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“120s”: Ukraine separatists hand over MH17 black boxes while Vilnius prepares for invasion from Zagreb

News in 120 seconds: Ukraine separatists hand over MH17 black boxes while Vilnius prepares for invasion from Zagreb […]

Market day in Ventspils
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Seven months with new currency, Latvians are still getting used to the euro

On 1 January this year, Latvians switched from lats and santimus, that had been the national currency for the last 20 years, to euro banknotes and cents. DELFI interviewed a couple of traders in a local market at Ventspils and asked how they were getting used to the new currency. […]

Politics

“120s”: Cheated by gas company and new Government appointed

News in 120s: new Government appointed, Lietuvos Dujos under allegations of cheating its customers, Ukraine: Russian forces preparing to attack, Separatist leader Strelkov issues martial law. […]

Monument for Grand Duke Algirdas in Vitebsk, Belarus. Photo by tut.by
Opinion

Opinion: Why are our neighbours poaching our history?

It is a country’s business what monument, where and how it will be built or demolished. For instance, the Poles have built a statue of urinating Lenin, the Lithuanians seem not to be able to wipe out the symbols of the Soviet reality overlooking the capital from the Green Bridge (should we hold a referendum?), and the Russians may return the Stalingrad name to Volgograd or call it Putingrad – of course, with many busts of the “leader of nations” or the current militant president… […]

Jovita Neliupšienė
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President’s adviser Neliupšienė on Belarus and her new book

The Lithuania Tribune/DELFI spoke with Dr. Jovita Neliupšienė, the Chief Advisor on Foreign Policy to President Dalia Grybauskaitė. Dr. Neliupšienė headed a research team for the book ‘Belarusian Regime Longevity: Happily Ever After…’ Just before the presentation of the book, Dr. Neliupšienė spoke to the Lithuania Tribune about the book and the reasons for the Belarusian president’s longevity. […]

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and President Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

“120s”: Three new minsters and bombings in Ukraine

News in 120 seconds: Algirdas Butkevičius re-appointed prime minister, unknown aircraft bombs Snizhne, Ukraine’s forces claim they were shelled using advanced Russian arms. […]