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		<title>Landsbergis Thinks EU Turning Into &#8216;Gazprom Union&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/26/landsbergis-thinks-eu-turning-into-gazprom-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Austria&#8217;s decision to release a suspect in the January 13 case is a sign that it is time for the European Union (EU) to choose whether it further wants to foster unity and solidarity or whether it will completely become the &#8220;Gazprom Union.&#8221;  This assumption was voiced by Member of European Parliament, Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaker of Parliament and PM extend condolences to Norway</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/23/speaker-of-parliament-and-pm-extend-condolences-to-norway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dagu Terje Andersen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian Speaker of the Parliament Irena Degutiene and Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius on 23 July extended condolences to the King of Norway Harald V, President of the Storting Dagu Terje Andersen and Norwegian people over the killings in Norway.
‘On behalf of the Seimas, the representation of all Lithuanian people, and myself, I extend deepest condolences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic partnership with Poland very important – Speaker of Parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/21/strategic-partnership-with-poland-very-important-%e2%80%93-speaker-of-parliament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Eastern/Central Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian-Polish relations should be kept on the strategic partnership level, Speaker of the Parliament Irena Degutiene at an annual Lithuanian ambassadors’ meeting in Vilnius on 21 July. fro said on Thursday at a meeting with heads of Lithuanian diplomatic representations.
&#8220;The strengthening of strategic partnership relations with Poland should be based on a formula: areas of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservatives after the Nationalists’ Withdrawal, by Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/03/conservatives-after-the-nationalists%e2%80%99-withdrawal-by-girnius/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/03/conservatives-after-the-nationalists%e2%80%99-withdrawal-by-girnius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kestutis Girnius]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[11 March]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Songaila]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=7263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the conference, which took place on the Sunday before last, the Nationalists (Tautininkai) decided to withdraw from the governing Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party (HU-LCD) and they announced their intention to re-establish a separate party. However, it was not a unanimous decision: 55 delegates voted to withdraw from the HU-LCD, 17 voted against, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Conservative Party: unity or values? By Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/03/the-conservative-party-unity-or-values-by-girnius/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/03/the-conservative-party-unity-or-values-by-girnius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kestutis Girnius]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=6929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What will the future of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) be now that the party’s chairman elections are over? Andrius Kubilius was victorious despite the fact that Irena Degutienė received more support than expected. After the elections, both leaders of the TS-LKD voiced the need to consolidate and strengthen the party. The intentions are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the elections of the Homeland Union Party&#8217;s Chairman, by Dumbliauskas</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/03/on-the-elections-of-the-homeland-union-partys-chairman-by-dumbliauskas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vytautas Dumbliauskas]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=6917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know the story about the water glass. Some say that it&#8217;s half full, some – that it&#8217;s half empty. It depends on one&#8217;s point of view. How should we assess the results of the Homeland Union Party’s Chairman elections? Well, it will be a difficult task, as was the choice for the Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do the Conservative party chairman elections tell us? By Bielinis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/02/what-do-the-conservative-party-chairman-elections-tell-us-by-bielinis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lauras Bielinis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=6912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first thing that comes to mind is that there is a nearly unified imposition about the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats’ chairman elections being democratic and those of other parties – not. The democracy of elections rests on the fact that two equal candidates have been competing and the party has made a free choice, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grybauskaitė Hopes That Lithuanian-Latvian Relations Will Not Be Damaged By Ambassador’s Comment</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/01/grybauskaite-hopes-that-lithuanian-latvian-relationship-won%e2%80%99t-be-damaged-over-a-comment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Antanas Valionis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė hopes that the Lithuanian-Latvian bilateral relations will not be damaged due to a careless remark made by the now former Lithuanian ambassador to Latvia Antanas Valionis.  The former ambassador sparked a scandal when he noted in an interview to a web portal that efforts of the Latvian president Valdis Zatlers to dissolve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kubilius remains the leader of Conservatives</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/22/kubilius-remains-the-leader-of-conservatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 19:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats, one of the largest Lithuanian political party has re-elected Andrius Kubilius as its chairperson.  Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius has retained his seat despite a fierce competition from one of the most popular politicians in Lithuania, the Speaker of Parliament Irena Degutiene.   Out of almost 17,000 member of the Conservative party 5,546 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baltic, Nordic and Polish Parl Defence committees meet in Vilnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/16/baltic-nordic-and-polish-parl-defence-committees-meet-in-vilnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 19:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Format of annual meetings of the Baltic States’ parliamentary defence committees have been altered by inviting Nordic and Polish counterparts.  At the end of the meeting in Vilnius a resolution was passed calling for more coordination amongst the regions’ parliaments on defence and security issues.
