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EU offers more funds to dismantle aging n-plants

Last Updated: Saturday, November 24, 2012, 08:28

The European Union (EU) has offered Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania additional funding to dismantle their nuclear power facilities, as per reports.

Athlete barred from Olympics after marrying foreigner

Last Updated: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 08:58

A leading pentathlete, ranked 19th in the world and who represented Lithuania at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but received Russian citizenship in 2011 after marrying a Russian, has been blocked from competing at London 2012.

Vandalism in Poland incites hatred: Lithuania PM

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 10:19

Ties between Poland and Lithuania have become strained over the treatment of ethnic minorities.

Hillary outlines road ahead for Arab democracy

Last Updated: Friday, July 1, 2011, 15:51

Hillary said rule of law, political parties and democratic institutions must emerge in Arab world.

Lithuania seeks compensation from Russia

Last Updated: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 15:32

Soviet forces launched an attack on a Vilnius television tower in 1991.

Lithuanian goes on trial over alleged Islamist bomb plot

Last Updated: Friday, December 24, 2010, 00:07

A Lithuanian woman went on trial behind closed doors in the Baltic state today on charges of plotting a suicide bombing in Russia for an Islamist network.

Lithuania named EU`s murder capital

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 09:25

You are more likely to be murdered in the Baltic state of Lithuania than anywhere else in the European Union, according to figures released by the EU`s official statistics agency, Eurostat.

Lithuanian historian quits after Holocaust article

Last Updated: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 23:15

A Lithuanian historian quit his civil service job on Thursday after seven ambassadors from fellow European nations accused him of denying the Holocaust.

Lithuanian Soviet leader turned democrat, Brazauskas, dies

Last Updated: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 08:38

Algirdas Brazauskas had been undergoing treatment for lymphatic cancer.

Torture watchdogs visit alleged CIA lock-ups in Lithuania

Last Updated: Friday, June 18, 2010, 23:45

European anti-torture watchdogs have visited two purported former `war on terror` lock-ups in Lithuania allegedly used by US agents to interrogate Al-Qaeda suspects, Lithuanian authorities said on Friday.

Lithuania may have hosted two US `war on terror` jails

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 17:21

Staunch US ally Lithuania may have hosted two `war on terror` lock-ups used by American agents to interrogate suspected Al-Qaeda members, the head of a commission of inquiry said Tuesday.

Lithuania announces opening of its embassy in Delhi next month

Last Updated: Monday, November 30, 2009, 18:09

Baltic state of Lithuania on Tuesday announced the opening of its embassy in the capital and a consulate in Mumbai by next month for strengthening its business and economic ties with India.