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		<title>Lithuania&#8217;s economy growing faster than expected in Q1</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/lithuanias-economy-growing-faster-than-expected-in-q1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Outlook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Invest Lithuania]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following  faster than expected growth over the first quarter of the year 2012,  the Bank of Lithuania has recently lifted its growth forecasts for this  and next year. The country&#8217;s GDP is now expected to rise by 3% in 2012  and 3.5% in 2013 or by 0.8% and 0.2% higher than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO Summit: Decisions important for Lithuania’s security</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/nato-summit-decisions-important-for-lithuania%e2%80%99s-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Energy Security Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NATO air policing of Baltics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO Summit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 17, Vilnius &#8211; President Dalia  Grybauskaitė is leaving on a working visit to Chicago where she will  attend the NATO Summit, Press Service of the President reports.
The  biggest summit in NATO&#8217;s history &#8211; to be attended by 57 heads of state  and government, the UN Secretary General, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to look for the Baltic Sea Region identity?</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/where-to-look-for-the-baltic-sea-region-identity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/where-to-look-for-the-baltic-sea-region-identity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordic-Baltic cooperation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scandinavia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltic Sea region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltic-Nordic cooperation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen Baltic Development Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karina Pētersone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latvian Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordic states]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=12812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Karina Pētersone &#124; Latvian Institute
People  say that a person is what he eats. Paraphrasing this I would say that a  person is what he reads. My childhood bookshelf had books by Andersen,  Brothers Grimm, Astrid Lindgren, Latvian and other fairy tales on it.   This reading has shaped me as personality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania and Poland already planning on LitPolLink-2</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/lithuania-and-poland-already-planning-on-litpollink-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/lithuania-and-poland-already-planning-on-litpollink-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern/Central Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arvydas Sekmokas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU energy policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerzy Buzek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LitPol Link]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=12809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the “LitPolLink” power link between Lithuania and Poland project being planned to be built on schedule, the dialog about the construction of power link “LitPolLink-2” has begun. This is one of the main topics in the European Economic Congress, held in Katowice, writes lrytas.lt.
Mutual energetic projects of Lithuania and Poland have received special attention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progressive taxes left to the new Parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/progressive-taxes-left-to-the-new-parliament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=12806</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the Parliament&#8217;s Budget and Finance Committee rejected the proposal to amend the Income Tax Law so that progressive taxes would be legitimized in Lithuania. Most committee members were of opinion that the introduction progressive taxes is a political decision and it should be considered by the new Parliament and Government, delfi.lt reported on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Candidates to the Central Electoral Commission</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/eight-candidates-to-the-central-electoral-commission/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2012 Parliamentary Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Electoral Commision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irena Degutiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remigijus Simasius]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=12803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 14 May the Minister of Justice Remigijus Šimašius submitted eight candidates       to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) to the Speaker of the Seimas       Irena Degutienė, lrytas.lt reports.
Longtime head of the CEC Z. Vaigauskas probably       will not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of trust disrupts gas project</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/lack-of-trust-disrupts-gas-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic Energy Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG terminal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baltic LNG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gazprom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latvia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG terminal in Latvia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Anita Brauna, published in re:baltica on 16 May
“As  a newcomer to politics I was shocked that there was so much distrust  between the countries,” says Daniels Pavluts, Latvian minister of economics.
When  I spoke with the Minister of the Economy Artis Kampars (Unity), just  after he’d stepped down from his position [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Estonia get the rights to build an LNG terminal for all three Baltic countries?</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/will-estonia-get-the-rights-to-build-an-lng-terminal-for-all-three-baltic-countries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic Energy Market]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[LNG terminal in Estonia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tallinn Sea Port]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Sulev Vedler, published in re:baltica on 16 May
Midsummer 2011. Estonian entrepreneur Heiti Hääl gets an  offer which he cannot refuse: the local security police Kaitsepolitsei  invite him for “a cup of coffee.”
Hääl wants to construct a  liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. Gas, when transported overseas,  has to be carried in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Lithuania wants to build its own LNG without listening neighbors?</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/why-lithuania-wants-to-build-its-own-lng-without-listening-neighbors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[EU 3rd Energy Package]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rytas Staselis, published in Re:baltica on 16 May
Unlike Latvia and Estonia, the Lithuanian politicians chose a “tough” form of discussion when communicating with Gazprom
Looking  at a map of the gas transmission pipeline across the Baltic States, one  can see that the overland part of the pipeline is best developed in  Latvia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poles planning return to Visaginas N-Plant project</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/poles-planning-return-to-visaginas-n-plant-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Nuclear Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arvydas Sekmokas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polska Grupa Energetyczna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jorge Marcano &#124; The Lithuania Tribune

Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) from Poland has hinted at its possible inclusion in the future power plant. Citing information from the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, PGE vice-president, Paul Skowronski, stated that such participation is contingent upon Lithuania&#8217;s modification on the conditions available for external investors.
