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Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

KAUNAS - On Friday evening, the Labor Party's convention will take place. The party's election program and the party's candidates to the Seimas will be presented during the conventi...

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Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

DAUGAVPILS - Inmates in Daugavgriva Prison's Daugavpils sector have gone on a hunger strike over badly washed plates and utensils in the prison, as Aleksandrs Sabanovs from inmates' organiz...

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Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

TALLINN - At the Eurovision song contest 2nd semi-finals concert on Thursday in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Estonian entry won a place at the final concert that takes place on Saturday, Postimees Online ...

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Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - In an interview with Latvian Television's newscast “Panorama” last night, Education and Science Minister Roberts Kilis said that if he fails to keep his promise to teachers, ...

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Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - Latvian Transport Minister Aivis Ronis has urged officials to refrain from speaking out on the train supply contract signed by the rail passenger company Pasazieru vilciens (PV) and Spain&rs...

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Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

VILNIUS - Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, who was attending the NATO Summit in Chicago, underlined that at this summit Lithuania had achieved and reaffirmed all the goals it had sought in ...

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Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - The Saeima Foreign Affairs Committee on May 23 approved the European Union’s fiscal discipline treaty in the second reading, highlighting that the treaty does not go against supporting...

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Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

TALLINN - In the first four months of this year, less than half the term residence permits for working in Estonia were issued than for the same period last year, a drop caused by the residence perm...

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Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - The Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat has written an article on the influx in the number of guest workers from Eastern Europe and Asia that reside on Finland’s Aland Islands. The...

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Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

VILNIUS - As the euro area is facing greater and greater problems, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite suggested not speculating on dates when Lithuania could adopt euro and stressed that savin...

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Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - Latvia could mark Ethnic Minority Days, which will not affect the country's holidays and remembrance days, Primez Minister Valdis Dombrovskis' (Unity) advisor on national identity, c...

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Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA – Today, Saeima almost unanimously voted for amendments to the Law on Personal Income Tax in the final reading. According to the amendments, the personal income tax rate will be reduced ...

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Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Baltic Times cooperates with the investigative journalism organization The Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism Re:Baltica, in ongoing cross-national investigative journalism projects. Th...

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Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

TALLINN - Former Reform Party Secretary General, current Justice Minister Kristen Michal expressed hope that the investigation that was initiated on May 22 to check into the allegations of former M...

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Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

TALLINN - The traditional Victory Day parade, which this year takes place in Parnu will be the biggest in recent years as over 1,500 people will participate, Parnu Postimees writes. The Victory...

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Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

BAKU - At last night’s first Eurovision semifinal in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, Latvia's singer Anmary and her "Beautiful Song" did not qualify for Eurovision finals. Anmary compe...

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Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA – On May 22, the Riga Regional Court sentenced lawyer Nikolajs Zikovs to 17 years in prison, property confiscation and three years of probation for murdering noted banker Aigars Egle in ...

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Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - Latvia currently has the highest proportion of jobseekers among the Baltic countries. In Lithuania, jobseekers constitute 14.5 percent of the economically-active population, in Estonia -...

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Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

CHICAGO– Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, who attended the NATO Summit in Chicago, underlined that at this summit Lithuania had achieved and reaffirmed all the goals it sought to ensu...

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Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

CHICAGO - On May 21, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis attended the meeting of NATO foreign ministers with representatives from the countries that aspire to NATO membership ...

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Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

TALLINN - In the first four months of 2012, over two times less term residence permits for working in Estonia were issued than at the same time last year, caused by the residence permits canal of t...

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Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - The Riga City Council has not received information about any potential threats to public order and safety, therefore there is no reason to ban the June 2 gay pride parade proposed by the Lat...

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Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

CHICAGO - President of Latvia Andris Berzins is attending the NATO summit in Chicago, and during the opening session on May 20, he appeared before the gathering to announce that “Latvia has d...

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Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

TALLINN - European Commission's Deputy President and Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas said on Friday in Tallinn that while work on the Rail Baltica project in working groups, including in Pol...

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Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

VILNIUS - One litas coin dedicated to basketball won the award of the most beautiful circulation coin in the Mint Directors Conference, which takes place every two years, the Bank of Lithuania said...

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Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - On May 17, Saeima almost unanimously approved a bill reducing the value added tax and the personal income tax in the first reading. The bill is yet to be reviewed in the second reading, ...

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Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

TALLINN - Around 800 managers and experts from 82 aviation companies will convene for the 2012 Routes Europe, the region’s annual route development forum, in Tallinn on May 20-22, Postimees O...

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Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

VILNIUS - Lithuanian Parliament has approved the building of the projected Visaginas nuclear power plant (NPP) and the concession agreement with the Japanese company Hitachi. A total of 63 MPs ...

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Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - Lithuania’s Ramunas Navardauskas found himself at the center of the cycling world last week after briefly leading the marquee cycling event, the Giro d’Italia. Racing for the Ame...