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Jewish groups in Lithuania have condemned the government for financing the reburial of an ex-prime minister who headed the Baltic state in 1941.

Jewish groups in Lithuania condemn a plan to repatriate Nazi-era PM Juozas Brazaitis, whose administration oversaw anti-Semitic attacks.

Gazprom filed a request with the Arbitration Tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce on March 19 to initiate arbitration proceedings against Lithuania in connection with an investment dispute on tariffs at the Kaunas Combined Heat and Power Plant , Interfax reports.... Read more...

On May 17, the remains of former head of Lithuanian Provisional Government of June 1941 post Nazi invasion to be reburied in Vilnius.

After investigating the law infringement case, the Supervision Service of the Bank of Lithuania warned the financial market participant Gubernija about the infringement of Securities Law provisions, the Bank of Lithuania said in a statement.... Read more...

On May 15 in Vilnius, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis met with German Minister of State Michael Georg Link to discuss Lithuania's interests in negotiations on the next EU financial perspective and future Eastern Partnership policy.

Lithuania's president visits the jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who is in hospital in eastern Ukraine.

The Board of the Bank of Lithuania decided to issue permission to reorganize the joint stock insurance company ERGO Lietuva by merging it with the company ERGO Kindlustuse Aktsiaselts , the Bank of Lithuania said.... Read more...

Visitors wear gas masks during a visit to the Soviet Adventure Park 1984 show in Nemencine, Lithuania, about 15 miles from Vilnius.

On May 9 at the international conference "Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy Resources in Lithuania in the Context of the European Union" in Vilnius, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavicius emphasized the importance of renewable energy resources for ensuring energy security in Lithuania.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Lithuania held bilateral talks Monday to strengthen their economic relations.

The land gaming company Paf in cooperation with Emmaus and Primera Air is donating 14,000 euros to a support centre in Lithuania.

Born near Vilnius, Lithuania, Michael suffered from physical and permanent handicaps from birth.

Lithuania, where the delicate blue blossoms of linseed were once so abundant they became a staple of folk songs and poetry, has turned to imports as growing the plant at home has become too expensive.

Russian businessman Vladimir Antonov has had his bank nationalized in Lithuania.

A group of history enthusiasts from various countries are taking part in a re-enactment display in Lithuania, to mark the 200-year anniversary of Napoleon's historic march to Russia in 1812, which crossed Lithuanian territory.

Last year, human rights groups Amnesty International and Reprieve claimed al-Qaida suspect Abu Zubaydah was flown on a Boeing 737 from Morocco to Lithuania in 2005.

The shared history of Poland and Lithuania is revisited in a new exhibition at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, entitled Under One Sky.

Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc today said it is acquiring Lithuania-based specialty pharmaceuticals company AB Sanitas for about 314 million in cash, to expand in Central and Eastern Europe.

VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Five European Parliament members have visited an alleged CIA prison in Lithuania as part of an inquiry into possible torture of suspected terrorists.

The BBC's David Sillito meets Andrius Mamontovas, a rock musician in Lithuania who has played the lead role in William Shakespeare's Hamlet for 15 years.

Investtorgbank was cleared by its board to open a representative office on Lithuania's capital Vilnius in July 2011.

Lithuania's Ministry of Economy announced the appointment of its first commercial attachA© to Israel Monday.

Lithuania is in talks with Norway's Statoil over possible liquefied natural gas supplies for the gas terminal in Klaipeda, the Lithuanian Energy Ministry said.

Russian gas giant Gazprom has decided to pull out of a combined heat and power plant in Lithuania's second-largest city Kaunas, the plant's chief executive said on Friday.

A guy with an upside down tripod films David Budko ride on a sunny day in Lithuania.

At the meeting with diplomats who reside in Lithuania, Minister of Social Security and Labour Donatas Jankauskas and Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Asta Skaisgiryte Liaukiene presented Director of the Gender Studies Centre at Vilnius University, Professor Dalia Leinarte as candidate of Lithuania to the United Nations Committee on the ... (more)

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It is important for Belarus and Lithuania to keep on the dynamic development of trade and economic relations, and the coming international Belarus-Lithuanian economic forum in Grodna can become a new incentive for their development, Uladzimir Drazhyn , the Belarusian ambassador to Lithuania said during a meeting with Lithuanian journalists, as ... (more)

WHAT A PUSS! - A Sphynx cat reacts during an international cat beauty show Saturday in Vilnius, Lithuania.

WHAT A PUSS! - A Sphynx cat reacts during an international cat beauty show Saturday in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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Report: Russia deploys S-400 missiles in region bordering Poland, Lithuania

Lithuania's leading biopharmaceutical company, Sicor Biotech/TEVA, will build a new pharmaceutical plant in Vilnius, Invest Lithuania reports.

Sanitas AB Notification on material event On annual information for 2011 Kaunas, Lithuania, 2012-04-04 19:24 CEST -- Audited annual AB Sanitas information for 2011 is presented.

VILNIUS, Lithuania: Lithuania on Wednesday approved a special fund to manage compensation for Jewish property seized by Nazi Germany during World War II and then kept by the Soviet regime.

Azerbaijan and Lithuania have developed close relations in the framework of international and regional organizations, Tax Minister Fazil Mammadov said during the second session of the Azerbaijani-Lithuanian intergovernmental commission on bilateral cooperation held in Baku.

VILNIUS, Lithuania -- European marathon champion Zivile Balciunaite of Lithuania has lost her appeal of a two-year doping ban, ruling her out of the London Olympics.The Lithuanian Athletics Federation says the decision was made at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.The ban was imposed in 2010 and lasts until Sept.

Kaunas is the second largest city in Lithuania, and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.

Lithuania and the Japanese conglomerate Hitachi concluded today (30 March) a concession agreement for the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant, paving the way for the next phase of project development of what is seen as one of the most advanced nuclear generation projects in Europe.

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According to Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audroniaus Azubalis, this begins a new tradition of raising the flag to mark Lithuania's NATO membership every year.

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Not much more than a decade after it regained its independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990, Lithuania was welcomed as a Nato member in late March 2004.

She won 69% of the vote, against 11% for her closest rival, Algirdas Butkevicius of the opposition Social Democratic Party.

Its leaders declare at a mass rally in the capital, Vilnius, that the USSR occupied Lithuania illegally.

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When a Vilnius car dealer offered Eugenijus USD 1.86 an hour to sell luxury vehicles, he decided it was time to get out of Lithuania.

Latvia and Lithuania have identical positions in regard to the European Union's proposed sanctions against Belarus, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite told members of the press on March 22 after meeting with Latvian President Andris Berzins.

Lithuania's Public Procurement Office reviewed more than 150 low-value purchases of Klaipeda State Sea Port Authority.