The five committees from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden and Poland adopted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Party Rebels – the “Salt” of Democracy, by L. Peceliuniene</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/13/party-rebels-%e2%80%93-the-%e2%80%9csalt%e2%80%9d-of-democracy-by-l-peceliuniene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 11:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lina Peceliuniene]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Songaila]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two major parties have just expelled one party member each: Jonas Jagminas by the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) and Gintaras Songaila by the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party (HU-LCDP). It does not do honour to the parties, if their members are expelled due to reasons other than the wrongdoings. Instead, it makes you question [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/03/to-show-and-to-show-off-by-g-aleknonis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 13:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Aleknonis]]></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>Degutiene against Kubilius: Who is Going to Win? By V. Laucius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/22/degutiene-against-kubilius-who-is-going-to-win-by-v-laucius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vladimiras Laucius]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The duel for the office of the Homeland Union (HU) leader is promising us a beautiful view of democracy within the party: there are two strong candidates with differing standpoints, and a general election of the party chair. However, it is already obvious, as usual, that it is the current party leader, Andrius Kubilius, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Conservatives’ Choice, by K. Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/14/the-conservatives%e2%80%99-choice-by-k-girnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kestutis Girnius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The convention of the Homeland Union &#8211; Lithuanian Christian Democrats (HM-LCD) is approaching. The party members are demonstrating an increased level of activity and contending for seats in the single-mandate districts and for positions in the waiting list of election candidates. The fate of the National Union also seems to be at stake. However, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Degutiene; Tomaszewski inciting hatred between Poles and Lithuanians;</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/13/degutiene-tomaszewski-inciting-hatred-between-poles-and-lithuanians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leader of the Polish Election Action, Lithuania’s MEP Waldemar Tomaszewski gains his political capital only by inciting hatred between the Lithuanian Poles and Lithuanians, Lithuanian Parliamentary Speaker Irena Degutiene said on 13 April.
‘Tomaszewski is himself instigating the hatred between Lithuanians and Poles that never existed and doesn&#8217;t exist today, and probably an ordinary Lithuanian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Degutiene to challenge Kubilius in Conservative leadership contest</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/12/degutiene-to-challenge-kubilius-in-conservative-leadership-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/12/degutiene-to-challenge-kubilius-in-conservative-leadership-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algis Krupavicius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The largest ruling coalition Conservative party (the full name is Homeland Union &#8211; Lithuanian Christian Democrats) is gearing up for its chairmanship elections.  The current party’s leader and the Prime Minster Andrius Kubilius, who is ruling the party since 2003 will have to face a very strong opponent.  The penny has dropped; Irena Degutiene, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the decision of Conservatives? By V. Dumbliauskas</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/07/what-is-the-decision-of-the-homeland-union-by-vytautas-dumbliauskas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/07/what-is-the-decision-of-the-homeland-union-by-vytautas-dumbliauskas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vytautas Dumbliauskas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arturas Paulauskas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rolandas Paksas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viktor Uspaskich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vytautas Landsbergis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=6106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By 11 April, the Homeland Union members will announce the candidates who will run for the party chairman&#8217;s position. After the ballot list gets the seal of approval, a month-long campaign will be launched until the party votes on the new chairman at a meeting scheduled for June, Political scientist Vytautas Dumbliauskas wrote on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan blasts could aggravate Lithuania’s search for strategic investors for N-Plant</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/03/16/japan-blasts-could-aggravate-lithuania%e2%80%99s-search-for-strategic-investors-for-n-plant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern/Central Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Nuclear Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belarus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japan earthquake and tsunami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visaginas nuclear plant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Grave situation in the Japanese nuclear plants could further complicate Lithuania’s search for a strategic investor in a new nuclear plant in Lithuania, Parliament’s Speaker Irena Degutiene said to Ziniu Radijas radio station on 16 March.
&#8220;The tragedy in Japan will burden the search for an investor even further. We will await an assessment of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing number appreciate Government, Degutienė’s popularity dropping</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/03/16/growing-number-appreciate-government-degutiene%e2%80%99s-popularity-dropping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/03/16/growing-number-appreciate-government-degutiene%e2%80%99s-popularity-dropping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algirdas Butkevicius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Order and Justice Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viktor Uspaskich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Lithuanian people would like to see conservative parliamentary leader Irena Degutiene as Prime Minister, and the Social Democrats lead in parliament, show public opinion polls published in Delfi.lt portal on 14 March.
News portal Delfi.lt published a survey that shows 16.9 percent of residents surveyed deem Degutiene the best prime minister, and 9.2 percent identified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Economy Minister Kreivys Millstone Around Government&#8217;s Neck?</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/03/14/is-economy-minister-kreivys-millstone-around-governments-neck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/03/14/is-economy-minister-kreivys-millstone-around-governments-neck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algis Caplikas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arvydas Sekmokas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dainius Kreivys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gediminas Kazlauskas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jurgis Razma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal and Centre Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Order and Justice Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rasa Jukneviciene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rolandas Paksas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saule Pauliuviene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usackas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valinskas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vytautas Landsbergis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The discussions about whether Lithuanian Economy Minister Dainius Kreivys should or should not resign have transformed into a political game. Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, who is defending the economy minister, called for a vote of no confidence in the entire cabinet.  Saule Pauliuviene writes in Alfa.lt portal on 3 March. The ruling coalition partners, who [...]]]></description>
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