Lithuania

Lithuania

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  Papadopoulos dropped for Greece's WCup qualifier

  Defender Avraam Papadopoulos has been dropped from Greece's national team due to lingering injury problems ahead of a June 7 World Cup qualifier ... 

• Lithuanian court sentences woman on terror plans

  A Lithuanian court has found a 24-year-old woman guilty of planning terrorist attacks but acquitted her of committing them. The Vilnius District Court ... 

• Lithuania fires economy minister over scandal

  Lithuania's president says the economy minister has been dismissed over a scandal involving her use of a private jet during government business. 

• Lithuania lawmaker wanted for questions is missing

  Lithuanian authorities have formally launched a search for a lawmaker wanted for questioning in relation to a deadly pedophilia scandal that has ... 

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  Lithuanian woman shares home with 3 puma cubs

  A Lithuanian woman says she has been raising three pumas in her three-room apartment after fearing for their lives at the local zoo. Rasa Veliute, a ... 

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  Lithuania taxman uses Google Maps to find dodgers

  As soon as Google Maps Street View was rolled out in Lithuania earlier this year, tax authorities were ready. Sitting in the comfort of their own ... 

• Afghan soldier fires at Lithuanian troops

  Lithuania's Defense Ministry says that two soldiers taking part in the NATO-led coalition were injured in an attack by an Afghan soldier. Capt. 

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  Lithuanian veterinarians scramble to save horses

  Lithuanian veterinarians and animal activists fought Friday to save the lives of 122 horses found without adequate food or shelter on a farm near ... 

• Rudy Fernandez attacked by fans in Lithuania

  The Euroleague says it will investigate an alleged assault on Real Madrid and former NBA player Rudy Fernandez by fans of Zalgiris Kaunas in Lithuania ... 

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  Protesters decry Lithuania's shale gas plans

  Waving signs reading "Chevron, go away!," protesters demonstrated Tuesday in the Lithuanian capital against the government's plans to let the U.S oil ... 

• Lithuanian bank placed under outside control

  Lithuania's central bank says it has placed restrictions on the operations of a bank controlled by the owner of Edinburgh Hearts football club due to ... 

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  Lithuania shivers as Russia ramps up heating costs

  To save money during the harsh Baltic winter, Romanas Ziabkinas did something unremarkable: He turned off his central heating and installed a cheaper ... 

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  Germany warns euro crisis not over

  Europe's efforts to solve its debt troubles won a vote of confidence Friday from the chairman of China's sovereign wealth fund, but Germany's finance ... 

• Chevron set to win Lithuanian shale gas license

  U.S. energy giant Chevron is poised to win a license for shale gas exploration in Lithuania, officials in the Baltic state announced Tuesday. 

• Lithuania basketball exec held in corruption probe

  A Lithuanian court has charged a top Lithuanian basketball executive with corruption in connection with the European basketball championship in 2011. 

• US skater Tobias denied Lithuanian citizenship

  The president of Lithuania refused Monday to grant citizenship to an American figure skater who had hoped to compete for the Baltic country at the ...