishing commentaries written by the Lithuanian commentators.
Although it’s still not clear what will be the end of the story, which started in Kaunas last Monday (5 October) by two murders, however, it’s already possible to say that the suspect Drąsius Kedys can become a national legend. Maybe he’s already a legend. [...]]]></description>
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