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CEE: “20 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall” - a Poll

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 05/11/2009

Foreign Policy Association's Russia blog writes about the results of a Pew Research Center's poll on poverty, wealth and attitudes in Central and Eastern Europe “20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.”

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Lithuania, Latvia: Capitals of Culture

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 28/09/2009

Viola in Vilnius writes that Riga has been nominated as one of the 2014 European capitals of culture, and comments on how this years title holder, Vilnius, has done so far.

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Lithuanian parliament moves to criminalize homosexuality

Posted on 09/09/2009

Any move by the Lithuanian parliament to criminalize the promotion of homosexuality would  violate the country's international obligations to uphold freedom of expression and fight discrimination, Amnesty International warned on Wednesday. This warning comes as the Lithuanian parliamen ...

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CIA detention programme: Criminal investigations long overdue

Posted on 27/08/2009

US Attorney General Eric Holder's announcement on Tuesday that he has ordered a "preliminary review" into some interrogations of some detainees in the secret detention programme operated by the CIA after the attacks of 11 September 2001, while a welcome first step, does not go far e ...

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Lithuania, Ukraine: Shoot Nations Photo Contest

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 12/08/2009

Eternal Remont highlights two winning entries of the Shoot Nations 2009 photo contest: Monika Urbutyte, 17, Lithuania, and Olena Fedorenko, 22, Ukraine.

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