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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>A. Ažubalis encouraged to express solidarity and support to Hungary</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/24/a-azubalis-encouraged-to-express-solidarity-and-support-to-hungary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 22 January, during the meeting of EU Ministers of European People&#8217;s Party (European Parliamentary group) the Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis encouraged to express solidarity and support to Hungary, which recently adopted the new Constitution, delfi.lt reports.
During the informal meeting with other ministers of political right, A. Ažubalis emphasized that Hungary and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania could take revenge for Brussels unfulfilled promises by once again launching the Ignalina NPP</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/10/lithuania-could-take-revenge-for-brussels-unfulfilled-promises-by-once-again-launching-the-ignalina-npp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/10/lithuania-could-take-revenge-for-brussels-unfulfilled-promises-by-once-again-launching-the-ignalina-npp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the European Commission decided the closure of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) requires far less money than promised, Lithuania could restart its nuclear reactors, TV3&#8217;s show Week’s Commentaries reported on Sunday. Officials acknowledge that the second power unit could resume work, but it would cost hundreds of millions and damage relations with Brussels, delfi.lt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EC study to determine location of LNG terminal</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/13/ec-study-will-answer-where-to-build-a-regional-lng-terminal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/13/ec-study-will-answer-where-to-build-a-regional-lng-terminal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Minister of Energy, Arvydas Sekmokas, has said that a European Commission (EC) study should confirm where a regional Baltic State liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal will be built. The Minister expects neighbouring Latvia to hold an advantage, as the country has Inčukalns underground natural gas storage, delfi.lt reported on 12 December.
“The EC intends to carry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EC&#8217;s proposed €210 million financing of INPP closure is unacceptable, Kubilius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/05/kubilius-ecs-proposed-210-mln-financing-of-ignalina-plant-closure-is-unacceptable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/05/kubilius-ecs-proposed-210-mln-financing-of-ignalina-plant-closure-is-unacceptable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission’s (EC) offer to provide €210 million (725.1 million Litas) to close the Ignalina nuclear power plant (INPP) between 2014 and 2017 has been deemed unacceptable by Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius.
“The EC’s regulation project has commenced discussions and negotiations over the financing of the closure of the INPP. However, the current offer is not [...]]]></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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		<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>Lithuania wants billions to close the Ignalina NP, EU is offering millions</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/07/lithuania-wants-billions-to-close-the-ignalina-nuclear-power-generating-station-eu-is-offering-millions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania still does not have a specific offer from the European Commission (EC) on how much money until 2020 will be designated to close the no longer working Ignalina nuclear power generating station  (INPGS). According to the prime minister&#8217;s chancellor Mr. Deividas Matulionis Lithuania wants to receive at least 2,66 billion Lt (770 million Euros), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land sale to foreigners will be possible beginning in May 2014</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/05/land-sale-to-foreigners-will-be-possible-beginning-in-may-2014/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/05/land-sale-to-foreigners-will-be-possible-beginning-in-may-2014/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The parliament prolonged the prohibition on selling agricultural and forestry land to foreigners until 30 April 2014, reported 15min.lt on 3 November.
On Thursday 95 parliament members voted for adequate amendments of the constitution; eight members withheld their judgment.
The European Commission extended the prohibition until 30 April 2014, as requested by Lithuania, but it must be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brussels to invest</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/10/25/brussels-to-invest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Significant Lithuanian projects including transport, energy and information technologies were included in the list of Europe’s main transport networks.
Among those listed are European railroad “Rail Baltica,” interconnections with air and sea ports, the East-West Transport Corridor, and Baltic electricity and gas linkages.
On Wednesday, the European Commission confirmed the finance package for European infrastructure networks. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prime Minister of Lithuania: ”We are still negotiating in regards to the closure of the Ignalina nuclear power plant”</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/10/24/prime-minister-of-lithuania-%e2%80%9dwe-are-still-negotiating-in-regards-to-the-closure-of-the-ignalina-nuclear-power-plant%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius says that Lithuania and Brussels are still in negotiations regarding the closure of the Ignalina nuclear power plant, lrytas.lt reported on 19 October.
