MAYO TO CELEBRATE 1935 CRASH LANDING (The Irish Times, 15 June 2010)
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SCHOOLCHILDREN IN Ballinrobe in Co Mayo are being invited to recreate a historic flight that brought the world’s media to their town 75 years ago.
ISRAELI MP APPLAUDS LITHUANIA'S PROGRESS IN JEWISH PROPERTY ISSUES (Baltic News Service, 7 June 2010)
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VILNIUS, Jun 07, BNS - The head of delegation of the Israeli parliament visiting Vilnius, Zeev Bielski, says he is happy with the progress achieved in Lithuania in the settlement of restitution of property of the country's Jews.
AFGHAN 'JIRGA' IN QUEST FOR PEACE (Agence France-Presse, 1 June 2010)
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KABUL, June 1, 2010 (AFP) - President Hamid Karzai will Wednesday gather up to 1,600 leaders from across Afghanistan, seeking a national consensus on how to end nearly nine years of war and ultimately allow US-led troops to withdraw. The three-day...
RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES ARE DETERMINED NOT ONLY BY THEIR LEADERS (Lietuvos rytas, 30 April 2010)
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The loss. President L.Kaczyński was not the only loyal friend that Lithuania lost in the plane crash
Political analysts said that the Smolensk disaster ended the golden age of Lithuanian-Polish relations that had lasted for almost five years....
LITHUANIAN SOUTH AFRICA (VilNews, South African Issue, April 2010)
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It is considered that around 90% of the approximately 80,000 Jews living in South Africa are of Lithuanian descent (the so-called Litvaks), which thus constitutes the largest pocket of Litvaks in the world! You are hereby invited to learn more...
BEYOND HUMAN TRAGEDIES (The Jerusalem Post, 13 April 2010)
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When it comes to mass murder, ‘tragedy’ doesn’t even begin to describe it. By Vytautas Landsbergis
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF INDEPENDENCE OF LITHUANIA (19 March 2010, Southwest News-Herald – City)
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A celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Re-Establishment of Independence of the Republic of Lithuania was held March 11 at Midway International Airport.
The highlight of the celebration was the re-dedication of the plaque in Concourse A...
AFGHANISTAN ENVOY FLIES THE FLAG FOR NEW EU STATES (EUobserver, 24 February 2010)
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EUOBSERVER/BRUSSELS - The EU's new envoy to Afghanistan, Lithuanian diplomat Vygaudas Usackas, has said he aims to demonstrate that new member states are up to handling the bloc's top overseas postings.
CELEBRATORY YEAR FOR LITHUANIAN STATEHOOD (The Japan Times, 16 February 2010, p.6)
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It is my pleasure to address the readers of The Japan Times on the occasion of the 92nd anniversary of the declaration of the restoration of the State of Lithuania. Last year was full of commemorative events throughout the country and abroad as...
AVROM SUTZKEVER: MASTER OF A DYING LANGUAGE (The Jerusalem Post, 2 February 2010)
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One of the last of the Yiddish literary giants passed away last week - sadly, almost unnoticed.
One of the benefits of living in the Internet era is that, when in doubt, a quick assessment can be made of the importance of a person or an event by...