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• Lenin's name reappears at Walesa's Polish shipyard

  (AP) -- Lenin's notorious name has returned to a public spot in Eastern Europe : the Gdansk shipyard where Lech Walesa led his anti-communist movement. Though just for a film set, the move has sparked emotions.A reconstructed sign with the words "In the   Read more »

• Estonia to open maritime museum in seaplane hangar

  (AP) -- Estonia will open the Baltic states' largest maritime museum in a hangar once used by Charles Lindbergh .The main attractions at the 15 million ($20 million) Seaplane Harbor will be a British-built submarine dating from the 1930s and a life-size   Read more »

• NATO wants member nations to share common defense

  (AP) -- Two F-4 jet fighters streaked off a runway in Lithuania this week to intercept a mystery plane in an exercise NATO officials hope showed the benefits of different countries shouldering different parts of a common defense program.NATO has provided   Read more »

• Lithuania to get liquid gas terminal in 2014

  (AP) -- A Lithuanian oil company has signed a 10-year agreement with Norway 's Hoegh LNG for leasing a liquid natural gas terminal as the Baltic state tries to break Russia's Gazprom monopoly.Currently Lithuania receives all its natural gas from Gazprom,   Read more »

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• adidas Originals Baltic Cup – Fall 2012

  The low-top kicks will see a predominately red look later this year, pairing suede and nubuck with black leather accents on the lining, heel tab and Three Stripes branding while a contrasting white rubber sole completes the look. 5:44 PM from Sneaker Files Read more »

• ECB Says Baltic States’ Euro Adoption Challenged by Inflation

  The European Central Bank said the countries most likely to join the euro next, Latvia and Lithuania, face a “challenging” inflation outlook that could hamper their convergence with the single currency. “Maintaining low inflation rates at all times in La 6:14 AM from Bloomberg.com Read more »

• Arts: Exhibition: Lacuna by Richard Rigg at Baltic

  Wear your walking boots for an inside view of Baltic’s latest exhibition – a wooden cabin containing a mountain landscape – as BARBARA HODGSON reports A ROUGH and ready-looking mountain hut is waiting to greet visitors to Baltic’s ground-floor gallery an 5:45 AM from JournalLive.co.uk Read more »

• 22 Miniature Ice Fishing Hut Sculptures - One Empire Wide by David Trautrimas.

  One Empire Wide is a series of sculptural works exploring Canadiana through scale model ice fishing huts by artist David Trautrimas. The 22 miniature models shown here will soon be on exhibit. Details at the end of the post. 1. 'The Avro' 10 cm x 12 cm x 3:18 AM from If It's Hip, It's Here Read more »

• Google Celebrates Peter Carl Fabergé’s 166th B’Day With A Doodle

  Peter Carl Fabergé (30 May, 1846 – 24 September, 1920), was born in St. Petersburg in the Russian Empire into a family of Baltic German jewellers. He took over the family business in 1882 along with his brother, Agathon, another talented designer. His ta 1:35 AM from Techtree.com Read more »