FOOTBALL: HEARTS BROUGHT BEST OUT OF MY LITHUANIA STARS www.sundaymail.co.uk - 27/06/05
LITHUANIA coach Algimantas Liubinskas last night insisted Hearts' Lithuanian stars have improved beyond recognition since moving to the SPL.
Lithuania prepares to oust its president www.independent.co.uk - 13/04/05
The Lithuanian parliament last night began preparing to impeach the country's president. The move followed a vote to accept a report accusing him of links to Russian organised crime and posing a threat to national security.
Lithuanian police ask suspect: aren't you dead? reuters.com - 17/01/08
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Police in the Lithuanian city of
Klaipeda were baffled to discover that a woman arrested for
shoplifting last weekend had been registered as dead a month
earlier.
Lithuanian men held over severed head murder Reuters: UK - 05/04/08
LONDON (Reuters) - Two Lithuanian men were arrested on Friday over the murder of a woman whose severed head was found in a plastic bag on a Scottish beach.
Lithuania president names new PM www.europedaily.com - 16/06/06
BBC News Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus has named a new prime minister, two weeks after the last PM resigned amid allegations of corruption. He is the acting prime minister and former finance minister Zigmantas Balcytis, a member of the left-wing Social Democratic Party. But it may be diffi...
Lithuania's eccentric President impeached as EU accession nears www.independent.co.uk - 13/04/05
A flamboyant president who wooed voters with aerobatics and motorcycle stunts was removed from office by the Lithuanian parliament yesterday, after an investigation into his relations with a Russian businessman.
Lithuania bans EU-sponsored gay rights parade euobserver.com - 25/05/07
Lithuanian officials in Vilnius have rejected an EU-sponsored tolerance campaign rally over fears that the event could spark unrest in the Baltic country known for its anti-gay sentiments.
Lithuania considers name change in makeover plan reuters.com - 26/01/08
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania is thinking about changing
its name in English to something easier to pronounce in plans
to boost its image, officials said on Friday.
Lithuania discus thrower Alekna eyes third gold Reuters: Features News - 01/07/08
VILNIUS (Reuters) - When Virgilijus Alekna is not acting as
a bodyguard to Lithuania's former president, he is training to
win a third Olympic discus title in Beijing.
EU must unite in Russia energy talks, Lithuania says www.euobserver.com - 10/09/06
The EU needs more solidarity in negotiations with Russia and to stay open to Turkish and Ukrainian membership in order to boost security in its eastern neighbourhood, Lithuanian prime minister Gediminas Kirkilas has told EUobserver.
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