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3 February 2012
Lithuania’s Dispensable Teachers
As the countryside empties out and schools close, thousands of teachers lose perks and even their jobs.
By Linas Jegelevicius
23 December 2011
The Best of TOL for 2011
Our favorite stories of the year.
By TOL
6 December 2011
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.
By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, and Kaitlyn Meade
3 November 2011
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.
By Barbara Frye, Ioana Caloianu, and Joshua Boissevain
28 October 2011
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.
By S. Adam Cardais and Natasha Kirshina
30 September 2011
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.
By S. Adam Cardais
15 September 2011
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.
By Jeremy Druker and Ioana Caloianu
29 July 2011
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.
By Violeta Davoliute
26 July 2011
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.
By Martin Ehl
30 June 2011
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.
By Violeta Davoliute
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