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Presidential outcast turned EU envoy shows basketb...
Presidential outcast turned EU envoy shows basketball tricks on Afghan soil
A bit over two years ago, Vygaudas Usackas, the then-Lithuanian ambassador to Great Britain, was considered to be able to equally square up with the then-EU commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite for the Lithuanian presidency. Having withdrawn his presidential bid (actually, he never entered the race) without an explanation, after Seimas (the Lithuanian parliament) election in 2008, in the Homeland Union and Christian Democrats–led government, he became the head of Lithuania’s diplomacy  - the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Being an outspoken, eloquent and self-determined Western-st...  Full story...
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  Does the Baltic Region Exist?...    Fostering friendship and understanding...    New Wave, old habits...    Latvia’s Health Care System in Crisis...    The man behind the curtain...    Harmony? What Harmony?...    Healthy patriotism...    Carpenter-turned-opera- maestro does not gasp for air...    Democratic systems and desire for a strong hand in Latvia...    Reluctant refomer, ambivalent legacy...  
 Aug 26, 2010 - The sound of Latvia...
The sound of Latvia
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO), together with Latvian National Opera and Latvian National Theater, is one of the most important cultural icons in this country’s traditions. The Symphony Orchestra concerts started in 1926, with just fourteen musicians, and today the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra continues with the Latvian and Russian musical traditions. With this peculiar...
 Aug 19, 2010 - Corruption simply routine in Latvia...
Corruption simply routine in Latvia
Aigars Freimanis is one of Latvia’s most famous political analysts and a director of the public opinion research agency “Latvijas fakti” (“Latvian facts”).  Freimanis has observed Latvian politics from the early ’90s and has a lot to say ahead of the national elections in October. Since the last elections four years ago, the country’s economy has s...
 Aug 12, 2010 - Fostering friendship and understanding...
Fostering friendship and understanding
Since late 2008, Representative David C. Y. Wang has been in the post of Head of the Taipei Mission, the only office of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the Baltic States. Despite its small size, this little island of 23 million inhabitants has become one of the leading producers of technology and computer products in the world. David C. Y. Wang arrived in Latvia after working as a member of t...
 Aug 04, 2010 - The man behind the curtain...
The man behind the curtain
Most of us would agree that shopping is an indispensable part of our life, and one of the perfect forms of entertainment. Most tourists to Riga, along with its residents, are familiar with the huge shopping centers such as Origo,  Alfa, Dole, Mols and Galerija Centrs. However, very few of us know that these five malls are actually managed by one company, Linstow Center Management. This com...
 Jul 28, 2010 - Carpenter-turned-opera- maestro does not gasp for ...
Carpenter-turned-opera- maestro does not gasp for air
Upon a bit less generous twist of fate, maestro Vytautas Juozapaitis (pictured with his wife), one of the most prominent contemporary baritone singers, might still be scooping up chips on his carpenter’s bench, if his fate had not succumbed to his vocational charm, catapulting him to the top. After graduating in vocal singing from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater in 1989, the y...
 Jul 21, 2010 - Estonia’s impresario of culture...
Estonia’s impresario of culture
There are many talented people in the world, though not all of them have reached the highest levels of success in their lives. Having talent is not always enough. Success comes about by hard work, by effort. Laine Janes is one of those unique people who have all these features: she is both talented and a hard-working person. The reward of her efforts is the success she has gained and the great ...
 Jul 15, 2010 - An unconventional Lama...
An unconventional Lama
Lama Ole Nydahl is one of the few Westerners fully qualified as a Lama and meditation teacher. Born in 1941 in Denmark, as a child he had dreams and memories of clashes with Chinese troops, where he protected the civilian population of eastern Tibet. During his honeymoon he had his first contacts with the Buddhist world. Thus, Lama Nydahl and his wife were the first Western students of the 16th...
 Jul 08, 2010 - Uniting today’s Europe...
Uniting today’s Europe
Michael Borshchevsky, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and based in London, is a scientist and creator, as well as the chief editor of Herald of Europe, the self-styled magazine of pan-European culture, politics and economics. Professor Borshchevsky, who through his magazine, has had a notable influence not only on economic and political questions in modern Europe today, but also has had a treme...
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
  • Illegal catch...
    Dear TBT, The Baltic states support illegal fishing in Western Sahara. The running EU-Morocca...
  • Watch your step...
    Kalku, Torna, Valnu streets, and the list goes on. Tourists are as likely to twist an ankle as th...
  • Investors Beware...
    Invest in Latvia is the question (in response to TBT issue no. 710, July 8, Investors look for pr...
  • In response to “Pabriks denied in O...
    The article, “Pabriks denied in OSCE challenge,” (TBT no. 711, July 15) contains a fu...
  • Turkey – A radicalizing bridge to r...
    So the Prime Minister of Turkey calls Israel “a festering boil in the Middle East that spre...
  • The OECD and Israel: An Invitation ...
    On May 10, 2010, Israel became one of three nations invited, unanimously, to become a member of t...
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    nice story! brave people....
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    I am American born, all of my grandparents left Lithuania 100 years ago. Wife and I traveled through...
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    Nations of simpletons - unable to see the forest for the trees - so caught up in "who is better", th...
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    Check your history, guys! These ships went down AFTER WWI was over. The mines may well have been Ger...
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