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Lithuania
TOL is proud to present the Freedom House Nations in Transit country
reports, the only comprehensive, comparative, and multidimensional
study of reform in the former communist states of Europe and Eurasia.
TOL Lithuania Articles
- Lithuania’s Dispensable Teachers
- As the countryside empties out and schools close, thousands of teachers lose perks and even their jobs.
- The Best of TOL for 2011
- Our favorite stories of the year.
- Hundreds Arrested at Moscow Political Protest, Danube Drought Hampers Traffic
Plus, Belgrade compromises on Kosovo border posts and Vilnius clamps down on beggars and alms-givers.
- Chernobyl's 'Liquidators' Rise Up, Screws Tighten on Some Faiths in Russia
- Plus, Latvia's banking whistleblower resurfaces, and Serbia tries again to sell its ailing national carrier.
- Romania's ‘I Am a Roma’ Campaign, Kyrgyzstan's Bold Border Reopening
Plus, Lithuania rejects new CIA prisons probe, and a reconstructed Bolshoi makes its debut.
- Kyrgyzstan Bans Casinos, ‘Witness X’ in Kosovo War Crimes Trial Found Dead
Plus, Amnesty International asks Lithuania to reopen CIA prison probe, and geocaching a hit with Czechs.
- Macedonia’s Moment of Hoops Euphoria, Latvian Oligarchs’ Moment of Truth
Plus, the Slovak premier barely survives a showdown and Hungary’s red sludge company is ordered to pay up.
- Vienna and Vilnius: The Values Gap
Many in Lithuania say Vienna’s release of Mikhail Golovatov suggests that the duty to uphold “European values” applies more to some countries than to others.
- Lithuanian Flip-Flops Mirror Nuclear’s Changing Fortunes
Vilnius is dead-set against new nuke plants in nearby Belarus and Kaliningrad but continues to make plans for its own, even as public support for nuclear power shrinks.
- In Vilnius, Shared Pain, Divided Memories
The question of how to mark a history of occupation, oppression, and even homegrown brutality continues to dog Lithuanian-Jewish relations.
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