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	<title>The Lithuania Tribune &#187; Adamkus</title>
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		<title>V. Adamkus met with the President of Poland</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/18/v-adamkus-met-with-the-president-of-poland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/18/v-adamkus-met-with-the-president-of-poland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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V. Adamkus, a former president of Lithuania, was invited to a conference covering Eastern European issues at the University of Warsaw. During his visit, V. Adamkus delivered a speech titled “From the General to the Common Future of Tomorrow”, Rūta Lankininkaitė worte in LRT.lt portal on 15 July.
V. Adamkus arrived at the Lithuanian Embassy in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former President doesn&#8217;t see clear principles in Lithuania&#8217;s foreign policy</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/15/former-president-doesnt-see-clear-principles-in-lithuanias-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former President Valdas Adamkus says he&#8217;s surprised by the declarations that the foreign policy of Lithuania is being created from scratch, the LRT.lt reported on 11 July.
“I’ m sometimes astonished by the statements that the foreign policy of Lithuania, which nearly didn&#8217;t exist at all not so long ago, all of the sudden has become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The two sides of Rolandas Paksas’s story, by Medelinskas</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/14/the-two-sides-of-rolandas-paksas%e2%80%99s-story-by-medelinskas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alvydas Medalinskas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[About six months ago, the Strasbourg Court made a resolution regarding the case of the former President Paksas but only recently has the Lithuanian Government submitted a proposition to actually deal with the legal issue. And as always, as soon as something concerning Paksas is mentioned, a ruthless battle between his supporters and haters begins. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political analyst: D. Grybauskaitė leans towards Scandinavia</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/09/political-analyst-d-grybauskaite-leans-towards-scandinavia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
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The annual State of the Nation Address of the Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė refers to a broader cooperation with the Scandinavian countries, – notes political analyst Alvydas Medalinskas, Tomas Cyvas wrote in Balsas.lt portal on 7 June.
According to Medalinskas, although foreign policy was not the main topic of the President’s speech, the issue was granted a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The best minister of all time and the Russian menace, by Tvaskiene</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/23/the-best-minister-of-all-time-and-the-russian-menace-by-tvaskiene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 19:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best Minister of Energy of all time (according to some commentators and even economists), Arvydas Sekmokas, is continuing his glorious march through America for the second consecutive week. Back in the day, President Valdas Adamkus would relax under the Mexican sun, then pay a visit to the USA, and come back to Lithuania with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Socially responsible companies awarded</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/12/socially-responsible-companies-awarded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 07:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=6588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen Lithuanian and foreign companies contributing to the creation of social well-being and reduction of negative environmental impact were recognised at the National Responsible Awards.
The contest was organised by the United Nations Development Programme in Lithuania in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. President Valdas Adamkus was the patron of the event.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The search for a foreign policy, by K. Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/06/the-search-for-a-foreign-policy-by-k-girnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 12:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kestutis Girnius]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=6500</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During her visit to Austria a couple of weeks ago, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite gave a brief interview to the Austrian daily Die Presse. She admitted her discontent about the military action in Libya. In the words of the President, even though Lithuania approved of the resolution by the United Nations Organisation (UNO) that authorised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A twist in Artūras Paulauskas’ career, by V. Dumbliauskas</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/26/a-twist-in-arturas-paulauskas%e2%80%99-career-by-v-dumbliauskas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“We deserve to live better!” The iconic slogan of Paulauskas’s party has rooted itself firmly in our folklore, and even though today these words are uttered with mockery more often than not, there&#8217;s nothing to be ironic about because we indeed deserve to live better. But let&#8217;s leave this topic for the future. The more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political asylum for Arturas Paulauskas, by L. Peceliuniene</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/18/political-asylum-for-arturas-paulauskas-by-l-peceliuniene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A merger of parties is a phenomenon that not only isn’t new but is even welcome. However, the Arturas Paulauskas-led New Union’s nestling under Viktor Uspaskich’s Labour Party’s wing is worth special attention. Maybe this is even an instance of special cynicism, Lina Peceliuniene wrote in Delfi.lt on 11 April.
