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SWEDEN ADMITS 'DEBT OF HONOUR' TO BALTICS OVER SOVIET ERA (AFP, 15 August 2011) Added 2011-08-15 STOCKHOLM, August 15, 2011. Sweden owes its Baltic neighbours a "debt of honour" for turning a blind eye to post-war Soviet occupation, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt told his counterparts on Monday.
BOUND BY BROTHERLY TIES (The Baltic Times, 3 August, 2011) Added 2011-08-03 Bound by sister languages, similar cultures and a shared history, Latvian-Lithuanian relations today are like a rapidly increasing brotherly friendship. These two countries together endured Soviet occupation before regaining their independence....
U.S. EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER AUSTRIA'S ACTIONS IN GOLOVATOV'S CASE - LITHUANIAN MEDIA (BNS, 28 July 2011) Added 2011-07-28 VILNIUS, Jul 28, BNS - The news on the release of former KGB officer and suspect in the January 13 case, Mikhail Golovatov, has reached Washington as Lithuania's name was mentioned several times at the U.S. Congress, the Lithuanian daily Lietuvos...
AZUBALIS STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENS FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES (Baltic-Course, 26 July 2011) Added 2011-07-26 On 25 July in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis met with representatives from the Union of Poles in Lithuania, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. Azubalis stressed the importance of dialogue between the government...
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR SAINT PETERSBURG TUMBLES DOWN (Alfa, 26 July 2011) Added 2011-07-26 A large-scale accident took place in the Leningrad NPP-2 that is currently under construction – the mounted fixtures collapsed. Neither the Soviet Union, nor post-Soviet Russia has ever seen a failure of similar scale in the construction of...
CONFERENCE ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND AUSTRIA (DELFI, 21 July 2011) Added 2011-07-21 Participants: Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis
LATVIA PROTESTS AUSTRIA'S RELEASE OF RUSSIAN 1991 SUSPECT (AFP, 19 July 2011) Added 2011-07-19 VILNIUS, July 19, 2011 (AFP) - Latvia on Tuesday waded into a bitter dispute between fellow EU members Lithuania and Austria over Vienna's release of a Russian who Vilnius wants to try over a bloody 1991 Soviet crackdown.
AUSTRIA AND LITHUANIA LOCK HORNS OVER EX-KGB GENERAL (EUobserver, 18 July 2011) Added 2011-07-18 EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Austria's release of a former KGB general allegedly responsible for the deaths of 14 people during Lithuania's independence protests in 1991 has outraged the Baltic state, which says the decision could affect future...
LITHUANIA RECALLS AUSTRIA ENVOY AMID SOVIET CRACKDOWN SPAT (AFP, 18 July 2011) Added 2011-07-18 Lithuania recalled its ambassador from Austria Monday amid blame-trading for Vienna's release of a Russian wanted over a bloody 1991 Soviet crackdown on the Baltic state's independence drive.
LITHUANIA SLAMS AUSTRIA AS CRACKDOWN SUSPECT FREED (Reuters, 18 July 2011) Added 2011-07-18 VILNIUS, July 18 (Reuters) - Lithuania said on Monday it was recalling temporarily its ambassador from Austria in protest at Austria's decision to release a former Soviet officer wanted in connection with a bloody 1991 crackdown on independence...