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		<title>Growing energy costs — challenge for manufacturing, construction and transport</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/02/growing-energy-costs-%e2%80%94-challenge-for-manufacturing-construction-and-transport/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing energy costs pose a threat on the profits of manufacturing, construction and transport enterprises. An increase in the energy needs would mean that these sectors may face losses, informs consulting company KPMG Baltics, delfi.lt wrote on 26 January.
According to the analysts of KPMG, Lithuania‘s energetic vulnerability should be decreased by the diversification of energy supply as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best medicine for economy</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/02/best-medicine-for-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/02/best-medicine-for-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jekaterina Rojaka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG terminal in Lithuania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nerijus Maciulis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Žygimantas Mauricas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An article from Terminal magazine, published by oil.lt.
The overall energy resource disbalance in Lithuania is steadily increasing and has virtually exploded in the recent years.  In the course of one year LTL 8 bn outflow from Lithuania as payment for gas, oil and electricity which has a significant negative effect upon the national economy.   Economists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>60 percent of inhabitants think that Lithuania needs LNG terminal</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/29/60-percent-of-inhabitants-think-that-lithuania-needs-lng-terminal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/29/60-percent-of-inhabitants-think-that-lithuania-needs-lng-terminal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG terminal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[independence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public opinion poll, conducted in more than 17 towns and 56 villages in January, has shown that people support Lithuania’s objective to build the liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, 15min.lt reported on 26 January.
The survey&#8217;s results have shown that the majority of Lithuania&#8217;s residents &#8211; 60 per cent &#8211; agreed with the necessity of LNG [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divided we stand and divided we fall: the NB8 vis-à-vis the Russian petrocracy, by Rydström</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/20/divided-we-stand-and-divided-we-fall-the-nb8-vis-a-vis-the-russian-petrocracy-by-rydstrom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fredrik Rydström]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carl Bildt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When brushing through reports concerning energy security in the 1990s published by major international organizations, such as the IMF or various EU institutions, one can not help to get struck by how the authors, in contrast to the current situation, portray Lithuania’s energy future in vivid colours. Back then, analysts argued, Lithuania enjoyed cheap Russian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four out of five fears of a possible energy pressure from Russia</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/07/four-out-of-five-fears-of-a-possible-energy-pressure-from-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia may restrict or stop supplying energy resources, thinks 78 percent of the surveyed Lithuanians, delfi.lt wrote on 4 January.
And only 13 percent denies such a possibility. The survey was conducted by &#8220;Sprinter Research&#8221;.
Majority of the population (79 percent) agrees that Lithuania would greatly increase its energy independence from Russia, if the electricity network was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial stability, energy and pension reform our main goals for 2012 &#8211; PM</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/03/financials-stability-pensions-reform-and-energy-our-main-goal-for-2012-pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania’s financial stability, energy projects and the reform of pension system; those are the key priorities for the Lithuanian government in 2012, Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius told the Lithuanian business daily Verslo Zinios on 4 January.
“Financial stability will be one of the key priorities considering those problems in the euro zone. The second task is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visaginas is a geopolitical project but Poland thinks differently – President</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/19/visaginas-is-a-geopolitical-project-but-poland-thinks-differently-%e2%80%93-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Nuclear Plant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The official Warsaw begun treating energy projects, like Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project, from the commercial side even though the Lithuanian president thinks that such energy projects involve a geopolitical character.  In an interview to TV3 commercial television the president Dalia Grybauskaite noted that Poland is increasingly opening close cooperation with Russia
‘Back when it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No more plans from the Opposition to overthrow A. Kubilius?</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/08/no-more-plans-from-the-opposition-to-overthrow-a-kubilius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The opposition promised to become more active in criticizing decisions of the ruling coalition at the time when new parliamentary elections are fast approaching. In the meantime, no interpellation is being prepared, although representatives of the opposition assure they have grievances for a lot of ministers, Vilniaus diena wrote.
The leader of the Seimas opposition, head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. is Lithuania’s partner to attain energy independence</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/01/the-u-s-is-lithuania%e2%80%99s-partner-to-attain-energy-independence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Unites States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, currently visiting Vilnius at her invitation, to discuss energy and regional security issues, Lithuanian-U.S. cooperation priorities, and prospects of democratic development in the neighboring countries, Presidential Palace Press Office reported.
