Lithuania News

Health officials in Lithuania confirmed Monday that the country had recorded its second death linked to the A/H1N1 flu virus, known commonly as swine flu.

Vilnius, Nov 21 The Lithuanian Parliamenti 1 2s National Security and Defense Committee questioned old officials from the Border Guard Service and the Interior Minister to clear the role of Lithuania in the US Central Intelligence Agencyi 1 2s secret prisions.

On the edge of a Lithuanian forest, the stone and redwood building blends into the pines, as mysterious as the US agents who allegedly used it to interrogate suspected al-Qaeda members.

'My Lithuanian colleague and me discussed issues on deepening cooperation in spheres of science, culture and economy.

Twice in the past three years, the Lithuanian Parliament investigated reports that the CIA secretly imprisoned Al Qaeda leaders in this Baltic country.

In a cavernous hall in northeast Lithuania, workers tear apart the first of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Planta s four two-story turbines .

Lithuania has seen its first death from swine flu after a 14-year-old boy passed away on Nov.

The austere building stands in the middle of a remote, thick forest surrounded by a high fence and numerous surveillance cameras.

DISGUSTED internet users joined forces yesterday to hunt down a mindless thug filmed throwing a dog off a busy bridge.

Via Monsters and Critics: Lithuania reports first swine flu fatality . Excerpt: Health officials in Lithuania confirmed Wednesday that the country had recorded its first death linked to the A/H1N1 flu virus, known commonly as swine flu.

A recent survey has found that the approval rating of the Lithuanian government has reached a low point, with more than 90 percent of respondents saying they view the Cabinet's work in a negative light.

Polish Deputy Defence minister Stanislaw Komorowski annouces the creation of joint brigade between Lithuanian, Ukrainian and Poland during a joint press before the seventh Informal High-Level NATO-Ukraine consultations with participation of Defence Ministers and other senior officials from Ukraine and NATO countries on November 16, 2009 at the NATO ...

Domantas Stukas is an art designer out of Vilnius, Lithuania who has created an island which looks like a haven for extraterrestrials.

Unifeeder, the largest short-sea container carrier in northern Europe, acquired InterMarineContainerLines, Poland's biggest feeder shipping line.

On Nov. 5, the Lithuanian parliament voted in favor of an investigation into the alleged CIA prison issue.

Lithuania has a rich heritage of Pagan , Jewish , and Christian history that makes it a compelling destination for spiritual and cultural travelers today.

Shabtai Kalmanovich, a patron of the arts and sports, a wealthy businessman and a double agent who worked for the KGB and Israel's Shin Bet, was laid to rest at a cemetery in Petakh Tikva, near Tel Aviv, on Thursday.

Many Lithuanians express an intriguing pride in being the last state of Europe where Christianity's monotheism eclipsed Paganism's polytheism as the main public belief system.

Dennis Barker From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on Monday, Nov. 02, 2009 11:18PM EST G raham Greene called Lionel Davidson, who has died at the age of 87, the first contemporary storyteller to have recaptured the high adventure of Rider Haggard, while Rebecca West once said he was a young Kipling.

Vilnius , Nov 6 : US ice dancing star Katherine Leigh Copely has lost her bid to gain Lithuanian citizenship and thus her ability to represent Lithuania in next year's Olympics.