Lithuania News

Created: 21.09.2005 12:01 MSK , Updated: 12:01 MSK MosNews Moscow refused to hold a planned meeting between Russian and Lithuanian government officials in the wake of the scandal that broke out after a Russian ...4.5

Parliament hosted a lively discussion on Turkish membership in the European Union this week, with questions of religion and Cyprus taking the center stage.2.7

Most Russians believe the government should increase social program funding for public health, education, housing, utilities and sports, a leading national polling center reported Wednesday.2.7

Authentic, cooked-from-scratch food not only keeps members of Americas various ethnic groups close, but also serves to bridge the different cultures.

The government announced on Sept. 20 that it would sell half its interest in Mazeikiu Nafta, or 20 percent of the refinery's outstanding stock, at the same price majority owner Yukos would sell to a strategic ...2.7

Gazprom, Russia's natural gas giant, could complete talks on buying Sibneft, the country's fourth largest oil producer, by the end of 2005, a senior Gazprom official said Wednesday.2.7

Simon Wiesenthal, the controversial Nazi hunter who pursued hundreds of war criminals after World War II and who was central to preserving the memory of the Holocaust for more than half a century, died ...

The Lithuanian Constitutional Court has upheld the legality of the rules the national secret services referred to in their demand to close down the Kavkaz Center website run by Chechen separatists on Lithuanian ...4.1

President Moshe Katsav leaves today on an official tour of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to become the first president of Israel to visit the Baltic States.2.7

"A CHRISTIAN, BUT A JEW AT THE SAME TIME:" PROMINENT YIDDISH SCHOLAR'S SON RECALLS LIFE AS A JEWISH WAR REFUGEE, PHYSICS PROFESSOR AND EPISCOPAL PRIEST FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rebecca S. Wilson, ...1.3

This year has been a rather fruitful one for the Lithuanian film industry. Several film festivals, such as Kino Pavasaris , the Baltic Sea Documentary Forum, Tinklai and the AXX Commercial Film Festival ...2.7

Editorial note: No IT angle here, but plenty of entertainment from our ocassional series on criminal mishaps, blagging catastrophes and ne'er-do-well stupidity in general.2.7

Theater is always on the menu in Vilnius, but the annual Sirens Theater Festival is when you get the cream of the crop, with the added zest all crammed into just a couple of weeks in the early fall.2.7

Riga, Latvia - Police in the Latvian capital of Riga have ditched the idea of patrolling the city ... But drawing on the experience of police in neighbouring Lithuania, the Latvian force abandoned the idea.2.7

By Tim Hipps September 1, 2005 ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Staff Sgt. Dremiel Byers won a gold medal in the Greco-Roman heavyweight division of the 2005 Conseil International du Sport Militaire World Wrestling ...

An old anecdote told with a Caucasian accent has lately become very topical all of a sudden: A Georgian: The Georgians are better than the Azeris.2.7

THE Australian Navy has confronted the Swedish designers of the Collins-class submarines about a suspected design fault that increases the risk of a deadly on-board flood.1.3

If Vilnius lulled you to sleep during the warm summer months, you're sure to wake up to the storm of cultural events that will unfold during Capital Days.2.7

LIGHTS, CAMERA, AUCTION: ARMENIA PRIVATIZES A HISTORIC FILM STUDIO. WILL IT HELP REVIVE THE RICH CINEMA TRADITION OF THE CAUCASUS? By Tom Birchenough Moscow Times Aug 26 2005 As Russia waits for any real ...

Justinas Bisikirskas came to the United States in June from his home country of Lithuania, on the Baltic Sea, to work and earn money to travel.1.3

VILNIUS - Fifteen years ago, he sang before an audience of thousands, face painted and costumed in a way that rivaled Elton John.2.7

Issue 2005/03. Stevedoring. Containerized cargo increases Laima Striaukiene KSSA market research analyst During the first half year of 2005 Klaipeda Seaport handled 10,6 million ton-nes of cargo, i.e. by 1% ...2.7

HE HAS a fortune put at 260million, yet little has been written about Hearts tycoon Vladimir Romanov - until today.2.7

A Lithuanian stunt pilot won the Aerobatics World Cup in France over the weekend.

Issue 2005/03. Ship repair. Western Shipyard deserves the acknowledgement of professionals Marius Gembutas Stock company Western Shipyard has been granted the environment management certificate ISO: 140001.3.4

The logo on the side of Alicia Silver-stone's trailer reads: Wilderness Productions ... So why has the star of such high-profile movies as Clueless, Batman & Robin, True Crime, Love's Labour's Lost and Scooby Doo 2 agreed to take what is doubtless a serious pay cut to headline in an indie pic shot in the empty wastelands of rural ...2.7

A 93-YEAR-OLD woman helped trap a robber by grabbing his testicles. Soja Popova boasted to police later she had "a grip like iron" from years of milking goats.2.7

Issue 2005/03. News. Neva-2005 The National Maritime Collegium of Russia and the Maritime Council of St.4

Two thieves who tried to rob two elderly women in the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda, thinking they were easy prey, got more than they bargained for when the older of the two victims, aged 93, valiantly defended ...2.7

Klaipeda, Lithuania: Watercolour paintings by a mother-and-daughter pair of bottle-nosed dolphins in Lithuania are being sold for up to $A470. The dolphins, Gabi and Premija, have enjoyed painting for years, ...2

Issue 2005/03. Shipping. Limarko Group - already second decade in shipping Limarko Group consisting of SC Limarko Shipping Company and JSC Limarko have taken strong position in shipping business for two decades ...2.9

Verizon Wireless customers who signed up for online billing services were able to peek at some details of others' accounts due to a Web site programming error that was caught by a customer and fixed this week, ...1.3

VILNIUS - The young, extravagant Lithuanian group Milky Lasers can be found playing in fashionable clubs across Germany.2.7