WARSAW (RIA Novosti) — Warsaw could get an additional billion euros ($1.35 billion) from Brussels in 2011-2012 as a reward for the country’s dynamic economic growth in recent years, Polish Radio reported on Thursday.
It cited informal sources as saying substantial funds were earmarked for Poland from a special 3 billion-euro fund for countries that have [...]
Russians victims of their own propaganda
The number of negative articles on Lithuania is growing by the day on Russian Internet sites, writes the news portal Balsas:
“The readers then put their comments at the bottom, in which they delight – very much along the lines of Russian propaganda – that Lithuania has so many problems, without [...]
The Latvian parliament plans to vote on a proposal which would limit trade with alcohol in the near future. The daily Latvijas Avīze welcomes the initiative:
“In Latvia more than 10 litres of pure alcohol are consumed per capita and per year, there are countless alcoholics and statistics show that the number of minors being [...]
The left-liberal daily Politiken is unimpressed by Denmark’s extensive government reshuffle whereby 15 government posts changed hands:
“Political leadership means much more than just getting rid of ministers embroiled in scandal.
And unfortunately it’s the most ramshackle group of party hacks who’ve been brought out for this ostensible renewal.
… It could soon become clear that the move [...]
Despite temperatures of -5 Celsius, a huge crowd of Lithuanians brave the icy waters of the Baltic for a dip they say will keep them healthy.
Karen Selby reports.
Swedish language instruction is mandatory in Finnish schools because according to its constitution the country is bilingual.
The fact is however that many Finns see no need to learn Swedish, an attitude that Education Minister Henna Virkkunen is seeking to counter with a new proposal, writes the daily Savon Sanomat:
“According to Virkkunen Swedish language training [...]
In reaction to the economic crisis the state-owned freight transport company PKP Cargo plans to couple the wages of its employees to its profits.
This is a first step towards breaking with the obsolete structures of the communist era, writes the conservative daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna:
“We must wait for this to change the Polish railway [...]
The finance ministers of the EU on Tuesday ordered an ambitious austerity programme and strict budget controls for Greece. Commentators say it’s high time for a common economic policy for all EU members, and analyse reasons for the failure of Southern Europe’s economies.
High time for a pan-European economic policy
With the EU decision to put Greece [...]
Excellencies, distinguished priests of One God, colleagues parliamentarians, ladies and gentlemen!
Let me share with you some words on tragedies in plural, not only that unique we are commemorating.
Haiti disaster caused by the earthquake is an enormous and terrible human tragedy, which does continue until now.
The tsunami, which passed over Aceha and other Indonesian areas, caused [...]
video by Aivaras Averjanovas / Vilnius, Lithuania
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