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- Soviet-era Lithuanian nuclear plant shuts down under EU deal 31 Dec 2009 22:14 GMT
... The plant, located in Visaginas in eastern Lithuania, provided 70 percent of the Baltic state's electricity. It gradually went offline from ... plant at Visaginas, a project involving Poland, Latvia and Estonia and expected to be ready ...
- Soviet-era Lithuanian nuclear plant shuts down: director 31 Dec 2009 21:54 GMT
... The plant, located in Visaginas in eastern Lithuania, provided 70 percent of the Baltic state's electricity. It gradually went offline from ... plant at Visaginas, a project involving Poland, Latvia and Estonia and expected to be ready ...
- Micah Naftalin, human rights activist for Soviet Jews, dies at 76 31 Dec 2009 19:10 GMT
... Micah Naftalin, a leader in human rights activism on ... the House of Representatives’ Select Committee on Government Research and as a senior policy analyst ... in Tbilisi, Lvov, Minsk, Almaty, Bishkek and Riga, and traveled extensively throughout the region. Naftalin was ...
- 2009 Year-End World's Worst 31 Dec 2009 18:16 GMT
... December 31, 2009 at 12:36 pm by Berlusconi ... world has long been mystified by the political longevity of Italy's comically exuberant three-time prime ... smaller fry, from Iceland and Ireland to Latvia and Dubai, went down in the undertow. Despite ...
- Paroubek to have open path to presidential seat - press 31 Dec 2009 16:30 GMT
... Prague - Czech Social Democrat (CSSD) leader Jiri ... founder Miroslav Kalousek, Paroubek does the smartest politics. This was evident most recently when Paroubek ... 30 percent like in the highly indebted Latvia and partly in Hungary, Pecinka warns. It is ...
- Nationalism Could Cloud Eastern Europe in 2010 31 Dec 2009 15:50 GMT
... the Visegrad Four, as well as the Baltic states, 2010 will be a year of ... be heard everywhere, especially in Hungary and Latvia, the countries worst hit. The populists may ... even help preserve the center-right coalition in Lithuania, where parliamentarians have been leaving the main ...
- Lithuania to shut Soviet-era nuclear plant 31 Dec 2009 15:34 GMT
... VILNIUS, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Lithuania prepared to shut down on Thursday its ... blow to an already recession-hit economy. The Baltic state is to shut down the last ... imported from neighboring Baltic states Estonia and Latvia. Electricity imports from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia ...
- Sweden wraps up six months in EU presidency 31 Dec 2009 12:56 GMT
... six months in EU presidency The Swedish government hands over the EU's rotating six-month presidency ... set of rules. According to Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt, all of his goals for ... ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, tackling the Baltic Sea's environmental problems, and bringing visa-free travel to ...
- UPDATE 1-Estonia Q3 budget surplus bodes well for euro bid 31 Dec 2009 12:33 GMT
... TALLINN, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Estonia's public sector ran a budget surplus of ... criteria for joining the euro. The small Baltic Sea country, whose economy has contracted by 15-16 ...
- Russia likely to join the WTO in 2010 31 Dec 2009 12:32 GMT
... global trade and to streamline trade and political relations between its member countries. It uses ... After Finland reconciled itself to the change, Lithuania accused Russia of redirecting commodity distribution from ... accused Russia of redirecting commodity distribution from Baltic to Russian ports. Moscow broadly hinted a ...
- Battered Spain Brings High Ambitions to EU Presidency 31 Dec 2009 12:30 GMT
... Spain was very enthusiastic about assuming the EU presidency, ... then, Zapatero has liberalized and transformed Spain's political culture using an approach that paid off ... country with a higher unemployment rate is Latvia. Likewise, Spain will likely be the last ...
- Wish List for 2010 31 Dec 2009 11:30 GMT
... Hope springs eternal, sometimes far outstripping probability. In that ... to leave the administration in disgrace. (Chicago politics and eugenics both deserve to take a ... Russian menace. The Poles, the Czechs, the Latvians, etcetera, represent the new vanguard of freedom, ...
- The Bulgaria 2009 Review: Defense 31 Dec 2009 09:17 GMT
... Bulgarian (left) and US (right) soldiers during joint ... Organization on March 29, 2004, when Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia were also admitted ...
- Sweden hands EU presidency over to Spain 31 Dec 2009 07:54 GMT
... EU presidency over to Spain The Swedish government hands over the EU's rotating six-month presidency ... set of rules. According to Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt, all of his goals for ... ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, tackling the Baltic Sea's environmental problems, and bringing visa-free travel to ...
- Decade in review 31 Dec 2009 06:54 GMT
... Escaped Mississippi convicts apprehended in Lake County LOWELL ... testified about paybacks for performing personal and political work for Genova -- often at the ... against Cantrell SCHERERVILLE | Town Judge Deborah Riga was removed from the bench and her court ...
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