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Lithuanian roads most dangerous in EuropeLithuania is the most dangerous place to drive in Europe. Car crashes killed 739 Lithuanians in 2007 - ' a death rate of 21.9 per 100,000 people.
Source : topix.net | 24-Jul-2008 03:10
Relaunching the Missile Debate
Testimonials "Salans opened its Moscow office the same year as The Moscow Times was first published.
Source : topix.net | 23-Jul-2008 01:26
Lithuanian Tax Office Website Hit By Cyber Attack
By Reuters 9:41 AM EDT Mon. Jul. 21, 2008 VILNIUS, July 21 - Lithuania said it suffered another foreign cyber attack over the weekend when the state tax office's website was swamped with requests, but no damage ...
Source : topix.net | 22-Jul-2008 02:56
Argentine media: Lithuania willing to join U.S. anti-missile system if necessary
Lithuania is willing to allow the United States to deploy an anti-ballistic missile shield on its soil when the need arises, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said in an recent interview published on ...
Source : topix.net | 21-Jul-2008 05:59
Lithuania's Jewish Problem
Lithuania, a NATO ally with a Jewish history in turn glorious and tragic, has once again become a cause for Jewish concern more than 60 years after the Holocaust.
Source : topix.net | 20-Jul-2008 21:52
Lithuania ready to host missile shield
Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus says his country is ready to conduct talks with the United States about hosting elements of a missile defense system.
Source : topix.net | 19-Jul-2008 21:38
Linking Communism With Nazism
Testimonials "The Moscow Times has been Antal International's strongest media partner since the early 1990s.
Source : topix.net | 19-Jul-2008 13:12
Family fun: a day in the Gulag?
Statues of Lenin and Stalin, removed from Lithuania's public spaces in the years following its independence from the Soviet Union, now adorn a replica Soviet prison camp in Dzukija National Park.
Source : topix.net | 18-Jul-2008 12:53
The new centre of Europe
Although the Lithuanian capital Vilnius is undeniably part of eastern Europe, geographically it is in fact right in the middle of the continent.
Source : topix.net | 17-Jul-2008 12:43
ANZAG Acquires Majority Stake in Lithuanian Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Armila
Andreae-Noris Zahn AG yesterday signed a share purchase agreement to acquire a 92-per-cent stake in Lithuanian pharmaceutical wholesaler JSC Armila.
Source : topix.net | 16-Jul-2008 12:25
Lithuania Appoints First Ambassador to Bulgaria
Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus presented Monday letters of credence to ArA nas VinA iA nas, who is to become the country's first ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria.
Source : topix.net | 15-Jul-2008 16:30
Reps of Human Rights Commission to visit Lithuania
ASTANA. July 14. KAZINFORM /Kurmat Samarkhan/ Members of the Commission for Human Rights under the Kazakh President and reps of advocatory are to visit Vilnius on July 14-18 within the joint project of the ...
Source : topix.net | 15-Jul-2008 05:38
Bollywood, Hindi, Samosas - Lithuanian Professor Loves the Indian Concoction
Valancihnas, who has 13 students learning Indology at Vilnius University, said that he opted to learn Hindi because he loved the way it sounded.
Source : topix.net | 14-Jul-2008 21:27
Lithuanian, Polish presidents h...
Events begin today to commemorate the 75-year anniversary since Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas' flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Source : topix.net | 14-Jul-2008 13:10
Bollywood, Hindi, samosas - Lithuanian professor loves the Indian concoction
Deimantas Valancihnas, a 27-year-old Lithuanian, is a self-confessed Indophile in this Baltic nation.
Source : topix.net | 13-Jul-2008 14:10
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Twenty-Eight
Genius thereminist Clara Rockmore was born Clara Reisenberg in Vilna , Lithuania, in 1911.
Source : topix.net | 12-Jul-2008 01:20
Country profile: Lithuania
Lithuania is the largest and most southerly of the three Baltic republics. Not much more than a decade after it regained its independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Lithuania was welcomed as a ...
Source : topix.net | 10-Jul-2008 15:29
Smith Checks on Kaunas
Rangers manager Walter Smith has flown to Lithuania to spy on likely Champions League opponents FBK Kaunas.
Source : topix.net | 09-Jul-2008 22:04
Lithuanian soldiers discharged...
" Out of the three Lithuanian soldiers serving in Afghanistan, two have chosen to cut there mission short and have been discharged from the service.
Source : topix.net | 09-Jul-2008 17:35
Tensions Mount Over Lithuanian Probe
A meeting between Jewish communal officials and Lithuania's prime minister did not dispel increasing tension over Lithuania's investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Jewish partisans during World War ...
Source : topix.net | 09-Jul-2008 09:22
Lithuanian PM makes time for te...
Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas says he did not attend the commemoration of the Crowning of Mindaugas - the Statehood Day at S.Daukantas Square inVilniuson Sunday because he did not manage to prepare for it ...
Source : topix.net | 08-Jul-2008 22:12
Better gay than grey, EU citizens tell leaders
Brussels, July 1 : European Union citizens would prefer to elect a gay leader than to have one they consider too old, a study released in Brussels revealed Tuesday.
Source : topix.net | 08-Jul-2008 14:11
Lithuanians differ on EU-Russia...
Lithuanians differ in their judgment of the country's stance on EU talks with Russia, with 26 percent justifying Vilnius' actions and 29 percent of the polled saying this decision was off.
