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	<title>The Lithuania Tribune &#187; Germany</title>
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		<title>Poland should be more sensitive towards Lithuania; European Voice</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/09/poland-should-be-more-sensitive-towards-lithuania-european-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poland should realise that it is a big country and should start acting like one.  It should be more sensitive towards Lithuania and be more delicate in treating the Northern neighbour, the Brussels-based newspaper European Voice says.
&#8220;Poles often fail to realize how big their country is relative to its northern, southern or eastern neighbours. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania&#8217;s choice: with Franco-Germany or the Nordic countries and Anglo-Saxons?</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/08/lithuanias-choice-with-franco-germany-or-the-nordic-countries-and-anglo-saxons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=10507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Facing a factual division of the European Union into continental eurozone, dominated by France and Germany and maritime non-eurozone, led by Great Britain with some indirect support from several Scandinavian and Middle European countries, Lithuania tries balancing dangerously on two chairs, veidas.lt wrote on 30 January.
Almost two months had to pass after the failure of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INPP closure stalled by Russian-German friendship</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/23/inpp-closure-stalled-by-russian-german-friendship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/23/inpp-closure-stalled-by-russian-german-friendship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Nuclear Plant]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arvydas Sekmokas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nukem Technologies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian politicians might have yielded up in the fight against company Nukem, which is delaying INPP’s (Ignalina’s Nuclear Power Plant) closure and requires more funds, due to the Germany-Russia friendship, delfi.lt wrote on 16 January.
Recently Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius and Minister of Energy Arvydas Sekmokas confirmed that almost a billion of Euros have vanished during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>V.Laučius. Europe needs a strong Bundeswehr</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/22/v-laucius-europe-needs-a-strong-bundeswehr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/22/v-laucius-europe-needs-a-strong-bundeswehr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vladimiras Laucius]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dmitry Medvedev]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev threatens Europe with his ballistic missiles and threatens to withdraw Russia from the Strategic Offensive Arms (SOA) Treaty, Vytautas Laučius wrote in delfi.lt on 25 November.
The Russians, as always, are very &#8220;pleasant&#8221;.
This week D. Medvedev said that in response to U.S. missile defence (MDS) plans, Russia will deploy its striking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nord Stream and sleepy Baltic greens</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/16/nord-stream-and-sleepy-baltic-greens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/16/nord-stream-and-sleepy-baltic-greens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The launched gas pipeline Nord Stream has proved once again this week that the bilateral state agreements in Europe have been hundredfold more important than the proclaimed EU unity. Unlikely? Do you need incontrovertible evidence? Asks lrytas.lt.
As soon as the French had shaken hands with the Kremlin regarding an acquisition of the military assault ship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Week in review, 22–28 October</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/10/29/week-in-review-22%e2%80%9328-october/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/10/29/week-in-review-22%e2%80%9328-october/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kupčinskas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bronislovas Lubys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Ashton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daiva Ulbinaite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Helle Thorning-Schmidt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 23 October President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite participated in the European Council summit. The main purpose of the summit was to discuss the euro crisis. Before leaving for the meeting, the president noted that even if Lithuania does not have the euro, its economy is connected with the entire EU economy. Therefore, inevitably, Lithuania [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is better to invest in Northern than in Southern Europe – PM Kubilius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/10/25/it-is-better-to-invest-in-northern-than-in-southern-europe-%e2%80%93-pm-kubilius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius is convinced that the Northern Baltic region should become more attractive to the German investors than the Southern Europe.
&#8220;Under these circumstances, when the EU&#8217;s southern members are in a very uncertain economic situation, it would be wise to make decisions and channel investments to Northeast Europe – the Northern Baltic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EuroBasket update</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/14/eurobasket-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania eliminates Germany
After losing to France and finding themselves in a live or die situation, Lithuania handled the pressure and, with the help of their loud fans in the Vilnius Arena, turned German team back home on Sunday night, eurobasket2011.com reports.
Victory assured Lithuania of third place in Group E and a place in the Quarter-Finals.