In a bid to increase Poland&#8217;s enthusiasm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latvian resorts &#8211; the most underdeveloped in Baltic States</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/latvian-resorts-the-most-underdeveloped-in-baltic-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=12785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[«Because the status of our resorts is not stated in Latvian  Law, our resorts are significantly lagging behind not only those of  other European countries but those of Lithuania and Estonia as well, bnn-news.com writes. If  the development of resorts is not included in the National Development  plan of 2014-2020, then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The President was not informed on operation of handing over the girl to her mother</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/the-president-was-not-informed-on-operation-of-handing-over-of-girl-to-her-mother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=12782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jorge Marcano &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has found out herself on the hot seat over a controversial court order mandating to deliver a girl to her biological mother today.  Lithuanian media reports that the President found about the operation from the Member of the European Parliament Vytautas Landsbergis, who called her at around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MP Petras Gražulis: Let&#8217;s chase gays and ambassadors out of Lithuania</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/mp-petras-grazulis-lets-chase-gays-and-ambassadors-out-of-lithuania/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Lithuanian MP Petras Gražulis, who has earned notoriety for his homophobic statements and a police record for his behavior during a Gay Pride event in Vilnius in 2010, has made another stunt right in the Parliament building, Egle Digryte reported for 15min.lt.

On Wednesday, Gražulis turned up at a press conference – attended by LGBT rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New turn in Garliava drama: eight-year-old handed to her mother</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/05/17/new-turn-in-garliava-drama-eight-year-old-handed-to-her-mother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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On the morning on 17 May the police took eight-year-old daughter of Drąsius Kedys and Laimutė Stankūnaitė from her aunt&#8217;s house in Garliava, following a court decision that the girl be returned to her mother. The first attempt to carry out the court ruling on 23 March failed, as a several-hundred-strong crowd surrounding the house [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking it slow: How to the deal with a successful and obnoxious little-brother</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fredrik Rydström &#124; the Lithuania Tribune
-What is the richest nation in the world?
-Estonia.
-Why?
-Because Estonians are not fast enough to spend their salaries.
This is just one out of several hundred humorous Lithuanian constructs which targets their minuscule northern neighbor and depicts Estonians as blatantly slow and lethargic. These kinds of jokes, most commonly told by Lithuanians, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latvians and Estonians fit to finance their participation in N-Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 06:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jorge Marcano &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
 As the year progresses, Estonian and Latvian involvement in the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant remains in focus. According to the plant&#8217;s business schedule, state-owned companies, Eesti Energia and Latvenergo, could borrow as well as make use of their own funds to finance their respective participations in this Baltic venture. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who finds it useful to disregard the false accounting of the Labour Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Labour Party (LP) is among the most popular parties in the elector surveys, even given the fact that its leader Viktor Uspaskich is being accused of concealing the earnings and expenses of the party. It seems that this is ignored not only by the electors but also by political opponents, Laura Čekanavičienė wrote in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A desperate shortage of Finnish-speaking tour guides in Kaunas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The shortage of Finnish and French-speaking tour guides is beginning to be felt in Kaunas. More and more tourists from these countries are coming to Lithuania but the city of Kaunas has not prepared for that so far, lrytas.lt reported on 13 May.
A lot of Finnish people come to Kaunas because of the air route [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Government suggests increasing the minimum wage next year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius suggests raising the minimum monthly wage to 900 Lt in January 2013, if the Seimas agrees with the liberalization of labour relations, lrytas.lt reported on 14 May.
As decided previously the minimum monthly wage will increase to 850 Lt in July, at the same time the Seimas will be considering amendments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish property restitution: Is Lithuania a good or a bad example?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of negotiation, the  Lithuanian Government has assigned 128 million litas to Jewish  organizations and proudly declared itself an example to other countries  with unsettled historical issues. Sceptics, however, claim that  Lithuania makes for a very bad example, Lauryna Vireliūnaitė writes in 15min.lt.
15min has talked to people who follow closely [...]]]></description>
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