Mon Dec 5, 2011 12:58 PM EST
A coin tossed into a beggar's hat in Vilnius can be costly charity.
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:48 PM EST
A London court has released Russian businessman and Portsmouth Football Club owner Vladimir Antonov on bail following his arrest in connection with a massive money-laundering probe in Lithuania.
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Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:18 PM EDT
Lithuania on Thursday chose the U.S.-Japanese consortium Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy as the strategic investor in a nuclear power plant in Lithuania.
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Wed May 11, 2011 7:37 AM EDT
A former member of a Soviet special police unit was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for his role in the killings of seven Lithuanian border guards in 1991.
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Thu Feb 3, 2011 5:41 AM EST
Empowering blondes or stereotyping them?
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Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:24 AM EST
Poland and Lithuania are bonded by history, culture and Catholic faith but deeply divided over the letter w.
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Wed Jun 2, 2010 11:29 AM EDT
The president of the European Commission urged countries Wednesday to support the ailing euro as the bloc grapples with a financial crisis that has caused the currency's value to plummet.
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Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:44 AM EDT
Heavy-metal masters Metallica braved long bus and boat rides — and bitter memories of a band member's death — to dodge the fallout of an Icelandic volcano and stick to its rigorous European tour schedule.
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Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:55 PM EST
The austere building stands in the middle of a remote, thick forest surrounded by a high fence and numerous surveillance cameras.
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:18 PM EDT
A Lithuanian lawmaker says there is no evidence that U.S. airplanes with al-Qaida suspects ever landed in the Baltic country.
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Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:39 PM EDT
Lithuania will not amend a plan to compensate the loss of Jewish property seized during World War II, despite criticism from Jewish organizations that it fails to repay the properties' full value, the Baltic state's justice minister said Tuesday.
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:23 PM EDT
Lithuania's new president on Thursday criticized a censorship bill passed by lawmakers in the Baltic country that aims to keep information about homosexuality away from children.
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Sat May 16, 2009 6:04 AM EDT
The first woman to be elected president of Lithuania said Monday the government must slash spending and questioned whether the country can afford its generous parental leave benefits.
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:59 AM EST
Violent political protests sweeping parts of Eastern Europe have spread to Lithuania, where police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at a rock-throwing mob attacking Parliament.
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:02 AM EST
In these difficult times for creditors, a Lithuanian debt collector is offering an unconventional service to retrieve arrears: witchcraft.
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Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:33 PM EDT
A Lithuanian teenager who wore a Nazi uniform during a festival was acquitted Friday of violating a new law that prohibits the display of Nazi and Soviet-era symbols.
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Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:21 AM EDT
The United States' top military officer on Wednesday assured the Baltic countries they can rely on NATO protection in case of an attack, seeking to allay fears over Russia's intentions in the region following its invasion of the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
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Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:40 AM EDT
Voters dealt a major blow to Lithuania's leftist government by boosting the conservative opposition as well as some populist leaders — including an impeached ex-president — in weekend elections, according to official results released Monday.
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Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:29 PM EDT
Unidentified hackers broke into several hundred Lithuanian Web sites over the weekend, plastering them with communist symbols, government officials said Monday.
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Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:22 PM EDT
Lawmakers in Lithuania — where many still feel bitter about nearly 50 years of Soviet occupation — have approved legislation to ban the display of Nazi and Soviet symbols, such as the swastika and the hammer and sickle.
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Mon May 22, 2006 8:42 PM EDT
Lithuanian police were so astonished when they pulled over a truck driver and his breathalyzer test registered 18 times the legal alcohol limit, they thought their testing device must be broken. It wasn't.
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