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		<title>Unique Soviet Crimes, by Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/03/unique-soviet-crimes-by-girnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historical disputes are currently unceasing, neither abroad nor in Lithuania. A week ago, the French Senate adopted a law on criminal liability for negating the Armenian genocide. Turkey strongly condemned the decision taken by France, calling it irresponsible and disrespectful, and it threatened to take reciprocal measures, Kęstutis Girnius wrote in alfa.lt on 30 January.
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study on Latvian and Lithuanian relations: A new vision of bilateral relations</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/22/study-on-latvian-and-lithuanian-relations-a-new-vision-of-bilateral-relations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/22/study-on-latvian-and-lithuanian-relations-a-new-vision-of-bilateral-relations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alvydas Butkus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audronius Azubalis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=10219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Greta Armonaitytė &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
On the 20 January the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Latvian Embassy held a discussion on a report about Lithuanian-Latvian co-operation perspectives’ study. The research was presented by its authors, Neris Germanas, the Lithuanian ambassador to Latvia and Alberts Sarkanis, the Latvian ambassador to Lithuania. Initially, the research was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Voice: A.Ažubalis is partly responsible for poor relations with Poland and Latvia</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/20/european-voice-a-azubalis-is-partly-responsible-for-poor-relations-with-poland-and-latvia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Audronius Azubalis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Brussels’s newspaper European Voice, Audronius Ažubalis, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, should be partly responsible for the problems between Lithuania and Poland, lrytas.lt wrote on 19 January.
“A.Ažubalis, who is now serving the second term of office, cannot be blamed for all foreign problems of Lithuania. Having such neighbours as Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Lithuanian foreign policy to its closest neighbours, by Laurinavičius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/11/on-lithuanian-foreign-policy-to-its-closest-neighbours-by-laurinavicius/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/11/on-lithuanian-foreign-policy-to-its-closest-neighbours-by-laurinavicius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern/Central Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marius Laurinavicius]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=10076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good relations with neighbours have always been one of the most important goals in foreign policy, as publicly declared by Lithuania. It seems, however, that in 2012 these relations will also be, like never before, the greatest diplomatic challenge for our country. Of course, everybody’s eyes are primarily turning towards the relations with Poland – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy independency and financial support is the main aim in the EU – Lithuanians claim</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/20/energy-independency-and-financial-support-is-the-main-aim-in-the-eu-%e2%80%93-lithuanians-claim/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/20/energy-independency-and-financial-support-is-the-main-aim-in-the-eu-%e2%80%93-lithuanians-claim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Lithuanian citizens, the most important role for our country in the European Union is to gain energetic independency and receive greater financial support, 15min.lt reported on 17 December.
The survey held by the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs showed that 48 percent of respondents think that the country should be most concerned about getting a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The league of gentlemen, by Gailius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/08/the-league-of-gentlemen-by-gailius/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/08/the-league-of-gentlemen-by-gailius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bernardas Gailius]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the last year, the idea of a political union between the Nordic-Baltic states and Great Britain gained a second breath. In the beginning of this year, the first meeting of the leaders of these countries took place and Lithuania&#8217;s Minister of Foreign Affairs, who visited the UK recently, confirmed that the friendship would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania supports Turkey’s integration into the European Union</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/07/lithuania-supports-turkey%e2%80%99s-integration-into-the-european-union/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/07/lithuania-supports-turkey%e2%80%99s-integration-into-the-european-union/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania supports Turkey’s aspirations of European integration, affirms the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), lrytas.lt reported on November 6th.
According to the MFA, A. Ažubalis has complimented Turkey’s determination to continue negotiations for European Union membership.
The MFA stated that, during a ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vilnius, the Foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian MFA defends Soviet annexation of Baltic States and Moscow</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/07/russian-mfa-defends-soviet-annexation-of-baltic-states-and-moscow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/07/russian-mfa-defends-soviet-annexation-of-baltic-states-and-moscow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On  December 1 and 2, respectively, Lithuania’s and Estonia’s ministries of  foreign affairs (MFAs) refuted the Russian MFA’s latest claims that the  three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) had voluntarily  joined the Soviet Union in 1940, Vladimir Socor wrote in jamestown.org on 6 December.
Moscow’s  claims in this regard are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The arrival of H. Clinton will be announced a couple of weeks or even a couple of days before the meeting of the OSCE</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/09/the-arrival-of-h-clinton-will-be-announced-a-couple-of-weeks-or-even-a-couple-of-days-before-the-meeting-of-the-osce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/09/the-arrival-of-h-clinton-will-be-announced-a-couple-of-weeks-or-even-a-couple-of-days-before-the-meeting-of-the-osce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The possible visit to Lithuania of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be announced a couple of weeks or even a couple of days before the OSCE ministers meeting, said US Ambassador Anne A. Derse, delfi.lt reported on 5 November.