Source : topix.net | 07-Jul-2008 13:53
Inside the Beltway
"The most impossible idea that you will hear during your time here is the one that puts trust and respect in our government." - Lawrence Lessig , professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of the ...
Source : topix.net | 07-Jul-2008 05:36
Lithuania pays transsexual $63,140 for surgery
Lithuania has paid 40,000 euros for a citizen to undergo a full sex change operation abroad because the government missed a July 1 deadline, set by a European court, to adopt a domestic gender reassignment law.
Source : topix.net | 06-Jul-2008 05:33
Remarks With Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas Before Their Meeting
SECRETARY RICE: Welcome. Let me just say welcome. It's great to have the Prime Minister of a great friend here.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jul-2008 21:14
NKU Faculty and Students Leave for Lithuania to Partner with Leading 3-D Animators
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky.-- --A new work-study program gives Northern Kentucky University students a seat at the table with some of the world ' s leading virtual effects artists.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jul-2008 13:00
Lithuania: Attacks focused on hosting company
Security Management Zone Security management is the process of developing a comprehensive data protection plan.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jul-2008 04:44
Dual citizenship now allowed in Lithuania
The Lithuanian parliament approved the new edition of the Citizenship Law, in which children of emigrants living in European Union and NATO member states will be entitled to dual citizenship.
Source : topix.net | 04-Jul-2008 20:59
Eagle chick spreads its wings
Animal lovers in Lithuania are being treated to the rare sight of a new-born golden eagle.
Source : topix.net | 04-Jul-2008 12:37
Lithuania told to stop ‘anti-Russian activity’
The State Duma has called on Lithuania to end what it calls anti-Russian activity.
Source : topix.net | 04-Jul-2008 04:35
Lithuania Weathers Cyber Attack, Braces for Round 2
Hundreds of Lithuanian government and corporate Web sites were hacked and plastered with Soviet-era symbols and other digital graffiti this week in what appears to be a coordinated cyber attack launched by ...
Source : topix.net | 03-Jul-2008 20:24
5 Lithuanian cities awarded for active promotion of European values
Five Lithuanian cities were awarded in Strasburg Wednesday for active promotion of European values.
Source : topix.net | 03-Jul-2008 12:20
Lithuanian truckers take up French ...
A convoy of trucks protesting rising fuel prices brought traffic near Siauliai, Lithuania's fourth largest city, to a halt on June 27.
Source : topix.net | 03-Jul-2008 04:00
Russia warns Lithuania against U.S. missile defense sites
Russian lawmakers warned Lithuania against agreeing to place U.S. missile defense sites in the Baltic country, saying Wednesday that such a move could trigger a Russian military buildup in the region.
Source : topix.net | 02-Jul-2008 19:50
Polish, Lithuanian President to Attend GUAM Summit
Presidents of Poland Lech Kaczynski and of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus will arrive in Georgia to participate in the GUAM summit, which will open in Batumi, Adjara Autonomous Republic, on July 1. Ukrainian and ...
Source : topix.net | 02-Jul-2008 11:46
Ex-IAF pilot takes Indian flavours to Lithuania
When he was flying aircrafts, Wing Commander Rajinder Kumar Chaudhary, a retired Indian Air Force pilot, had probably never imagined he would someday open the first and only Indian restaurant in the heart of ...
Source : topix.net | 02-Jul-2008 03:36
US committed to Poland on missile talks
The United States said Tuesday that it continues to believe it can strike a deal to set up a missile defense base in Poland, despite negotiations bogging down in a dispute over military aid for Poland.
Source : topix.net | 01-Jul-2008 19:19
Life After Death in the EU
According to a Brussels anecdote, the main revelation of every European Union presidency at the end of its six-month stint is that there is life after death after all.
Source : topix.net | 01-Jul-2008 11:15
Ex-Soviet Lithuania hit by cyber attack
Unidentified hackers broke into several hundred Lithuanian Web sites over the weekend, plastering them with communist symbols, government officials said Monday.
Source : topix.net | 01-Jul-2008 06:37
President congratulates Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
Monday, June 23, Vilnius - President of the Republic of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus sent congratulations on behalf of himself and the people of Lithuania to the Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg on the national ...
Source : topix.net | 29-Jun-2008 11:18
Lithuania, EU to discuss extending nuclear plant operation
Lithuania will hold negotiations with the European Union this fall regarding extending the operation of the Ignalina nuclear power plant, Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas said Thursday.
Source : topix.net | 27-Jun-2008 11:02
Russia 'does not rule out' U.S.-Lithuania missile defense talks. © s .
Russia does not rule out the possibility that the U.S. and Lithuania are holding informal talks over the deployment in the former Soviet state of elements of a U.S. missile defense system, Russia's foreign ...
Source : topix.net | 25-Jun-2008 11:12
Emma Goldman - Lithuania-Russia-USA
Linked with the Jewish Women's Archive JWA. Emma Goldman was an anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches.
Source : topix.net | 24-Jun-2008 08:32
In the Jerusalem of the North, the Jewish Story is Forgotten
Jonathan Steele: Three times as many people died in Lithuania under the Nazis than the Soviets, but the state is myopic about the past Follow the English signs to this elegant baroque city's Museum of Genocide ...
Source : topix.net | 22-Jun-2008 08:09
EU Trade Chief Says Spat Won't Hurt Summit
Testimonials. "15 years since we started The Moscow Times and I cannot imagine starting my day without the newspaper.
Source : topix.net | 21-Jun-2008 02:15