VILNIUS – Governments come and go, but the desire for EU membership remains constant.That's why the new government of Prime Minister Rolandas Paksas, barely a month into its new job, has been basking in Brussels-based speculation that has Lithuania being invited to the negotiating table as early as December.But the encouragement, which is also coming from the next EU president nation Finland, long bullish on expansion to the Baltics, still leaves sticky subjects such as closure of the Ignalina nuclear power plant unresolved.Ignalina remains the biggest roadblock on Lithuania's road to Bruss...
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