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Russia’s counter to missile defence pushes Europe together

The ceremony of opening the United States’ missile defense base in Deveselu, Romania, last week (Thursday, May 12), was greeted by a barrage of condemnation and criticism from Russian officials. The next day, President Vladimir Putin turned these denouncements into state policy by defining this deployment of a radar station and SM-3 missile interceptors as a direct threat to Russia and promising to “curtail” it. […]

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Oligopoly: The path to Lithuania’s current retail market

Four supermarket chains currently control almost half of the retail market in Lithuania. It took them about a decade from the mid-1990s to push out small businesses and acquire a power that politicians and economists say is unhealthy for genuine competition. […]

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44 new HIV cases diagnosed in Lithuania in 2016

Forty-four people, 32 men and 12 women, were diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Lithuania in the first quarter of this year, the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS said on Tuesday. […]

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Chinese and Central-Eastern European ministers meeting in Riga

Baltic transport ministers are meeting their Chinese counterparts for the first time in Riga to discuss initiatives strengthening transport links between Europe and Asia. […]

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EU origin label proposals would cost too much – Lithuanian dairy producers

The European Parliament has proposed that all European meat and dairy processors will have to specify the origin of all ingredients in their products along with the producer country on packaging, but Lithuanian meat and […]