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Australian dolphin activists say wild dolphins have been taught to Tail Walk by a dolphin that was released back into the wild after spending time at a marine park.
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Tourists will soon be able to get a gladiator-eye view of Rome’s Colosseum, as the dungeons and the upper third tier of the world's most famous fighting arena open to the public.
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Following on from Stockholm in 2010 and Hamburg in 2011, Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) and Nantes (France) will be rewarded for their efforts to make their urban spaces environmentally-friendly.
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President Dalia Grybauskaitė opened the Lithuania National Day at EXPO 2010 in Shanghai.
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President Dalia Grybauskaitė visited the pavilions of Lithuania and the host country China at EXPO 2010.
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On 25 October, the Commission adopted the decision to financially support the 2011 electoral process in the Central African Republic.
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Over 130 people die in central Haiti due to a suspected outbreak of cholera.
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In three resolutions adopted in Strasbourg on Thursday, the European Parliament restates its solidarity with O. Orlov, a member of the Russian human rights organization Memorial and winner of the 2009 EP Sakharov Prize, who is now facing trial, denounces the imprisonment of Cambodian opposition leader S. Rainsy and calls on Zimbabwe's President R. Mugabe to put an end to the threat of mass forced evictions.
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On 19 October, Acting Director of Europe Department of Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Neris Germanas met with Polish Ambassador to Lithuania Janusz Skolimowski.
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New EU framework for crisis management in the financial sector for managing problems before they spiral out of control.
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The European Parliament has welcomed the latest moves by the Republic of Moldova to improve relations with the EU and the country's willingness to seek a solution to the Transnistrian issue.
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Armenia produces the world's biggest chocolate bar, weighing in at over four tonnes.
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Heavily armed soliders raid houses in Tijuana confiscating 134 tonnes of marijuana valued at 340 million dollars.
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Proponents of a workout routine involving what is commonly referred to as a stripper pole, promote the fitness craze as a sport.
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President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė had a meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus in Minsk where they discussed regional cooperation between the two countries within the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to be chaired by Lithuania next year, as well as possibilities for bilateral cooperation.
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The financial crisis laid bare the limits of self-regulation, demonstrating the need for strong EU economic governance, surveillance and policy co-ordination, say two non-legislative resolutions voted by Parliament on Wednesday.
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The European Parliament is calling for more EU investment in research, innovation, education and energy, as well as increased support for Palestine, but is sticking to a restrictive overall spending level for next year's EU budget.
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Asentus 'Danger' Akuku dies at the age of 94 after marrying more than 100 wives and fathering over 200 children during his lifetime.
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On 14 October in Washington D.C. the delegation of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry led by Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius discussed ways to better coordinate the development cooperation and democracy promotion programmes that are being implemented by the two countries.
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MEPs on the human rights subcommittee debated the situation of human rights in Iran this Thursday with Mohammad Mostafaei, lawyer of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who has become an international cause célèbre after she was sentenced to being stoned to death.
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