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- President vetoes anti-gay law
Home Europe and Central Asia Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia Lithuania The President of Lithuania has vetoed a new law that would have banned the discussion of homosexuality in schools and other public places, report Human Rights Watch and news
- Lithuania must step up Jewish property accord, US lawmakers say
VILNIUS (AFP)---Visiting US lawmakers Thursday pressed Lithuania over a long-delayed compensation plan for Jewish property seized by Nazi Germany in World War II and later kept by the Soviet regime. 'I understand that economic times are difficult, but
- UPDATE 2-Lithuania deputy finmin becomes finmin
VILNIUS, July 3 (Reuters) - Lithuanian Deputy Finance Minister Ingrida Simonyte was appointed new finance minister of the crisis-hit country on Friday and said she backed austerity plans to keep a lid on the budget deficit. She was appointed by President
- UPDATE 1-Lithuania deputy finmin to become finmin
VILNIUS, July 3 (Reuters) - Lithuanian Deputy Finance Minister Ingrida Simonyte is to be appointed new finance minister of the crisis-hit country on Friday and said she backed austerity plans to keep a lid on the budget deficit. The spokeswoman for
- Incoming Lithuania finmin backs budget cuts
VILNIUS, July 3 (Reuters) - The woman set to be appointed on Friday as new finance minister of crisis-hit Lithuania said she backed government plans to take steps to prevent the budget deficit growing out of hand. 'There is a big and growing deficit and
- Lithuanian president vetoes homosexual law
The President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, has decided to veto a law which would have prohibited discussion of homosexuality. The law, which had been passed by the countrys parliament, was called the 'Law on the Protection of Minors against the
- UPDATE 1-Lithuania eyes tough measures to stop deficit leap
VILNIUS, July 2 (Reuters) - Lithuania cannot allow its budget deficit to soar to the double digit levels it might hit if tough measures to cut spending and get on course for euro adoption are not taken, the prime minister said on Thursday. He spoke after
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Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the USSR in 1940. In March of 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but this proclamation was not generally recognized until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup in Moscow). The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently has restructured its economy for eventual integration into Western European institutions.
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