“The decision has not yet been made. I can only hope that she will arrive,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research about the advantages of Lithuanian Presidency of the EU cost 60 thousand litas and was paid for by European funds</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/08/research-about-the-advantages-of-lithuanian-presidency-of-the-eu-cost-60-thousand-litas-and-was-paid-for-by-european-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research conducted by the audit and consulting firm Ernst &#38; Young Baltic and commissioned by the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the benefits of the Lithuanian presidency of the EU cost 60 thousand litas and was paid for out of a European social fund, according to a report by the ministry’s Head of Press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The view from Vilnius: EU Enlargement</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/07/the-view-from-vilnius-eu-enlargement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/07/the-view-from-vilnius-eu-enlargement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jorge Marcano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Egidijus Meilunas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jorge Marcano &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
On November 4th, the Seimas European Club, the Seimas European Information Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania organised a formal discussion on the future of Europe. In what it amounted to be a warm and cosy midday reception, various Lithuanian diplomatic experts exchanged several ideas on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MFA statement on the status of Palestinians at UNESCO</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/02/mfa-statement-on-the-status-of-palestinians-at-unesco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/02/mfa-statement-on-the-status-of-palestinians-at-unesco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania has always  consistently aimed and will aim to have a single EU position regarding  the status of Palestinians at international organizations. As the EU  failed to establish a single position regarding this issue, we have  voiced our national position together with such EU member states as  Germany, Sweden, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Azubalis: the case of Beliatsky is nondemocratic forces&#8217; counter-attack to our growing support of Belarusian dissidents</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/10/05/azubalis-the-case-of-beliatsky-is-nondemocratic-forces-counter-attack-to-our-growing-support-of-belarusian-dissidents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, there have been misleading comments, expressing doubts about the sincerity and trueness of Lithuania’s support of Belarus’s democracy. These reproaches were fuelled by the tricky actions of the Belarusian law-enforcement to get information on Beliatsky’s bank accounts from Lithuania and Poland, Audronius Azubalis wrote in delfi.lt on 27 September.
In the name of the Foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Twenty Years</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/24/after-twenty-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in 2011 celebrate the  20th anniversary of international recognition and resumption of diplomatic  relations. Read the joined article written for the occasion by Minister  of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis, Minister of   Foreign Affairs of Latvia Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis and Minister of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to oppose the pressure from Poland by Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/23/how-to-oppose-the-pressure-from-poland-by-girnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The friction between Poland and Lithuania has continued for two years now and, most likely, it will intensify further. It is time to think more seriously about what it is that Lithuania should do under such circumstances. It would not be an overstatement to say that the Polish politicians here and in Poland are becoming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They’re to blame by Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/02/they%e2%80%99re-to-blame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian authorities have had a fair share of missteps lately. The Ministry of Justice leaked the bank account details of human rights activist Ales Bialatski and other dissidents to Minsk. The Lithuanian Embassy in Belarus issued a visa to Belarusian Justice Vice-Minister Alla Bodak, who is on a list of Belarusian officials banned from entering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We have offered ourselves to Poland too persistently &#8211; Kasparavicius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/23/we-have-offered-ourselves-to-poland-too-persistently-kasparavicius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Veidas.lt has published a transcript of an interview with Algimantas Kasparavicius, Senior Reasearch Fellow at the Department of 20th Century History of the Lithuanian Institute of History, on 16 August.
”Veidas”: Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already asked their Polish counterparts to make it clear whether the pamphlet, published by them together with the Institute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Having Stumbled One-and-a-Half Times&#8230; by Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/23/having-stumbled-one-and-a-half-times-by-girnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania stumbled one-and-a-half times in its relations with Belarus. The Ministry of Justice made a deplorable and unjustifiable mistake in transferring data about the banks accounts held by the defender of human rights, Ales Beliatski, and other dissidents to Minsk. On Friday, Belarus officially accused Beliatski of income tax evasion on a grand scale, Kestutis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>During discussion in Tallinn, ForMin invites honestly evaluate crimes of totalitarian regimes</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/22/during-the-discussion-in-tallinn-foreign-minister-invites-to-honestly-evaluate-crimes-of-totalitarian-regimes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the roundtable discussion on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the restoration of the independence of Estonia on 20 August in Tallinn, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis invited the participants to honestly assess crimes of totalitarian regimes, stressed the importance of energy security in the region and called on the Nordic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visa issued to A. Bodak due to spelling mistakes</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/20/visa-issued-to-a-bodak-due-to-spelling-mistakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the press release of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the investigation by Lithuanian embassy in Belarus, regarding a Schengen visa being issued to the Belarusian Justice Vice-Minister Alla Bodak, whose traveling in the EU is restricted, has come to an end.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has investigated carefully all evidence collected. Afterwards, it has [...]]]></description>
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