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BNS: Lithuania to close N-plant in 2012 unless EU works out special plan - minister Added 2008-10-09 VILNIUS, Oct 09, BNS - Lithuania will close its Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) in 2012 unless the European Union works out a special plan for dealing with the consequences of the shutdown without jeopardizing the essential interests of the...
BNS: Almost half of Lithuania's population supports euro adoption - poll Added 2008-10-08 VILNIUS, Oct 08, BNS - Almost a half of Lithuania's population or 49 percent are in favor of adoption the euro as the national currency, the latest poll by the public opinion and market research company RAIT has shown.
BNS: Lithuania to bring up its energy security, Georgia's territorial integrity in European Council session Added 2008-10-08 VILNIUS, Oct 08, BNS - Lithuania will draw attention to its energy security situation and aim to vouchsafe European Union (EU) support to Georgia's territorial integrity in the European Council session due next week.
BNS: Half of Lithuanian population planning on casting votes in EP elections Added 2008-10-07 VILNIUS, Oct 07, BNS - About 52 percent of Lithuanian inhabitants plan to partake in next year's European Parliament (EP) elections - a figure 20 percent less than that of last year.This tendency was revealed in a representative survey conducted...
EP: Hitler and Stalin's victims remembered with special day Added 2008-10-06 In the litany of historical infamy, the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of August 1939 looms large. It led to terror and occupation for the countries carved up by Hitler and Stalin. To commemorate the victims of Stalinism and Nazism, the date of...
BNS: Lithuania's Ignalina N-plant to lay off about 50 pct of workforce in 2010 Added 2008-10-06 VILNIUS, Oct 06, BNS - Lithuania's Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP), which is making arrangements for full closure late in 2009, will lay off about 50 percent of existing workforce in 2010."We have been reducing our workforce gradually - the...
Autumn Equinox festivities at the Permanent Representation of Lithuania Added 2008-10-01 On the evening of 29th September, the Autumn Equinox Feast started in the courtyard of the Lithuanian Permanent Representation to the EU, situated in Etterbeek. The event was organized jointly by the Permanent Representation and the Ministry of...
BNS: Lithuania, other EU Member States to seek cut in administrative burden by one-fourth by 2012 Added 2008-09-26 VILNIUS, Sept 25, BNS - Lithuania will join other European Union (EU) Member States in efforts to cut administrative burden by one-fourth by 2012.
BNS: 5 Lithuanian observers join EU mission in Georgia Added 2008-09-26 VILNIUS, Sep 25, BNS - Five officials of Lithuania's Police Department, the Foreign Ministry and the Interior Ministry left for Georgia to join the European Union's (EU) observation mission there. The Lithuanian team, which has received an armored...
BNS: PM says Lithuania sticks to 2011 euro entry target Added 2008-09-26 VILNIUS, Sep 25, BNS - Despite the economic slowdown and high inflation, Lithuania has not abandoned its plans to adopt the euro in 2011, Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas said on Thursday.  "We remain committed to our plan to introduce the...