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		<title>Week in review: October 29 – November 4</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/06/week-in-review-october-29-%e2%80%93-november-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darius and Girenas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, 29 October, President Dalia Grybauskaitė on her visit to Finland delivered an address at a festive meeting held to celebrate 100 years of the National Women&#8217;s Council of Finland. In the meeting with Finnish president Tarja Halonen, Dalia Grybauskaitė noted that cooperation as well as strong Nordic-Baltic regional politics will help ensure economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Icelanders would rather learn from Lithuanians than French about life in the EU</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/26/icelanders-would-rather-learn-from-lithuanians-than-french-about-life-in-the-eu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iceland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Iceland were to ask for advice about life in the European Union, they would ask Lithuanians rather than  French, said Iceland’s President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson at a meeting with the visiting Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite in Reykjavik on 25 August.
“I can tell you quite frankly that, if the people of Iceland would like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania sceptic on idea of EU military staff suggested by Weimer Three</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/16/lithuania-sceptic-on-idea-of-eu-military-staff-suggested-by-weimer-three/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to need of saving Lithuania expressed its cautiousness about an idea of establishing an operational staff of the European Union, suggested by France, Germany and Poland, or so called the Weimer Three, lrytas.lt portal reported on 15 August, referring to Baltic News Service.
BNS mentioned Lithuanian diplomats who claim that Lithuania was in the small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mistral does(not) mean ‘storm’, by Gudavicius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/30/mistral-doesnot-mean-%e2%80%98storm%e2%80%99-by-gudavicius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should we worry that France, a NATO partner of Lithuania, signed an agreement with Russia at the end of last week regarding the selling of two Mistral amphibious assault ships? The question isn’t as simple as it may seem at first and just answering ‘yes&#8217; or ‘no’ is not enough, Stasys Gudavicius wrote in Diena.lt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parisian Metro; Nida (the Curonian spit) is paradise on Earth</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/15/parisian-metro-neringa-curonian-spit-is-paradise-on-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ecoliving]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Raimonda Balniene]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who took a ride on a Paris metro and thumbed through a free edition of &#8220;Metro&#8221; last week could admire the view of Lithuania’s paradise on Earth – the Curonian Spit resort Neringa. The newspaper with a daily distribution of some 500,000 presented its readership with five desirable beaches in Europe, including the Lithuanian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania´s Strategic partnerships: What is the strategic aspect? By Rydström</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/29/lithuania%c2%b4s-strategic-partnerships-what-is-the-strategic-aspect-by-f-rydstrom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 18:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fredrik Rydström &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
Against the backdrop of the increasingly politically contaminated issue over Polish name-spelling, the relationship between Poland and Lithuania has, despite futile attempts by leading politicians on both sides to gloss over the problem, encountered a crisis more severe than anything that has been witnessed since the break-up of the Soviet [...]]]></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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		<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>French fighter-jets will land in Šiauliai</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/04/27/french-fighter-jets-will-land-in-siauliai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 26, four &#8220;Mirage-2000&#8243; of the French Air Force landed in Šiauliai Air Base to replace German Air Contingent which was in charge of NATO Baltic Air Policing mission, the Ministry of National Defence reported .
Fighters of the French Air Force are deploying from the home base – Cambrai Air Base of the French Air Force.
