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Fighting for the minorities, marginalized and wome...
Fighting for the minorities, marginalized and women
Marija Ausrine Pavilioniene is one of the most combative voices in the current Seimas. She has been a member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party since 2008, and has been MP since June 2009, although she was member of the Seimas from 2004 to 2008 with the Liberal Democratic Party (now called the Order and Justice Party). Pavilioniene is well known in the Seimas because of her social demands. She has defended the rights of different minorities, like immigrants or homosexuals, she has criticized different powers and institutions, such as the power of the Roman Catholic Church, in countri...  Full story...
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 Mar 04, 2010 - Youthful health freak preaches century old medici...
Youthful health freak preaches century old medicine doctrines
Dainius Kepenis, a 58-year-old resident of Lithuania’s resort of Palanga, is an unchallengeable motivational speaker. He is an ardent supporter of non-traditional medical doctrines, such as Ayurveda and Valeology, the sciences of health. The ex-highly ranked sports official 20 years ago gave up a cozy public servant’s life in order to start his venture – Palanga Health School....
 Feb 25, 2010 - Latvia’s Silver Lady...
Latvia’s Silver Lady
Auditor General Inguna Sudraba, who’s surname means “silver” in Latvian, is probably the nation’s most popular state official. Every month her office reports on new cases of taxpayers’ money being wasted by civil servants. This makes Sudraba a sort of information pipeline to the Latvian society. Despite a number of offers to be nominated for the Prime Minister&rsqu...
 Feb 18, 2010 - Sage advice from a great Dane...
Sage advice from a great Dane
From his stint as Danish foreign minister in the early 1990s, to his current position as head of the Baltic Development Forum, an important regional think-tank, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen has been one of the Baltic countries’ best friends on the international scene. Philip Birzulis spoke to him about the economic crisis, Russian gas and euro membership. You’ve been to the Baltics man...
 Feb 11, 2010 - The optimistic banker...
The optimistic banker
Nils Melngailis is, in a business sense, a man for all seasons. With his long history of working in Eastern Europe, he’s developed solid experience and credentials as a business leader and problem-solver.   He led Latvia’s telecoms provider Lattelecom as CEO and chairman, starting in 2004, and before this was working with IBM, as well as member of the management board of th...
 Feb 03, 2010 - The adventure of a life in education...
The adventure of a life in education
For as many years as there has been a place called ‘school,’ parents have been seeking ways to give the best educational experience to their children - a place that would provide students with the best possible education and send them forth, fully prepared to meet life’s challenges. Tallinn Center Russian Gymnasium (Tallinna Kesklinna Vene Gumnaasium) is one of the schools in ...
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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    Dear TBT, As you may have noticed, there are a lot of cars in Riga where the Russian Federat...
  • Ms. Rogatchi… continues her campaig...
    Dear TBT, Ms. Rogatchi… continues her campaign to smear our family name while ignorin...
  • Ms. Rogatchi in trying to defend he...
    Dear TBT, Ms. Rogatchi in trying to defend her position (TBT 693, The European Rebuke) intr...
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    Dear TBT, Thanks to your correspondence bringing my attention to the letter published in you...
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    Dear TBT, I wonder if any of your readers can help me discover something of the Lithuanian pa...
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    My father was a member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. On June 30, 1941, in the tu...
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