Lithuania [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unity – key to strong and prosperous Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/24/unity-%e2%80%93-key-to-strong-and-prosperous-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday,  August 24, Magdeburg &#8211; President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia  Grybauskaitė on a working visit to Germany took part in an exclusive  ceremony in the Magdeburg Cathedral, where Federal Chancellor Angela  Markel of Germany was awarded the Keiser Otto Prize for her contribution  towards European unity, Press Service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The President goes to Germany and Iceland</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/22/the-president-goes-to-germany-and-iceland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/22/the-president-goes-to-germany-and-iceland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė goes for a  working visit to Magdeburg, Germany, and for a state visit to Iceland  this week, Press Service of the President reported on 22 August.
On 24 August,  the President will meet with German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel in  Magdeburg to discuss bilateral [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania loosing its skilled workforce</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/22/lithuania-loosing-its-skilled-workforce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/22/lithuania-loosing-its-skilled-workforce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main reason for Lithuania’s brain drain is the low pay – the  amount of salary is often not higher than the official minimum wage.  While foreign companies are opting for foreign specialists, instead of  hiring local ones to work well-paid jobs, bnn-news.com reported on 20 August.
Over the seven months of 2011, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEB bank analyst: German economic problems – a bad sign to Lithuania</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/19/seb-bank-analyst-german-economic-problems-%e2%80%93-a-bad-sign-to-lithuania/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/19/seb-bank-analyst-german-economic-problems-%e2%80%93-a-bad-sign-to-lithuania/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news about sluggish German economic growth may cause new problems in Lithuania, as Germany is the biggest client of Lithuanian commodity market and growing export production is the main engine that helps Lithuania to recover from the recent recession, lrytas.lt reported on August 16. If Germany&#8217;s economy retains the slow pace, the flow of [...]]]></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>Don’t we, by bashing others, bring disdain upon ourselves? By Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/03/don%e2%80%99t-we-by-bashing-others-bring-disdain-upon-ourselves-by-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like the majority of Lithuanian political commentators who are not on vacation decided to participate in an unofficial (I hope) contest – who will humiliate Austria and the EU the most. Yes, our feelings have been hurt, that&#8217;s understandable, Gintaras Aleknonis wrote in lrt.lt on 21 July.
During one day, the pride in Austria’s and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia hopes to sell electricity generated by Kaliningrad&#8217;s nuclear power plant to Germany</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/21/russia-hopes-to-sell-electricity-generated-by-kaliningrads-nuclear-power-plant-to-germany/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia&#8217;s nuclear energy corporation ‘Rosatom&#8217; hopes that following the German government&#8217;s decision to cease all nuclear based energy production after 2022, the country will seek to buy electricity from Russia, Delfi.lt wrote referring to ELTA on 19 July.
According to the deputy CEO Kiril Komarov, the Baltic nuclear power plant project could potentially “interest German partners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protests and citizenship, by Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/16/protests-and-citizenship-by-girnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the months of May and June, tens of thousands of demonstrators, mostly young people, took over the central square of Madrid, Puerta del Sol, protesting against unemployment, the government&#8217;s saving policy, and passive politicians. They got the support of thousands of other demonstrators in the other cities of Spain. Recently, protests have become daily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuanians do not rush to the German labour market</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/29/lithuanians-do-not-rush-to-the-german-labour-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been two months since Germany opened its labour market to the residents of Lithuania and nine other EU member states.
Although initially there were fears that the largest European economy would suck in the last remaining employable Lithuanians, this hasn&#8217;t happened. Entrepreneurs providing job placement services in Germany say that the main obstacle for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania and Germany – the same approach towards EU energy policy</title>
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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>Lidl is serious about plans in Lithuania</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/22/lidl-is-serious-about-it-plans-in-lithuania/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
German supermarket chain Lidl has renewed its plans to enter Lithuania and is even planning to open its stores in every town with a population larger than 20,000, Verslo Žinios business daily announced on June 22.
The German retail giant planned to open up shop in Lithuania in 2002, but eventually abandoned such intentions by selling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central and Eastern Europe continues to be an important partner region for German businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/21/central-and-eastern-europe-continues-to-be-an-important-partner-region-for-german-businesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Central and Eastern Europe is one of the most important markets for the economic activities of German companies – regarding both investments and bilateral trade. After having experienced significant declines of the GDP during the economic crisis, the region is on the verge of a new economic upswing. German companies are thus still very committed [...]]]></description>
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