Official rotation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baltic States no longer counting on Poland</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/03/17/baltic-states-no-longer-counting-on-poland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poland&#8217;s Baltic neighbours are observing the Civic Platform administration&#8217;s foreign policy with unease. The days when Poland served as the region&#8217;s leader, while President Lech Kaczynski mobilized Intermarum to defend against Russia&#8217;s aggressive policies, are long gone. Komorowski officially joined in the construction of a new Russian security architecture in Merkel&#8217;s and Sarkozy&#8217;s presence on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania could remain in the margins of the Polish Foreign Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/02/12/lithuania-could-remain-in-the-margins-of-the-polish-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poland is beginning to get a sense of its growing number of opportunities on the political map of Europe, and it is determined to transform such possibilities into solid realities. Thus, should there ever be a conflict of interests, Poland would turn towards the major European countries, whereas Lithuania would remain on the sidelines, although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the EU Infringing on Lithuanian Sovereignty? By Kestutis Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/02/04/is-the-eu-infringing-on-lithuanian-sovereignty-by-kestutis-girnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some super-patriots persistently claim that Lithuania has not yet regained its sovereignty. Purportedly, the Soviet Union was exchanged for the European Union (EU), Moscow dictates were replaced by regulations from Brussels and we continue to dance to somebody&#8217;s tune. Foreign, cosmopolitan values are said to be thrusted upon us, whereas Lithuanian values are being disdained, [...]]]></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>Parliament Speaker calls for common Nordic-Baltic response to Mistral sale to Russia</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/01/19/parliament-speaker-calls-for-common-nordic-baltic-response-to-mistral-sale-to-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian Parliament speaker Irena Degutiene called the Nordic and Baltic countries to jointly discuss urgent security issues, such as the sale of French Mistral warships to Russia, on high level and on the regular bases.
‘As many Nordic and Baltic countries as possible should be included in a discussion about the issue of sale of Mistral [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shameful Triumph, by Vytautas Landsbergis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/01/09/shameful-triumph-by-vytautas-landsbergis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media that is either naive or corrupt calls the deal between Nicolas Sarkozy and Vladimir Putin France&#8217;s ‘triumph’, Member of European Parliament Vytautas Landsbergis wrote in daily Lietuvos Zinios on 29 December.
This issue in question is the for-show tender, who will build the assault marine aircraft carriers Mistral for Russia&#8217;s militarists to be able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minister: sale of Mistral would set Ill winds blowing</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/12/28/minister-sale-of-mistral-would-set-ill-winds-blowing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://news.err.ee &#124; Estonian Public Broadcasting
Lithuanian Minister of Defense Rasa Jukneviciene has called France&#8217;s decision to sell Mistral helicopter carriers to Russia a &#8220;big mistake.&#8221;

Her comments came on December 27, three days after Russia and France agreed on the sale of at least two of the vessels.
Baltic security is seen as potentially at stake in what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Control over state no longer exists; ForMin Azubalis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/12/13/control-over-state-no-longer-exists-formin-azubalis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis, who inherited from the &#8220;statesmen&#8221; one of the most harmed institutions, says that Lithuania&#8217;s foreign policy is becoming increasingly transparent and is freeing itself from former influences &#8212; the past, Russia, Alfa.lt reported on 28 November. According to the minister, doubts that are voiced regarding deteriorated relations with the United States [...]]]></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>Lithuania&#8217;s Independence in NATO headquarters</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/12/01/lithuanias-independence-in-nato-headquarters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania’s Russian language newspaper Express Nedelia published an interview with Lithuanian Ambassador to NATO Linas Linkevicius.  The interview was published on 11 November
Your Russian colleague Dmitriy Rogozin says that the summit in Lisbon &#8220;should find new tasks for the block and explain why Western taxpayers need this organization&#8221;. By the way, what is your relationship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British, French example for the Baltic States</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/11/23/british-french-example-for-the-baltic-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Baltic nations should follow the British and French example and start a joint , Baltic military procurement.  The commentary was published in a Latvian daily Diena on 4 November.
The great depression of this century has affected global players such as Great Britain and France, and that has led the governments of the two countries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is never too late to understand what is happening</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/11/18/it-is-never-too-late-to-understand-what-is-happening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lithuania’s public broadcaster’s web portal published a commentary by Arunas Brazauskas on the NATO’s relation with Russia.  The comment was published on 5 November.
 It is easy for commentators to discuss the recent elections to the US Congress. The predictions have been confirmed &#8211; the Democrats, the party of President Barack Obama, have been crushed. [...]]]></description>
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