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Lithuanian Foreign Minister: Russia has not yet implemented its obligations concerning withdrawal of troops from Georgia Added 2008-10-14 On 13 October, during European Union’s General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in Luxembourg, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Petras Vaitiekūnas and heads of diplomacy of other EU Member States discussed situation in...
BNS: Lithuanian foreign minister to discuss prospects for EU-Russia relations with colleagues in Luxembourg Added 2008-10-13 VILNIUS, Oct 13, BNS - Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas will discuss with European Union (EU) colleagues, in a session of the European Union (EU) General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Luxembourg on Monday,...
BNS: Lithuania's government still hopes to agree with Brussels on extension of N-plant lifespan Added 2008-10-13 VILNIUS, Oct 13, BNS - Despite failure of non-binding referendum, Lithuania's government still hopes to agree with the European Commission (EC) on the extension of lifespan of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP), Prime Minister Gediminas...
BNS: Lithuanian president regrets failure of referendum on N-plant lifespan extension Added 2008-10-13 VILNIUS, Oct 13, BNS - Lithuanian President expressed regret over the population's failure to take the opportunity to support the government in the talks with the European Union (EU) on the extension of operations of the Ignalina Nuclear Power...
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...