WHY EUROPE MUST KEEP ITS WORD (EUROPEAN VOICE, 6-12 November 2008, Volume 14, No. 41, p.9)
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Resuming talks with Russia before it has withdrawn its troops from Georgia would be a disaster.
How slow we were to wake up to the first war of the 21st century. How long it took – to the point of indifference – for us to notice the plight of...
SAAKASHVILI SAVED GEORGIA FROM COUP, FORMER PUTIN AIDE SAYS (EUobserver.com 14.10.2008)
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EUOBSERVER / TBILISI – The Georgian president had no other option than to attack South Ossetia in order to save his country from a Russian coup, Andrei Illarionov, former advisor to Vladimir Putin has said in an interview with EUobserver on the...
TACKLING THE ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE: THE CHAIRMAN SPEAKS ("Arms Control Today", October 2008)
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When I was nominated in December 2007 as the chair-designate of the third biennial meeting of states (BMS3), my team and I immediately focused on the task of ensuring a successful outcome. This, of course, is the duty of any meeting chair; but in...
VIEW FROM THE UN BALTS WEIGH IN AT GENERAL DEBATE ("The Baltic Times", 2-8 October 2008, Vol.10, page 14)
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The three Baltic presidents delivered a powerful punch during the U.N. General Assembly debate at U.N. headquarters in New York City, and The Baltic Times was there for the knockout. Although 192 member states were invited to participate in...
LITHUANIA READY TO "HELP BELARUS EMBARK ON EUROPEAN PATH" (BelaPAN, 18 September 2008)
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Lithuania has always been ready to help Belarus embark on a European path, Violeta Gaizauskaite, spokesperson for the Lithuanian foreign ministry, said in an interview with BelaPAN.
“Belarus could demonstrate such a movement in the forthcoming...
DOBRIANSKY: AIDING FREE SOCIETIES ("The Washington Times", 15 September 2008)
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As countries observe the first International Day of Democracy today, it is fitting to take stock of a multilateral movement that began eight years ago as a voluntary, values-based commitment — the Community of Democracies. Led by Portugal, foreign...
THE RAIN IN SPAIN (Lithuania in the World, Vol. 16 September – October 2008, p. 4-7)
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World expo draws to a successful close
As the final month of Saragossa’s 2008 World Expo, Water and Sustainable Development, draws to its close, Lithuania’s pavilion continues to attract thousands of visitors each day, a testament to the hard...
HEALING IS POSSIBLE (Lithuania in the World, Vol. 16 September – October 2008, p. 11-15)
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Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims this year are expected in the small town of Šiluva
Four hundred years ago, 250 years before Lourdes and more than 300 years before Fatima, the Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared in the tiny town of Šiluva....
MYSTICAL HILL IN LITHUANIA (City Paper, No.112, September 2008, p.30-31)
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The Hill of Crosses in northwestern Lithuania has become a worthy tourist destination as well as a religious Catholic pilgrimage spot. In England it’s the Big Ben, in Italy the Colloseum, in Egypt the Pyramids – in Lithuania it’s the Hill of...
L.TALAT-KELPŠA. EVENTS IN GEORGIA: REAL AND ASSUMED TRUTH (Delfi.lt, 4 September 2008)
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Events of the past weeks in Georgia have had wide international repercussions. Lithuania is no exception, as the events in that small country in the southern Caucasus have reminded many people here of the events of 13 January: the same tanks, the...