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The first intergovernmental conference on the accession of Iceland to the European Union was held in Brussels today, formally opening accession negotiations with this country.
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Russia's hottest weather spell in 30 years continues as people look for ways to cool off and officials worry over the threat of forest fires.
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The European Research Council has now funded over 1000 innovative ideas. A further €661m is still available for early-career researchers.
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On 26 July, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis sent a letter to Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle expressing his condolences to the families and relatives of the victims , who died during a techno music festival in Duisburg.
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Following on from the meeting of the EU-China Civil Society Round Table in Chongqing, a seminar on Trade and Development took place in Shanghai from 22 to 24 July 2010.
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Some Cubans seem content while other express frustration toward the government on the eve of the 57th anniversary of the start of the Cuban revolution.
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On 23 July 2010 the Board of the Bank of Lithuania permitted Bank SNORAS to register a change to the articles of association related to the increase of the authorized capital of the bank by LTL 82.3 million up to LTL 494,217,107.
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With two months left to FIBA World Championship which starts on 28 August in Turkey, a long term sponsor of the National Team DnB NORD Bank designed a special Basketball Deposit Plan that offers double benefit.
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President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė received letters of credence from Mr. Nguyen Hoang as the Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Mr. Deepak Vohra as the Ambassador of the Republic of India.
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Organizers of Germany's Love Parade say that the festival will not take place again out of respect for the victims.
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Today, the European Commission announced a funding package of €10 million to respond to urgent humanitarian needs exacerbated by a lack of support from the international community.
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Mexico and the World Bank reinforced their strategic partnership on key development issues, after a two day working visit by World Bank Group (WBG) President Robert B. Zoellick.
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Today, the European Commission has adopted a € 15 million aid package to support the reestablishment of essential health and water supply services and to provide food assistance, short term food security and livelihood support in Zimbabwe.
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President Dalia Grybauskaitė received Eastern European political business and public women leaders.
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Commission introduces legislation requiring EU countries to inform suspects of their rights in writing on arrest.
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President Dalia Grybauskaitė sent a letter to the participants of the ceremony of unveiling a commemorative plaque in Washington Square in Vilnius to mark the seventieth anniversary of the US Department of State Declaration on the Non-Recognition of the Annexation of the Baltic States.
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State Secretary for European Affairs Olivier Chastel met with his Croatian counterpart Mr Andrej Plenkovic on 22nd July 2010.
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President Dalia Grybauskaitė on behalf of herself and the people of Lithuania extended congratulations to His Majesty Albert II, King of the Belgians, on the occasion of Independence Day.
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WORKPAD, an EU-funded ICT research project, has developed software applications that allow emergency teams responding to natural disasters to coordinate and communicate with each other quickly and efficiently, helping to save more lives.
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The World Bank Group’s Board of Directors today discussed a new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Albania, which provides the framework for the World Bank Group’s assistance to Albania for 2011-2014.
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