Bush warns Moscow against 'bullying' neighbours

American President George W Bush has extended his support to smaller countries around the Russia. He also assured full cooperation to visiting leaders of these nations. USA is trying to seek greater energy cooperation with  Lithuania and going to allow ...

House price crash goes global

No production, no income, no money to pay overpriced homes with no re-sell guarantee.A new economy model will look for other colateral than real estate, knowledge to medium sized production replaces homes. The...

Iran: US behind extremism in ME

" Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:07:42 GMT Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the emergence of extremism is the brainchild of the US policies in the Middle East. “Today, extremism in Afghanistan and...

Aussie basketballers more worred about Beijing pollution than American compet...

"The Australian Women's basketball team's WNBA superstar Lauren Jackson is not fretting about the basketball war with America that awaits her in Beijing; she's more worried about the weather. Asked at a lunch on the Gold Coast about Australia's ultra-intense...

In the Jerusalem of the North, the Jewish story is forgotten

This is in many ways a chilling reminder that race hatred and denial by ignoring is still taking place in Lithuania and some other states. Fascinating piece by Jonathan Steele for the Guardian."Follow the English...

Even 350 Year-Old Wounds Never Completely Heal

If there was any doubt that George Orwell got it right when he said, "who controls the past controls the future", this could be the clincher."A 350-year-old cavalry battle has become the latest irritant between Russia and its neighbor Ukraine after Russia's foreign ministry...

Lithuania's LEO roars ahead

The Lithuanian Electricity Organization (LEO LT), a holding company set up to invest in Lithuania's next nuclear power plant and international energy infrastructure, has formally begun operations. 

Record number take UK citizenship

This is all about stats, according to BBC news story, UK has issued recorded number of citizenship last year.Just look at the figures, which say all about the story at a glance."A record 164,635 people were granted British citizenship last year, government figures have...

Rugby striptease video hits the web

It is hard to believe that Lithuania beat Australia at rugby."The Austrian national rugby team tried to get over their 48-0 defeat by Lithuania by staging a mass striptease in the capital Vilnius late on Saturday, only to find they had been caught on video and put on the...

Fugitive Pieces: A Chat with Robert Lantos and Jeremy Podeswa

"by Ryan NadelEleven years ago, across Canada and the world, many avidly turned the pages of Anne Michaels' bestselling novel Fugitive Pieces. Among them was Robert Lantos. Like many, when Lantos turned the book's...

Visa-Free Travel Expanded by Homeland Security

"""The Department of Homeland Security announced proudly on March 17 that three former Eastern bloc nations - Slovakia, Hungary, and Lithuania - have entered into a memorandum of understanding allowing visa-free travel to and from those countries and the United States. Which...

Miss World targets AIDS battle in 2007 pageant

"Hopes are high here that Miss China -- Zhang Zi Lin, a 23-year-old secretary from Beijing --- will live up to her billing as a pre-contest favourite and take the crown in front of what is likely to be a partisan audience.Miss China's biggest threat could come from Ada Aimee...

Lithuanians riled by Cameron quip

"An off-the-cuff remark by David Cameron at the Arts Council last week appears to have caused a storm in Lithuania. The Tory leader's comment that he hoped no grants were given to "one-legged Lithuanian dance troupes" has hit the headlines in the Baltic state. Ambassador...

Marxism, Language, and the Laureate Who Wasn't

Earlier this month author Doris Lessing, most well-known for her novel The Golden Notebook, won the Nobel Prize for Literature. In her honor, the New York Times saw fit to reprint an essay by Lessing originally...

104 shuttlers to compete in Indonesia Challenge 2007

Surabaya, East Java (ANTARA News) - Some 104 shuttlers from 15 countries including host Indonesia were expected to compete in Indonesia Challenge 2007 from August 28 to September 1, it was reported here Monday. ...

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