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EUROPEAN LEADERS HAIL 'HISTORIC' EXPANSION OF BORDER FREE ZONE (AFP, December 21, 2007) Added 2007-12-21 ZITTAU, Germany, Dec 21, 2007 (AFP) - European leaders on Friday hailed the expansion of the Schengen passport-free travel zone to nine new countries as a landmark moment for the continent's integration. "This is an historic moment for which we...
KNOWLEDGEABLY CURIOUS (Lithuania in the World, 2007 No5, p. 14-17) Added 2007-11-16 John A. Cloud, the American ambassador to Lithuania, speaks about his life here and the past and present of Lithuania-US relations For a representative of what political analysts like to call a “hegemonic power”, John A. Cloud cuts a remarkably...
A UNIQUE LANGUAGE: THE OLDEST LIVING INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE FINDS ITS PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD (Lithuania in the World, 2007 No5, p.18-21) Added 2007-11-16 Due to their similar political situations and their historical development in the 20th century, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are often treated as sisters, and referred to as the Baltic States. The name Baltic is even applied to the entire region....
FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURS (2007 Issue 9, p. 51-53) Added 2007-11-14 We met with the H.E. Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania, Mr Borys Klimchuk at the Ukrainian Embassy in Vilnius where we discussed the many issues involving the joint historical, economical, cultural and political ties between our two countries....
EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY IS THE BEST INVESTMENT INTO THE FUTURE (Baltic Rim Economies, Bimonthly Review 5/2007) Added 2007-11-05 Twenty years ago the idea of restoring the independence of the three Baltic States - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - was still considered a risky political project. However, with the support and solidarity of the Western democracies, we not only...
POLAND AND LITHUANIA TO SIGN A WIDE-REACHING COOPERATION DEAL WITH GUAM TO SHAKE OFF DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIA (Agence Europe, 11 October 2007) Added 2007-10-11 Meeting in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, on the fringes of a summit on energy security, the Lithuanian and Polish heads of state, Valdas Adamkus and Lech Kaczynski, signed a wide-reaching energy cooperation agreement on Wednesday 10 October...
ADAMKUS GETS A DEAL, BUT POLES STILL ELUSIVE (The Baltic Times, 11th October, 2007) Added 2007-10-11 VILNIUS CONFERENCE -- Lithuania’s President Valdas Adamkus gave another example of his deal-brokering skills Oct. 10 at the Vilnius Energy Conference which he is hosting. Adamkus persuaded the presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Poland and Ukraine...
BALLINROBE REMEMBERS HERO PILOT (The Mayo News, Tuesday, 02 October 2007 ) Added 2007-10-08 WHEN Lithuanian immigrants chose Ballinrobe as the town in which they would seek a better life, they chose wisely, Asta Bautreniene told her audience last Sunday. As a huge crowd of her fellow countrymen, women and children gathered for a day of...
YOUR FAMILY DECORATOR: LOVELY LITHUANIA BELATEDLY BUT HEARTILY WELCOMES TOURISTS (Palm Beach Daily News, August 30, 2007) Added 2007-09-26 Columnist discovers cultural, artistic and architectural charms of long-ignored Baltic capital Vilnius, surrounding region.
THE DYNAMIC SPIRIT OF BUSINESS GIVES LIFE TO THE SILK ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE BALTIC SEA (Jūra.More.Sea, 2007/05 ) Added 2007-09-24 When they look at a map of Kazakhstan, a big country rich with natural resources, many Lithuanians remember the legendary Silk Road that connected Asia and Europe. Even geographically part of Kazakhstan’s territory falls in Europe. Today many...