According to the President, new energy security related challenges are defining new guidelines for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.-Lithuania Joint Press Release on Energy Security Cooperation</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/01/u-s-lithuania-joint-press-release-on-energy-security-cooperation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/01/u-s-lithuania-joint-press-release-on-energy-security-cooperation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Governments of the United States and Lithuania reaffirm their strong bilateral partnership and close cooperation, and recommit to strengthen energy security in promoting energy diversification efforts in the Baltic Sea region. Lithuania has taken a leading role in promoting regional energy security cooperation in several key energy diversification and market liberalization initiatives, including a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania and Germany – the same approach towards EU energy policy</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/23/lithuania-and-germany-%e2%80%93-the-same-approach-towards-eu-energy-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with German President Christian Wulf. This was the first bilateral meeting of the Lithuanian President with the new German President elected last summer. Presidential Office reported.
The Presidents discussed energy security, bilateral cooperation and EU financial policy issues.
According to the President of Lithuania who is visiting Germany at the invitation of President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baltic States should be more united in creating a single gas market; Latvian President</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/05/baltic-states-should-be-more-united-in-creating-a-single-gas-market-latvian-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latvian President Valdis Zatlers called all three Baltic States to be more united in developing free gas market and in searching for alternative gas suppliers.
&#8220;First of all, we should attempt using the existing gas distribution structure and try connecting it to Finland and Poland.’  He continued; “We should undertake the process without delay. Lithuania, Latvia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Analyst Rudzkis Says Lithuania Will Feel Effects of Emigration</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/02/01/financial-analyst-rudzkis-says-lithuania-will-feel-effects-of-emigration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial analyst Rimantas Rudzkis predicts that the unemployment in the country will start to go down in April and people&#8217;s income will start to grow in the fall. Not everyone&#8217;s situation will improve, however.
Economists called the year 2010 a year of waiting for better times. In 2011, the financial situation will be improving, but not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuanian FonMin; West Europe doesn&#8217;t know our history well</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/12/14/lithuanian-minfin-west-europe-doesnt-know-our-history-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some cuts to the EU&#8217;s long-term budget for the period 2014-2020 may be necessary given current financial realities, but severe cuts would reduce the European Union&#8217;s capacity to act as a global player, Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Audronius Ažubalis told EurActiv.com  in an exclusive interview.
Audronius Ažubalis received a degree in journalism in 1989. He later [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy security of the region – common interest of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/10/08/energy-security-of-the-region-%e2%80%93-common-interest-of-lithuania-poland-and-ukraine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė extended a written congratulation to participants of the Third Session of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Parliamentary Assembly. This time, the theme of the Assembly was energy security, the President&#8217;s Press Service reported.
&#8220;2010 is a special year for Lithuania, for the three Baltic states and for this assembly. It not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kubilius: Gazprom‘s influence on Lithuania must be decreased</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/09/13/kubilius-gazprom%e2%80%98s-influence-on-lithuania-must-be-decreased/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania&#8217;s Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius stated that reconstruction of the national energy system and amendments to the budget law are the most important tasks in the upcoming autumn session in the parliament.
&#8220;The budget will be a very important subject for discussions,&#8221; Kubilius told to Lietuvos Radijas.
He called the state budget of 2011 &#8220;a lean one.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Close Baltic-Polish cooperation is important for successful development of the Baltic region</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/09/13/close-baltic-polish-cooperation-is-important-for-successful-development-of-the-baltic-region/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the Latvian President Valdis Zatlers and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. This time, the traditional meeting of the Presidents of the Baltic States was also attended by the President of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski, President&#8217;s Press Office reported in a press statement.
The Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy issues to be on Merkels’ agenda in Vilnius</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy might be one of the main issues discussed during the German Chancellor Angela Merkel&#8217;s visit in Vilnius on 6 September.  Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronis Azubalis said that he is expecting that it would be in Germany’s interest to cooperate and assist the Baltic region in the implementation of the Baltic region plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A year in presidency: changes in Lithuania turning into reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 12 marks one year since President Dalia Grybauskaitė took office. What has changed in Lithuania over that time, asked the Presidential Press Office in its Press Statement?
&#8220;Lithuanian people wanted change and now they see it on the move. Not as fast as we had wanted but still in these 365 days Lithuania took the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Close cooperation among academia, business and politics is a key to prosperity of the Baltic Sea Region</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/06/02/close-cooperation-among-academia-business-and-politics-is-a-key-to-prosperity-of-the-baltic-sea-region/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Energy, the sea, innovation, and competitiveness &#8211; these are the key words that best describe the peculiarities and challenges of the Baltic Sea region and define directions for close cooperation,&#8221; President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė said at the Baltic Development Forum Summit which is hosted by Lithuania for the first time and [...]]]></description>
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