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		<title>Lithuania’s dilemmas integrating in the EU, by Ažubalis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/08/lithuania%e2%80%99s-dilemmas-integrating-in-the-eu-by-azubalis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to today&#8217;s dilemma of integration in the European Union, we need to develop Lithuania&#8217;s position in accordance with national interests and real possibilities. This is to avoid extremes and to follow the principle of balance, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Ažubalis wrote in Veidas magazine on 30 January.
Subtract from Lithuanian [...]]]></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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		<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>Is Lithuania truly just an outsider of the European Union? By Auštrevičius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/07/is-lithuania-truly-just-an-outsider-of-the-european-union-by-austrevicius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, some academics say that the desperation of our people is also being increased by the fact that during the recent 20 years we’ve become a godforsaken place somewhere in the East near Russia, in other words – probably the worst part of the EU. And we used to be the gem of a certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Neighbours – Four Foes? By Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/23/four-neighbours-%e2%80%93-four-foes-by-girnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania shares a border with four countries. For various reasons, Lithuania’s relations with all of its neighbours have deteriorated this year, Kęstutis Girnius wrote in alfa.lt on 19 December.
We cannot choose our neighbours. We have the ones that were determined historically and geographically. Fate was not particularly favourable to Lithuania. Russia and present-day Belarus are [...]]]></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>Baltic complexity, Part 2 by Jorge Marcano</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/10/19/baltic-complexity-part-2-by-jorge-marcano/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/10/19/baltic-complexity-part-2-by-jorge-marcano/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jorge Marcano &#124; the Lithuania Tribune
Read the first part of the Baltic Complexity
Such situation has earned Latvia, international condemnation by the government of the Russian Federation, the Council of Europe and several international human rights organisations. As a result of this contemporary reality, there is a chronic mistrust and palpable ethnic tension (reflecting deeper historical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The art of keeping one’s head cool: Reflections on the Golovatov incident, by Rydström</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/06/the-art-of-keeping-one%e2%80%99s-head-cool-reflections-on-the-golovatov-incident-by-rydstrom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fredrik Rydström &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
This is indeed a good time to remember the words General Desaix uttered to Napoleon in the aftermath of the French defeat at Marengo in 1799: “The battle is lost, but there is still time to win another one”. Because, truth be told, the opportunity to finally put the notorious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former President doesn&#8217;t see clear principles in Lithuania&#8217;s foreign policy</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/15/former-president-doesnt-see-clear-principles-in-lithuanias-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former President Valdas Adamkus says he&#8217;s surprised by the declarations that the foreign policy of Lithuania is being created from scratch, the LRT.lt reported on 11 July.
“I’ m sometimes astonished by the statements that the foreign policy of Lithuania, which nearly didn&#8217;t exist at all not so long ago, all of the sudden has become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gravitating northwards? Lithuania’s role in post-crisis Europe, by Rydström</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/07/gravitating-northwards-lithuania%e2%80%99s-role-in-post-crisis-europe-by-rydstrom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fredrik Rydström &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
The term “post-soviet states” or, in a broader perspective, ”post-communist states”, has for long been applied to characterize the Eastern European states that once were imposed the dictates of Soviet Russia and, consequently, firmly entrenched within its orbit. Though the regenerated Eastern European nation-states by now, in general, has grown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westinghouse; Visaginas N-plant project is attractive due to links to Nordic and Polish grids</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/27/westinghouse-visaginas-n-plant-project-is-attractive-due-to-links-to-nordic-and-polish-grids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westinghouse is interested in the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (VAE) because of plans to link Baltic, Nordic and Polish electricity grids, Anders Jackson, Westinghouse’s president for Europe, Middle East and Africa said to business daily Verslo Zinios daily.  Westinghouse representative also indicated that the site chosen for the plant could accommodate a facility with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estonians invest in Lithuania</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/14/estonians-invest-in-lithuania/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonian investors prefer placing money in Lithuania, with their total investments in the country exceeding the ones placed in Latvia in 2010.
Moreover, Estonian investments surged exactly in the first quarter, with 1 428.5 million euro invested in Lithuania and 1 179 in Latvia, reports BNN portal referrign to Aripaev.
Apart from the financial sector, Scandinavian investors have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministry of Culture to try to export Lithuanian culture to Baltic and Nordic States</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/07/ministry-of-culture-to-try-to-export-lithuanian-culture-to-baltic-and-nordic-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian abroad culture politics is wanted to be directed to nearest Baltic and Scandinavian countries by giving them individual financing from budget next year.
Communicating is going to be started with a huge project this autumn by Lithuanian and Estonian National opera theatres tours exchange, next year they are provided with Riga’s opera theatre, the Public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latvia to get Scandinavian electricity within 2 years</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/23/latvia-to-get-scandinavian-electricity-within-2-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 09:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Competition in the Baltic electricity market will only get fiercer in the coming years, believes Dāvis Skulte, electricity sales director at Latvenergo. the Baltic News Network reported
Compared to the Scandinavian countries with dozens of electricity traders, competition on the Latvian market is small. However, it tends to increase similarly as in other Baltic States, Skulte [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuanian PM: Baltic States becoming similar to Nordic countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fact that Baltic identity over 20 years has had to merge with the Nordic identity, has become one of the few overlapping ideas expressed by the weekend in Tallinn, where Lithuanian prime minister expressed at the interview to the Estonian paper ‘Postimees’, alfa.lt reported.
Dear Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, is there anything you would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuanians to be more active in Scandinavian public procurement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 11:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanians are invited to be more active in participating in public procurement in Scandinavia.  Enterprise Lithuania, the state export promotion agency is planning to launch a three year project which will enable Lithuanian companies to access the Scandinavian public procurement database.  The programme will also includes consultations and training from public procurement experts, business daily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business participation in developing the Baltic Sea region essential; Vice ForMin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 10:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 4 May in Vilnius at the ongoing seminar &#8220;The Baltic Sea region cooperates: what opportunities open up for the Lithuanian business?”, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Egidijus Meilūnas called on businessmen, academicians and representatives from other fields to search for partners in the entire Baltic Sea region, take up new initiatives and projects, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials Decry Norway&#8217;s Threat to Close Borders to Baltics Amid Mafia Charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 06:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonian Public Broadcasting/http://news.err.ee/
A storm of mudslinging erupted on May 3 between the Baltics and Scandinavia after a high-ranking Norwegian police representative wrote a letter to the Ministry of Justice, asserting that 80 percent of organized crime in their country has roots in the Baltics, and calling for, if no steps are taken to mend the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Destination – the Nordic Countries, by Dr. M. Jurkynas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Spanish footballers who have played in Lithuania recently, the spring in Lithuania reminds one of the Antarctic and penguins. This comparison as if complements Lithuania’s relations with the Nordic Countries which were discussed previously. But in order to get closer with those countries we need to know the main differences that separate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thorvald Stoltenberg, “It is possible for the Baltic States to join the Nordic Countries, but it won’t happen soon”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It is possible for the Baltic States to join the Nordic club, but they need more time to prepare, the mentality of both sides has to change, and you don’t see that happen quickly,” states Thorvald Stoltenberg, one of the greatest Norwegian diplomats, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence, and father of the incumbent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Lithuania in Northern Europe? (I) by Dr. M. Jurkynas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not asking whether Lithuania is a Nordic country because, thus far, there are five of them: Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. One might add the autonomous territories of Greenland as well as the Faroe and Åland Islands, which is the opinion of most northerners, and the outside world. We identify ourselves as [...]]]></description>
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