PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Republic of Lithuania Port of Klaipeda and the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) today signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding  that promises ...

KLAIPEDA - The optimism of the start of 2011, with more vibrant real estate action, evaporated with the year reaching its middle, before winding down.

The toll from Europe's killer cold snap is climbing. Overall, 107 people have died of hypothermia in Poland since winter hit in November. The current cold snap began at the end of January, and across the Continent authorities have reported about 330 cold-related deaths. In neighbouring Lithuania, where the mercury has dipped to minus 31degC, the deaths of 12 more people over the weekend brought ...

KLAIPEDA - Amid commemorations for Jan. 13, 1991, the Day of Freedom Defenders, a tribute to the fallen national heroes who were crushed by Soviet tanks while defending the Television Tower, a symbol of Lithuania’s freedom back in 1991, quintessential questions were raised as to whether contemporary Lithuania has forgotten its fallen heroes, or, worse, betrayed their ideals.

RIGA - The pharmaceutical industry is marked by its position at the forefront scientific advances and technologies, as companies continue to make substantial investments into research and development. What is concocted in the labs finds its way to end-users through the local pharmacy.

KLAIPEDA - Thirty-six-year old Vidmantas Kaseta, father of an 8-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son, until recently used to say he cannot imagine his life without his kids and his wife.

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KLAIPEDA - For one 26-year-old woman from southern Lithuania, the straw of life cannot be thinner. Brought to the hospital, weak and on the brink of consciousness, she whispers to attending obstetricians that she’s got AIDS. And more.

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KLAIPEDA - The spring-like warm and snowless winter gladdens most heating cost-wary Lithuanians, but a dozen winter leisure centers are still closed in mid-January due to the lack of snow.