Brussels threatened Lithuania that it will halt the financial assistance needed to close the nuclear power plant. The representatives of the European Union made this decision because they could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business partner of former German EU Commissioner represents closing down of Ignalina NP</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/12/business-partner-of-former-german-eu-commissioner-represents-closing-down-of-ignalina-np/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/12/business-partner-of-former-german-eu-commissioner-represents-closing-down-of-ignalina-np/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The German enterprise ‘Nukem Technologies’, governed by the Russian corporation ‘Atomstrojeksport’, is implementing projects worth billions resulting from the Ignalina Nuclear Plant closure. In its negotiations with Lithuania, it is being represented by Petra Erler, who is both personally and officially associated with the former European Commission vice-chairman, Gunther Verheugen, alfa.lt published this ‘Lietuvos rytas’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EC delivers special questionnaires to Russia, Belarus on planned N-plants</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/05/ec-delivers-special-questionnaires-to-russia-belarus-on-planned-n-plants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/05/ec-delivers-special-questionnaires-to-russia-belarus-on-planned-n-plants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, confirmed in  a letter to President Dalia Grybauskaitė that the European Commission  took into account suggestions made by President Grybauskaitė, urging the  European Union to take immediately all possible actions to ensure  safety of all nuclear power plants operating or planned in its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EC to continue support Visaginas N-plant project &#8211; Energy Commissioner</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/04/ec-to-continue-support-visaginas-n-plant-project-energy-commissioner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/04/ec-to-continue-support-visaginas-n-plant-project-energy-commissioner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission is to  continue its support for the project of Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (VAE), and a high-level EU task group will hold a meeting in the near future as Lithuania is holding negotiations with potential strategic investors into the facility, the Ministry of Energy reported, quoting the EU’s Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger&#8217;s letter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The European Commission Is Deceiving Itself, by V. Landsbergis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/21/the-european-commission-is-deceiving-itself-by-v-landsbergis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 15:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[assessment of Soviet-Nazi crimes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took about two years to conclude the ongoing dispute and to do all the necessary work in order to resolve a really important issue. The European Union was preparing and ratifying the European law stating that the negation or derogation of the Holocaust – along with all the other major crimes against humanity and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania Might Ask the Commission to Stop Changing Time</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/20/lithuania-might-ask-the-commission-to-stop-changing-clocks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/20/lithuania-might-ask-the-commission-to-stop-changing-clocks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Algimantas Dumbrava]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antanas Matulas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the Seimas Committee on Health Affairs welcomed the idea of renouncing the daylight saving time, and it is going to address the Government, so that the latter would in turn ask the European Commission to allow the seasonal time not to be applied in the territory of Lithuania. It is also intended to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minister of Energy Sekmokas on nuclear power plant project</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/12/21/minister-of-energy-sekmokas-on-nuclear-power-plant-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/12/21/minister-of-energy-sekmokas-on-nuclear-power-plant-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Nuclear Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arvydas Sekmokas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Visaginas nuclear plant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read a fragment of an interview with Minister of Energy Arvydas Sekmokas, published on 4 December on Delfi.lt web site.
&#8230;You are saying there were coincidences that might have determined the Koreans&#8217; decision. Can you provide examples?
The G20 Summit in South Korea, after which a series of memorandums were signed between Russia and South Korea. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania report on bathing water</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/08/21/lithuania-report-on-bathing-water/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/08/21/lithuania-report-on-bathing-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ecoliving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leisure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bathing water quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the European Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The European Environment Agency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The European Environment Agency presents the annual report of bathing water quality – 2009 bathing season.
Bathing water quality in EU Member States remains high. Clean bathing water is of vital importance for the economic sector such as tourism; it is also vital for the living nature – flora and fauna.
The annual report of bathing water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barroso: Lithuania is an active member of EU</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/06/02/barroso-lithuania-is-an-active-member-of-eu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/06/02/barroso-lithuania-is-an-active-member-of-eu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jose Manuel Barroso]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso praised the government of Lithuania on Tuesday evening, saying that it was an active participant in the European Union.
&#8220;We have fiscal consolidation at the same time as greater degrees of coordination – not only in budget matters, but in structural reform needed for [the country to] remain competitive,” he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baltic energy independence is a priority for the whole EU</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/06/02/baltic-energy-independence-is-a-priority-for-the-whole-eu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/06/02/baltic-energy-independence-is-a-priority-for-the-whole-eu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic Energy Market]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA["Implementing the Europe 2020 Strategy: Key Next Steps"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltic energy market interconnection plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalia Grybauskaitė]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, who is currently visiting Lithuania.
Topics discussed during the working breakfast included the preparation for the Brussels European Council in June, the economic and financial crisis in the EU, the EU&#8217;s Strategy 2020, and measures to promote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuania lags below EU average on many IT indicators</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/05/17/lithuania-lags-below-eu-average-on-many-it-indicators/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/05/17/lithuania-lags-below-eu-average-on-many-it-indicators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 17:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2009 Digital Competitiveness Report]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission published the 2009 Digital Competitiveness Report in which Lithuania’s IT society is promising but still, many its indicators are below the EU average.
The report said that corresponding to its low level of connectivity, Internet use by Lithuanian households also remains below average. At 43% Lithuania also has an above average proportion of [...]]]></description>
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