News: Lithuania

We have started to collect the most important news related to Lithuania in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• 'Real IRA' arms trial adjourned – Lithuania centre-right claims win
• Lithuania gets first woman leader – Nazi helper avoids Lithuania jail
• New PM named in Lithuania – Two charged over head on beach

Lithuania: news

'Real IRA' arms trial adjourned

Tuesday, August 18th 2009, 14:41
related countries: Ireland
related places: Vilnius

The trial in Lithuania of a man charged with trying to buy arms and explosives for the Real IRA is adjourned until October.
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Baltic backing for Lisbon Treaty

Thursday, May 8th 2008, 18:15
related countries: Latvia, Portugal

The parliaments in two Baltic states, Latvia and Lithuania, vote to approve the EU's Lisbon Treaty.
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Baltic states in EU energy tie-up

Friday, December 8th 2006, 11:17
related countries: Poland

Lithuania and Poland are to sign a deal to link their power grids - an important step in Baltic-EU integration.
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Baltic victims of USSR remembered

Wednesday, June 14th 2006, 18:07
related countries: Estonia

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania mourn thousands of their people who were exiled to Siberia during Soviet rule.
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CIA used Lithuania 'black sites'

Tuesday, December 22nd 2009, 23:44

Lithuania hosted at least two secret CIA prisons for terror suspects until 2006, an official Lithuanian inquiry finds.
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Decision due on eurozone bids

Tuesday, May 16th 2006, 11:10
related countries: Slovenia

The EU is to decide whether Slovenia and Lithuania can become part of the eurozone and start using the euro as their currency.
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EU says Russia talks to go ahead

Tuesday, May 13th 2008, 15:31
related countries: Russia

EU diplomats say Lithuania has dropped its veto threat, paving the way for EU strategic partnership talks with Russia.
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Head-on-beach murderer convicted

Friday, February 13th 2009, 16:25
related countries: United Kingdom

A Lithuanian man is found guilty of killing a woman whose head was found by children on a beach in Scotland.
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Lithuania backs child censor bill

Tuesday, July 14th 2009, 17:23

Lithuania's parliament backs a law restricting certain information, including on homosexuality, from reaching minors.
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Lithuania centre-right claims win

Monday, October 27th 2008, 1:00

Lithuania's conservatives come first in the general election, after making gains in the second round of voting.
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'Real IRA' arms trial adjourned – Lithuania centre-right claims winLithuania gets first woman leader – Nazi helper avoids Lithuania jailNew PM named in Lithuania – Two charged over head on beach