Lithuania News

“We never saw Zappa, but nobody ever saw God, and they still go to church”

My friends at Wizbang recent posted a piece about the effort of one censorious individual to deny American soldiers their Penthouses. via Wave Maker

Lithuania's electric utility Lietuvos Energija and Sweden's electric company Svenska Kraftnat on Nov. via The Baltic Times

“We are pleased to release our second offering in the area of biometric smartcard technology”

Wednesday, November 7 2007 Neurotechnologija announced the availability of the Smartcard Face-Match add-on for the company's VeriLook and MegaMatcher face identification engines. via SecureID News

Thursday 8, November 2007 ARMENIA URGES `POLITICAL SOLUTION' IN GEORGIA By Astghik Bedevian Armenia is closely following the developments in Georgia and hopes for a quick settlement of internal political ... via Groong Armenian News Network

“From the very first days the idea was fostered about the creation of a transport system as one of the most important sectors of economy”

To and fro: Baltic railways The Baltic states' role as a gateway for trade between Russia and the EU inevitably means that cargo transportation plays a significant role in each of the country's economies. via The Baltic Times

“It may even be a European record”

A 102-year-old Lithuanian man has become the Baltic country's oldest recorded bridegroom after tying the knot with his 76-year old fiancee, the daily Laikinoji Sostine reported Tuesday. via Raw Story

“We only had a small number of cases where an immigration officer has doubts and has to ask for an interview”

The Canadian government's Oct. 31 decision to lift visa requirements for Latvians has left Lithuania the last Baltic country whose citizens still need visas to travel to the land of the maple leaf. via The Baltic Times

President Victor Yushchenko has offered his best birthday wishes to Lithuania's Valdas Adamkus. via Forum News Portal

“Platforms of this kind and of this complexity do not come in isolation. We have established many partnerships and are looking at other ventures with baseband and RF amplifier vendors to establish our multiband transceivers in a variety of platforms”

A British start-up focusing on configurable transceivers for broadband wireless applications, that has established a development group in Lithuania, has started sampling its first product - ' a reference design ... via EETimes.eu

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has urged his Latvian and Lithuanian counterparts to better coordinate the activities of the Baltic states so as to ensure more efficient cooperation. via The Baltic Times

“We also referred to economic cooperation within the New Neighborhood Policy program”

GUAM FRIENDSHIP GROUP FORMATION PanARMENIAN.Net 29.10.2007 16:02 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Estonia supports the idea of formation an EU-GUAM friendship group proposed by Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, ... via Groong Armenian News Network

' The Latvian airline airBaltic is pleased to introduce the E-voucher - ' the first prepaid airline ticket in the Baltic States and Northern Europe to be sold in supermarkets. via LETA

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement AI Index: EUR 53/002/2007 News Service No: 211 1 November 2007 Lithuania must respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people ... via Amnesty International USA

Oct 31, 2007 Interview by Kimberly Kweder. While all three Baltic states are struggling with the issue of their populations moving abroad to find work, it's Lithuania that is affected the most, with the ... via The Baltic Times

“It's not a safety or technical issue, it's a political issue ... I support an extension, but don't believe it's politically possible”

The National Party Lithuania's Way and several other organizations staged a protest in Vilnius against the planned shutdown of Lithuania's Chernobyl-style Ignalina nuclear power plant, calling its closure a ... via The Baltic Times

“We should ask ourselves why energy is being more and more associated with politics, and not with economy.”

The Baltic states have plenty of solutions for their energy woes. The only problem is that none of them has been built. via Transitions Online

“That project isn't waiting for Poland to make up their minds”

The construction of a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania does not depend on Poland's participation, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said in Riga Tuesday. via Earth Times

FBK Kaunas wrapped up the Lithuanian championship for the eighth time in nine seasons on Sunday, completing their defence with three rounds to play. via Uefa.com

Here's another job done by immigrants: caring for someone else's elderly parents until one, then the other, dies. via Chicago Tribune