Now, one can only sympathise with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grybauskaite on Belarus, Putin, US-Russian ‘re-set’ and Georgia</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/04/grybauskaite-on-belarus-putin-us-russian-%e2%80%98re-set%e2%80%99-and-georgia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the second part of the interview by Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite to Delfi.lt news portal on 15 March.  Read the first part of the interview here, and the second part of the interview here.
Attitude Towards Belarus Was Shaped by the EU Position
Has the recent presidential election in Minsk and the events that followed the election [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adamkus: It Seems as if Relations between Poland and Lithuania Have Collapsed Overnight</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/02/22/adamkus-it-seems-as-if-relations-between-poland-and-lithuania-have-collapsed-overnight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A ‘golden age’ that had lasted for ten years in the relations between Poland and Lithuania collapsed nearly overnight. The Baltic countries are not cooperating with each other. The European Union is failing to speak with one voice. Lithuania and the USA are now limited to third-level communication and Russia is in turn reverting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reacting After the Fact Again? By Kestutis Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/01/28/reacting-after-the-fact-again-by-kestutis-girnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Lithuanian politicians were paying great attention to the French government&#8217;s decision to sell Mistral-class warships to Russia. On Monday, the Minister of National Defence, Rasa Juknevičienė, met with the French ambassador and expressed her repeated criticism over the Mistral sale to Russia that was, purportedly, premature, Lietuvos zinios daily reported on 23 January.
Having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grybauskaite defends Belarus policy</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/01/06/grybauskaite-defends-belarus-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Dalia Grybauskaite has defended her stance towards Belarus from criticism from former President Valdas Adamkus, who called the current policy a &#8220;disaster.&#8221;
Grybauskaite has spent much of her term opening dialogue with neighbouring Belarus and its leader President Aleksandr Lukashenko. In doing so she has attracted criticism from those within the country who say that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Several foreign policy challenges, by Kestutis Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/01/04/several-foreign-policy-challenges-by-kestutis-girnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upon joining the European Union and NATO, Lithuania’s Foreign Service was concerned for its future. Would Lithuania be left to only passively implement joint EU and NATO policies or will she have her own foreign policy ? The Foreign Ministry decided to become a regional leader and a promoter of values based policies out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adamkus says we experiencing political, not economic crisis &#8211; interivew</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/12/05/adamkus-says-we-experiencing-political-not-economic-crisis-interivew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delfi.lt published an interview with a former President Valdas Adamkus.  The interview was posted on 17 November. [Passage omitted on an introductory summary of the interview with former President Valdas Adamkus].
What do you think about the results of the vote in the Seimas last week (11 Nov.), when for violating the Constitution and for breaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WikiLeaks &#8211; Merkel urged support for Saakashvili during Russian-Georgian war</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/12/02/wikileaks-merkel-urged-support-for-saakashvili-during-russian-georgian-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the WikiLeaks reported the US diplomats wrote that after the Russians attacked Georgia in 2008 the German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the Lithuanian President Valdas Admakus that the Kremlin had destroyed all trust in the eyes of the Western world.
According to the report, which was published in the French La Monde on 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuanian President&#8217;s visit to Minsk: between lines</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/11/05/lithuanian-presidents-visit-to-minsk-between-lines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian daily Vilniaus diena published an editorial by Evaldas Labanauskas on Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite’s visit to Belarus.  The editorial was published on 21 October.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite&#8217;s visit to Belarus &#8211; the country that is gearing up for presidential election and is in conflict with the Kremlin &#8211; has made many people feel surprised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ForMin of Lithuania &#8211; Real action taken, without PR exercises,</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/09/27/formin-of-lithuania-real-action-taken-without-pr-exercises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read an interview with Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis by Veidas magazine.  The interview was published on 13 September.
The foreign policy is hazy at best; and to be more specific &#8211; it is pro-Russian, it turns away from the United States, our strategic partner, and it betrays the countries, advocates of which we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A captive of choice, by Gintaras Aleknonis</title>
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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>Lithuania-Russia: another freeze after thaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian daily Vilniaus diena in its 5 August editorial was critical on the Lithuanian Russian relationship.  Stasys Gudavicius thinks it is Russia to be blamed for a new freeze in bilateral relationships.
Perhaps a year ago President Dalia Grybauskaite was fostering certain seedlings of love towards Russia, but now those seedlings are completely gone, says Stasys [...]]]></description>
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