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Lithuania Online: Online.lt
The premier guide to Lithuanian internet resources. Organized by on-line services, by keywords, and as yellow pages. Updated daily, revised weekly, ...
CIA - The World Factbook -- Turkey
Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
Netherlands in the Yahoo! Directory
Learn about the history, art, culture, sport, language, government, science, and cities of Netherlands.
Russia! magazine
Popular:. Translations of Russian Lit Classics WINTER 2008 · Russia is banning art. Again. WINTER 2008 · What a bear says when he sees a couple making love ...
Nazi Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russia in the Yahoo! Directory
Learn about the history, art, culture, sport, language, government, travel guides, science, and regions of Russia.
Greece Now - www.greece.gr
www.greece.gr. The site is under reconstruction.
ANDORRA.COM: hotels, esquÃ, activitats, previsió meteorol�..
Portal amb informació general sobre Andorra; compres, esquÃ, hotels, correu gratis...
Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Liechtenstein
Portal of the Principality of Liechtenstein - Home
Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations. Contains staff information, speeches and documents. Contact information.
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Juror Defies Russian Court's Attempts to Close Murder Trial..
MOSCOW, Nov. 20 -- The trial of three men accused of helping to organize the murder of one of Russia's most prominent investigative reporters, Anna Politkovskaya, took a surprise turn Thursday as a juror publicly challenged the court's decision to hold the proceedings behind closed doors.
UN extends European Union force in Bosnia
(AP)
AP - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to extend the European Union's peacekeeping force in Bosnia for a year, emphasizing the importance of the country's progress towards Euro-Atlantic integration.
Tankers Rerouted From Pirates
Maersk will divert some of its vessels around the Cape of Good Hope amid the rise in piracy in the Gulf of Aden.
Italian Jews Back Out of Dialogue Day [2008-11-20]
Zenit.org ).- A representative of the Church in Italy is expressing his sadness that the Jewish community will not join in Jan. 17's day of dialogue between Jews and Catholics.Giuseppe Laras, presiden...
Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1845, Security Council Exten..
Noting that the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement in June by the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina had marked a fundamental step forward in the relationship between that countr...
11,000 lives lost because cancer is found too late
London Up to 11,000 lives a year could be saved if cancer survival rates in Britain were up with the best in Europe, campaigners will say today. England, Scotland and Wales lag behind most other E...
Haringey care orders fell before baby died
The number of proceedings issued by Haringey council to take children into care fell significantly in the months before Baby P’s death. At the time, the authority was facing an overspend in it...
Why Gordon needs Prudence — and Patience
Forget speculation about an early general election. It is not going to happen, nor should it. Unlike 14 months ago, this chatter is not coming from the Brown circle. The official line that Gordon Br...
10p tax rebels in appeal to Darling
Nov 21 2008 Leaders of Labour's 10p tax rebellion have urged Chancellor Alistair Darling to find £1 billion in Monday's Pre-Budget Report to help those who lost out when the starting rate of ...
Calls for survival rates overhaul
Nov 21 2008 Up to 11,000 lives a year could be saved if cancer survival rates in Great Britain matched the best in Europe, according to new research. England, Scotland and Wales lag behind most ot...
MP in bank nationalisation warning
Nov 21 2008 Public pressure for full nationalisation of the banks will mount if they do not return swiftly to normal lending to small businesses, a senior MP has warned. Labour's John McFall, who ...
Siptu and Aer Lingus agree cost-saving plan
MARTIN WALL, Industry Correspondent THE THREAT of industrial action at Aer Lingus from next week has been withdrawn following an agreement on cost savings between the airline and trade union Siptu. Si...
Ryan urges investment in cleaner energy
PAUL CULLEN MINISTER FOR Energy Eamon Ryan has called for a "strategic retreat" from our dependence on fossil fuels through heavy investment in newer forms of cleaner energy. Ireland's import bill for...
Workplace bullying victims often blamed, research says
ALISON HEALY VICTIMS OF workplace bullying are often blamed by colleagues for bringing it upon themselves, new research has found. The research by Torunn Dahl, business psychologist at consultancy fir...
Anti-incinerator group to seek costs from firm
TIM O'BRIEN A GROUP opposed to the building of an incinerator at Rathcoole in west Dublin is to seek to have its costs paid by the company proposing the development, Energy Answers International. Rath...
Groups working with children welcome ombudsman
KITTY HOLLAND GROUPS WORKING with vulnerable children have welcomed plans by the Ombudsman for Children to investigate the implementation of national guidelines on child protection. However they have ...
Alcohol abuse unlikely to be tackled, group told
ALISON HEALY THERE IS little reason to be optimistic that alcohol abuse will be tackled "at any stage in the near future" because of the power of the drinks industry, the Irish Association of Suicidol...
HSE plans to cut bed numbers in blueprint
MARTIN WALL, Industry Correspondent THE HEALTH Service Executive is planning to cut bed numbers, restrict some wards to five-day rather than seven-day operation and carry out more work on a day care b...
Radio stations to pool news services
MARY MINIHAN RADIO STATIONS Today FM and Newstalk, which are both owned by Denis O'Brien's company Communicorp, are to combine their newsroom resources. The services of reporters in the two newsrooms ...
Irish mobile talkers and texters top list
CONOR POPE THE REPUBLIC'S mobile phone users spend more time talking and texting than their counterparts in 15 other countries, according to a new report. The third annual International Communications...
President praises Cricklewood centre
FRANK MILLAR, London Editor PRESIDENT MARY McAleese officially opened Cricklewood Homeless Concern's new centre yesterday on the second day of her two-day visit to London. The President said it was a ...
Fine Gael expects 1,200 activists to attend national confere..
DEAGLÁN de BRÉADÚN, Political Correspondent FINE GAEL is expecting about 1,200 party activists to attend its national conference which opens this evening in Wexford. Party leader Enda K...
Cap deal the best going, says Smith
SARAH COLLINS and SEÁN MAC CONNELL MINISTER FOR Agriculture Brendan Smith has said Ireland could not have got a better deal on the Common Agricultural Policy than the one reached by EU ministers ...
Farming groups react negatively to agreement
SEÁN Mac CONNELL in Strasbourg FARMING ORGANISATIONS reacted negatively to the new farm deal agreed in Brussels yesterday. The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association was furious over the deci...
Political party for older people hopes to contest local poll..
KITTY HOLLAND A NEW political party championing the interests of older people plans to field candidates in the local elections next June, its founder has said. Tommie Wolfe (70) from Dublin applied to...
Students to discuss fees with Minister
KITTY HOLLAND STUDENT UNION leaders are to meet Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe to outline their opposition to the reintroduction of third-level fees. Trinity College Dublin students' union presi...
Legal framework for levy to be in place by Christmas
MARIE O'HALLORAN LEGISLATION TO implement a health insurance levy and related tax relief measures will be passed by the Oireachtas before Christmas, although a decision by the European Commission on i...
Varadkar question scurrilous, says Coughlan
MARIE O'HALLORAN TÁNAISTE MARY Coughlan has described as "scurrilous" a question from Fine Gael enterprise spokesman Leo Varadkar about whether she had been lobbied in the appointment process for...
Labour criticises nursing home Bill to help fund long-term c..
MARIE O'HALLORAN NURSING HOME legislation to help fund long-term care is "wrong and unfair" because it "involves a redistribution of wealth from the less well-off to the better-off," the Dáil has...
Mutual admiration society spreads over both sides of House
MICHAEL O'REGAN DÁIL SKETCH: Fine Gael TD John Perry spoke at authoritative length about EU directives and documents as he addressed the Government benches, where Minister of State for European A...
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