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Car safety: European Commission welcomes international agreement on electric and hybrid cars

The European Commission welcomes the adoption today at the United Nations in Geneva of the first international regulation on safety of both fully electric and hybrid cars. more »

MEPs to debate melting Arctic ice heating up international tension

As the ice melts and the native Inuit people and polar bears retreat, more and more ships and commercial explorers are Arctic bound. more »

Blizzard hits Spain

The heaviest blizzard in Catalonia in 25 years left Spanish drivers stuck in their tracks. more »

.iQ Family Products provide the shortest return on investment

The .iQ system, developed by the Lithuanian company BS/2, creates the environment that provides decision-makers with solid analytical information, predictions, and statistical data. Therefore, this complex facilitates rapid decision-making at the strategic level. more »

Modern African art in New York auction

A major art gallery in New York is hosting what it calls the city s first contemporary and modern African commercial art auction. more »

Monuments to Europe

EU to highlight sites that celebrate and symbolise European integration, ideals and history. more »

Climate change: European Commission sets out strategy to reinvigorate global action after Copenhagen

The European Commission today set out a strategy to help maintain the momentum of global efforts to tackle climate change. more »

Lithuania’s rating outlook raised by fitch on budget

Bloomberg has today announced that Lithuania had the outlook on its credit rating raised by Fitch Ratings after the Government implemented an austerity program to curb the budget deficit. more »

Eurostat: Lithuania shows highest increase in retail trade

In January 2010, compared with December 2009, the highest increase in retail trade in the EU-27 Member States was observed in Lithuania. more »

Flip Video in Healthcare Helps Improve Patients' Recovery

Video shot during a healthcare consultation can help patients recall important information and instructions later. more »

In New York City – a battle of the brains

In New York City – a battle of the brains. Contestants from across the United States took part in the 13th annual Memory Championship. more »

NATO aircrews that will take part in NATO air training event meet in Tallinn International Airport

On March 17 NATO Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Ramstein (Germany) will hold the Baltic Region Training Event (BRTE V) in airspace of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. more »

South Africa is ready to host this year’s World Cup

South Africa is ready to host this year’s World Cup. That was the message delivered while making a 3 day visit to the United Kingdom. more »

Foreign Minister congratulates world Lithuanians on the 20th Anniversary of the re-establishment of Independence

Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis congratulated Lithuanians living abroad on the twentieth anniversary of the re-establishment of Lithuania’s Independence. more »

Plight of Europe's 10 million Roma discussed Tuesday afternoon

The plight of Europe's 10 million Roma population will fall under the spotlight Tuesday afternoon when MEPs discuss an upcoming Roman summit. more »

Globalisation fund: Parliament backs aid to Germany and Lithuania

Three thousand former car, refrigerator and construction workers in Germany and Lithuania will get €7.6 million in EU globalisation adjustment fund aid for training, self-employment and job guidance after Parliament gave the green light on Tuesday. more »

Tourism: upbeat prospects for 2010 season

Some 80% of Europeans continue to travel for their holidays according to a new Eurobarometer survey on ‘The attitudes of Europeans towards tourism 2010’. more »

Consumer protection under discussion by MEPS

The EU's internal market will be under scrutiny Tuesday when a series of reports will be debated by MEPs in Strasbourg. more »

New legislation to reduce injuries for 3.5 million healthcare workers in Europe

EU Employment and Social Affairs Ministers have today adopted a Directive to prevent injuries and infections to healthcare workers from sharp objects such as needle sticks – one of the most serious health and safety threats in European workplaces and estimated to cause 1 million injuries each year. more »

Nothing Can Stop the African Woman… Ask Agathe

A baby girl loses her mother at birth. A few years later, she is “sold” into domestic labor by her own father. more »