More than 200 rescued from burning Baltic Sea ferry

"More than 200 passengers have been rescued from a Baltic Sea ferry after it caught fire near the German island of Fehmarn, maritime officials said. At least 20 people suffered light injuries, the German Maritime Emergency Centre said. There were reports of...

Lithuania Elects First Female President

Dalia Grybauskaite has become a recent addition to the long history of Lithuania by becoming the first female elected President of the Baltic Nation. She is also an independent which is another first. The turnout at the Presidential Elections was 52% with Ms....

Medvedev Urges Obama to Rethink Missile Shield Plans

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has said he will call of his threat to deploy missiles in the Kaliningrad region, a Russian excave within the EU, if Barack Obama calls off the Bush Administration's plans to build a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. An...

Conservatives wins Lithuanian ballot

" © AP 2008-10-26 23:49:04 - VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - A conservative party critical of Russia won Lithuania's parliamentary ballot, the Baltic country's election commission said Sunday, signaling the return of a center-right government after seven years of leftist...

Lithuanians vote for new parliament at last

" Polling stations have opened in Lithuania for the second and final round of voting to elect a new parliament. The first round of voting on October 12 saw 73 of Lithuania's 141 parliamentary seats decided, leaving 68 to be fought over in the second round....