Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said Tuesday that Lithuania is considering asking the European Union to impose restrictions on electricity trading by third parties that generate electric power without complying with nuclear safety requirements.

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The conference is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Social Security and Labour of Lithuania, in partnership with the Lithuanian Committee of the Management for Social Transformations (MOST) Programme established within the Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO.

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On 2 January, armed Soviet troops from the Interior Ministry surrounded the headquarters of the Communist Party in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, in order to "guard the property of the CPSU in Lithuania" pursuant to a presidential decree issued by Gorbachev.

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Thus, when the Lithuanian party declared itself independent of Moscow's tutelage on 20 December 1989 and stated that Lithuania's eventual independence was its primary goal, the move provoked a strong reaction from Gorbachev.

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The Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus then presented Mr Bush with the Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great, Lithuania's highest honour.

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