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		<title>Poland should be more sensitive towards Lithuania; European Voice</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/09/poland-should-be-more-sensitive-towards-lithuania-european-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poland should realise that it is a big country and should start acting like one.  It should be more sensitive towards Lithuania and be more delicate in treating the Northern neighbour, the Brussels-based newspaper European Voice says.
&#8220;Poles often fail to realize how big their country is relative to its northern, southern or eastern neighbours. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Note regarding simplified border crossing procedures is expected from Belarus</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/09/note-regarding-simplified-border-crossing-procedures-is-expected-from-belarus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania is actually ready for the simplified crossing procedure for the border with Belarus , however it is necessary to receive a note from Minsk, said Minister of Interior Raimundas Palaitis on 6 February, delfi.lt reports.
„We could send this note at any time, but we are waiting for a note from Belarus“, &#8211; Minister of Interior told journalists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania’s dilemmas integrating in the EU, by Ažubalis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/08/lithuania%e2%80%99s-dilemmas-integrating-in-the-eu-by-azubalis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to today&#8217;s dilemma of integration in the European Union, we need to develop Lithuania&#8217;s position in accordance with national interests and real possibilities. This is to avoid extremes and to follow the principle of balance, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis wrote in Veidas magazine on 30 January.
Subtract from Lithuanian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania&#8217;s choice: with Franco-Germany or the Nordic countries and Anglo-Saxons?</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/08/lithuanias-choice-with-franco-germany-or-the-nordic-countries-and-anglo-saxons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=10507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Facing a factual division of the European Union into continental eurozone, dominated by France and Germany and maritime non-eurozone, led by Great Britain with some indirect support from several Scandinavian and Middle European countries, Lithuania tries balancing dangerously on two chairs, veidas.lt wrote on 30 January.
Almost two months had to pass after the failure of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tomorrow’s challenges in focus at the Northern Future Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/08/tomorrow%e2%80%99s-challenges-in-focus-at-the-northern-future-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=10504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The economic downturn has been at the top of the agenda at almost all  international meetings the last couple of years.  At these meetings we  tend to focus on the immediate economic challenges such as how to get to  grips with a debt-ridden banking sector or growing budget deficits.  There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chief of Defence of Lithuania participate in the Baltic-Nordic Chiefs of Defence meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/08/chief-of-defence-of-lithuania-participate-in-the-baltic-nordic-chiefs-of-defence-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 7, Chief of Defence of  Lithuania Lt Gen Arvydas Pocius departs for Stockholm (Sweden) where on  February 8 he will participate in the Nordic-Baltic Chiefs of Defence  meeting, Press Service of Ministry of Defence reports.
In the meetings Lithuanian, Danish,  Estonian, Latvian, Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish CHODs will discuss  security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Lithuania truly just an outsider of the European Union? By Auštrevičius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/07/is-lithuania-truly-just-an-outsider-of-the-european-union-by-austrevicius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, some academics say that the desperation of our people is also being increased by the fact that during the recent 20 years we’ve become a godforsaken place somewhere in the East near Russia, in other words – probably the worst part of the EU. And we used to be the gem of a certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President congratulates Queen Elizabeth II on 60th anniversary of her reign</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/06/president-congratulates-queen-elizabeth-ii-on-60th-anniversary-of-her-reign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, February 6, Vilnius &#8211; President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to Her Majesty  Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom on the 60th anniversary of her  accession to the throne, Press Service of the President informs.
&#8220;On  behalf of all the people of Lithuania and on my own behalf, I extend  our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UEF in Lithuania – a new approach to government and politics</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/06/uef-in-lithuania-%e2%80%93-a-new-approach-to-government-and-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greta Armonaitytė &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
On the 3 February the Union of European Federalists in Lithuania held an inaugural meeting and discussion &#8220;Lithuania in Europe: between the core and the periphery&#8221;, involving the founders of the movement Petras Auštrevičius, Rokas Grajauskas, Gediminas Vitkus, Vaida Česnulevičiūtė, and special guest Andrew Duff, the President of the UEF. [...]]]></description>
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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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		<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>Europe’s new treaty – obligation to deal with finances in responsible manner</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/30/europe%e2%80%99s-new-treaty-%e2%80%93-obligation-to-deal-with-finances-in-responsible-manner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
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>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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		<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>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>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[Mečys 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>A. Kubilius — Relations with Russia are not bad</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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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>President&#8217;s advisor: joining EU agreement on stricter financial discipline would pay off</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/25/presidents-advisor-joining-eu-agreement-on-stricter-financial-discipline-would-pay-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[t is worthwhile for Lithuania to join the European Union (EU) countries’ discussions about an agreement on stricter financial discipline, says presidential advisor Nerijus Udrėnas, reports news portal 15min.lt on January 24.
“This decision will have a positive effect on Lithuania’s economy and finances, because it is focused on the stability of the EU’s economy and [...]]]></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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				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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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>A. Ažubalis encouraged to express solidarity and support to Hungary</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/24/a-azubalis-encouraged-to-express-solidarity-and-support-to-hungary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 22 January, during the meeting of EU Ministers of European People&#8217;s Party (European Parliamentary group) the Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis encouraged to express solidarity and support to Hungary, which recently adopted the new Constitution, delfi.lt reports.
During the informal meeting with other ministers of political right, A. Ažubalis emphasized that Hungary and [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Nuclear Plant]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arvydas Sekmokas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant]]></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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