The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Vilnius - US ice dancing star Katherine Leigh Copely has lost her bid to gain Lithuanian citizenship and thus her ability to represent Lithuania in next year's Olympics. Copley's application for Lithuanian citizenship was rejected by the Baltic state...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
“Everyone is a historian here, everyone is preoccupied arguing who Vilnius belonged to in the past, whose it should be now, and whether true Lithuanians were of Slavic or Baltic origin. It almost seems as if Lithuanian modernity was nonexistent,” writes Andrei Khrapavitski about online and offline debates in Lithuania. “I don’t know what the [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Award-winning writer renowned for thrillers such as The Rose of Tibet and The Chelsea Murders Graham Greene called Lionel Davidson, who has died aged 87, the first contemporary storyteller to have recaptured the high adventure of Rider Haggard, while Rebecca West once said he was a young Kipling. This was not hyperbole for, as a novelist, Davidson chose the international thriller form, without being...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
VILNIUS, Lithuania - A Lithuanian lawmaker says there is no evidence that U.S. airplanes with al-Qaida suspects ever landed in the Baltic country. A recent report by ABC...
Israelated (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Leftover from a bad week. A tank long out of service, sitting by itself off a lonely stretch of road on the Golan Heights, exposed to the elements. A gigantic clash of armour--one of the largest such battles ever, took place nearby. Did we do this? Jew from the Lvov and Vilnius and Brno and Vienna and Plonsk and hndreds of little towns in central and eastern Europe, and from the Jewish quarters of...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
[JURIST] Lithuanian lawmakers on Wednesday demanded an investigation into allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) established a secret prison for al Qaeda suspects in the Baltic country. The Lithuanian Parliament National Security and Defense Committee said it wants the full 141-member assembly to approve the probe next week. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite on Tuesday said...
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
VILNIUS - On Oct. 15, the Lithuanian parliament confirmed the candidacy of Algirdas Semeta to occupy a post in the European Commission. The decision was approved by the votes of the ruling center-right majority in the parliament - 64 MPs supported his candidacy and 28 MPs voted against, while 21 MPs...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Lithuanian lawmakers on Wednesday demanded an investigation into allegations that the CIA established a prison for al-Qaida suspects in the Baltic country.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Vilnius - The Lithuanian parliament said Wednesday it would fast-track an official enquiry into whether the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated a secret prison near Vilnius until 2005. The decision announced by the National Security and Def...
Sify (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania must properly investigate allegations it hosted a secret CIA prison for al Qaeda and, if true, take responsibility for its actions, the president said on Tuesday.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania must properly investigate allegations it hosted a secret CIA prison for al Qaeda and, if true, take responsibility for its actions, the president said on Tuesday.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Vilnius - Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said Tuesday that her country should apologize and promise that it will never happen again if claims that it hosted a secret prison run by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) until 1995 prove t...
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
VILNIUS - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, visiting the Baltic countries, arrived at Zokniai Air Base near the northern Lithuanian town of Siauliai on Oct. 9. Now the base hosts a German detachment of fighter planes, provided for the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic states. He me...
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
VILNIUS - European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek paid a one-day official visit to Lithuania on Oct. 2, traveling from Riga where he was also on an official visit. Buzek’s task was to show solidarity with this region’s countries in a time of economic crisis. While in Riga, Buzek, former prime ...
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patrickguillard | 01/23/2009
Linz and Vilnius were chosen as European Cultural Capitales 2009. This event aims at making people from Europe closer. Those two towns will offer fantastic programmes of events and activities for the year. Linz celebrated the start of its European project with three days of festivities in the company of its visitors from near and far. On the eve of 2009, Vilnius residents and visitors witnessed a unique
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