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- Lithuanian held for heroin...
LONDON- A 22 Lithuanian man was held in UK police custody for attempting to traffic approximately 600,000 euro worth of heroin into the country. At customs in London?s GatwickAirport, Egdijus Juskenas was caught with 15kg of heroin in his suitcase
- Number of mobile phones in Lithuania tops five million
A quarterly report published by Lithuania?s Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) has revealed that in September 2008 the number of mobile phone subscribers in the country totaled over 5.01 million, the equivalent to a wireless penetration rate of
- Lithuania in no hurry to sell oil terminal to PKN? 36 mins ago
VILNIUS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said on Wednesday he sees no rush to sell majority state-owned oil terminal Klaipedos Nafta to Polish oil group PKN Orlen. PKN, which already owns a Lithuanian oil refiner, said last
- UN report paints Poland as near a murder-free oasis
Poland has one of the lowest murder rates in Europe One person per 100,000 is murdered in Poland, one of the lowest figures in Europe, according to a new United Nations report surveying 200 countries around the world. The Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia
- Poland in bottom ranks of murder statistics
is murdered in Poland, one of the lowest figures in Europe, according to a new United Nations report surveying 200 countries around the world. The Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have the highest murder rates in the EU - in Lithuania 8.3 in
- Yukos Intl says no to PKN compensation claim
WARSAW, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Dutch-based Yukos International rejected a compensation claim from Poland's leading oil refiner PKN Orlen in a dispute relating to PKN's purchase of Lithuanian refiner Mazeikiu Nafta, PKN said on Tuesday. PKN bought a
- Lithuania: Declining Sales Force Alcoholic Beverage...
- Alita JSC will operate four days per week the first quarter 2009 due to rapidly decreasing sales as the result of increase excise duty 10-20 percent from January 2009. Daily News Alerts Due to the increased excise duty, Alita JSC will be forced to
- Welcome to Vilnius!
Lithuania's capital Vilnius has rung in 2009 as a European Capital of Culture, sharing the title this year with the Austrian city of Linz, with plans for 12 months of concerts, art and multi-media events. 'This puts us back on the European cultural map,'
- Over 5 Million Mobile Phones in Lithuania
The Lithuanian telecoms regulator has published its quarterly update which has revealed that the country passed the 5 million mobile phone subscriber mark by the end of Q3 '08. The total at the end of last September reached 5.012 million - a one percent
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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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