Here's one reason to move to Lithuania: Eight weeks of time off.
In the financial crisis, Europe's banking sector has been the shoe that wouldn't drop.
South Korea leads the world in providing broadband services, according to a study released on Thursday. The United States did not make the top 10.
Arsenal striker Eduardo could face a two-match Champions League ban if European football's governing body UEFA decide to charge him with diving.
World champions Italy opened a two-point gap in World Cup qualifying Group Eight ahead of Wednesday's home clash against nearest challengers Republic of Ireland in Bari.
Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka dealt French World Cup ambitions a blow on Monday when he withdrew from a critical qualifying double against Lithuania with a toe problem.
Toulouse striker Andre-Pierre Gignac has been handed his first call-up to the France squad for their two World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania.
President Bush is rescinding visa requirements for citizens of six European countries and South Korea
France threw coach Raymond Domenech a lifeline by battling back to secure a 2-2 draw against Romania in their World Cup qualifying match in Constanta on Saturday night.
Andrey Silnov of Russia won the men's high jump at the Beijing Olympics by clearing 2.34 meters without a miss to secure the gold, before failing three times at 2.42.
Here's one reason to move to Lithuania: Eight weeks of time off.
In the financial crisis, Europe's banking sector has been the shoe that wouldn't drop.
South Korea leads the world in providing broadband services, according to a study released on Thursday. The United States did not make the top 10.
Arsenal striker Eduardo could face a two-match Champions League ban if European football's governing body UEFA decide to charge him with diving.
World champions Italy opened a two-point gap in World Cup qualifying Group Eight ahead of Wednesday's home clash against nearest challengers Republic of Ireland in Bari.
Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka dealt French World Cup ambitions a blow on Monday when he withdrew from a critical qualifying double against Lithuania with a toe problem.
Toulouse striker Andre-Pierre Gignac has been handed his first call-up to the France squad for their two World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania.
President Bush is rescinding visa requirements for citizens of six European countries and South Korea
France threw coach Raymond Domenech a lifeline by battling back to secure a 2-2 draw against Romania in their World Cup qualifying match in Constanta on Saturday night.
Andrey Silnov of Russia won the men's high jump at the Beijing Olympics by clearing 2.34 meters without a miss to secure the gold, before failing three times at 2.42.
Usain Bolt makes the impossible seem commonplace. His running has been so spectacular here that he has forced hard-traveled track scribes to consider the question: Can Bolt break Michael Johnson's 12-year-old record in the 200? The time to beat is 19.32.
A message awaited members of the U.S. team a few hours ago, as they boarded the bus for Tuesday afternoon's practice at Beijing Normal University. On every seat someone had left a piece of paper that read, TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED [0-0].
Scottish giants Rangers slumped to a shock European exit when Linas Pilibaitis gave FBK Kaunas 2-1 a aggregate win in their Champions League second qualifying round tie in Lithuania.
At every major international tournament, the competition finds one chink in the Americans' armor and tries to exploit it.
Rangers' Champions League hopes were left hanging in the balance after they were held to a 0-0 draw by FBK Kaunas in the second qualifying round first leg at Ibrox.
Manchester City, under their new manager Mark Hughes, will make a low-key start to their UEFA Cup campaign this month, when they play the first leg of their first qualifying round tie away to EB/Streymur, of the Faroe Islands.
German Jurgen Rober has joined the list of coaches who have decided not to join Scottish Premier League club Hearts.
Russia have completed their build-up for the Euro 2008 finals with a comfortable 4-1 win over Lithuania in Burghausen, Germany.
French Euro 2008 qualification hopes were dealt a blow on Monday when Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka was ruled out of the critical midweek qualifier against Lithuania in Nantes.
Canadian plane manufacturer Bombardier has asked airlines to inspect its Q400 aircraft after two of the planes, operated by Scandinavian Air, crash-landed in Europe this week.
Striker Kenny Miller dealt Scotland a blow on Tuesday when he was ruled out of their forthcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers because of a hamstring injury.
Sweden's Carolina Kluft cemented her position as the best all-round female athlete of her generation when she clinched an unprecedented third successive world heptathlon title with a personal best tally on Sunday.
A long time ago in an era that feels far, far away, the United States was regarded as the most fearsome basketball force on the planet. Led by hoops deities like Bird, Magic and Jordan, the Americans steamrolled through the first NBA-sanctioned Olympics in 1992, trouncing opponents by an average of 43.8 points a game.
Two superb strikes from Fabio Quagliarella on his first start gave Italy a 2-0 win over Lithuania in a Euro 2008 Group B qualifier on Wednesday.
AC Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi returned to the Italy squad on Monday for the Euro 2008 qualifying games in Faroe Islands and Lithuania.
Police have launched a formal investigation into the brandishing of a racist banner by home fans during Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier against France, the Lithuanian Football Federation said Monday.
Craig Beattiie's 89th minute goal gave Scotland's new coach Alex McLeish a winning start with a 2-1 victory over Georgia and kept the Scots out in front in Group B of the European Championship qualifiers.
Arsenal's Abou Diaby and Chelsea's Lassana Diarra were among four newcomers called up by France coach Raymond Domenech on Thursday for a Euro 2008 qualifier against Lithuania and a friendly against Austria later this month.
Jon Dahl Tomasson struck twice as Denmark comfortably beat Australia 3-1 at Queens Park Rangers' Loftus Road in an international friendly on Tuesday.
Portugal's Francis Obikwelu, the fastest European sprinter in history, has been named Europe's male athlete of the year for 2006.
Striker Andriy Shevchenko is struggling to play in Ukraine's Euro 2008 qualifier against world champions Italy in Rome on Saturday, coach Oleg Blokhin said on Wednesday.
France turned the tables on World Cup winners Italy with a 3-1 victory in a pulsating Euro 2008 Group B qualifier in Paris on Wednesday.
World Cup runners-up France began the post-Zinedine Zidane era in impressive fashion by crushing Georgia 3-0 in their opening Euro 2008 qualifier.
Gothenburg's favourite son Christian Olsson and Russian Yelena Isinbayeva lit up another damp day at the Ullevi stadium, where they demolished the opposition at the European championships on Saturday.
Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov edged closer to their third European ice dance title after climbing to the top of the standings following the original dance.
Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti continued his swift recovery from injury when he returned for a friendly match against Swiss side Chiasso at the weekend.
Sevilla defender Ivica Dragutinovic is set to miss Serbia & Montenegro's World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania and Bosnia after suffereing an injury at the weekend.
Olympique Marseille are ready to sign Serbian international defender Ivica Dragutinovic from Belgium's Standard Liege before the transfer deadline on Wednesday.
Spain coach Luis Aragones criticized his players in the aftermath of their shock 1-1 home draw against lowly Bosnia-Herzegovina in World Cup qualifying.
A devastating second-half strike from substitute Albert Luque gave Spain a narrow 1-0 home win over Lithuania.
Real Zaragoza striker David Villa has been drafted into Spain's squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania and Bosnia, after Raul Tamudo was forced to drop out because of injury.
Germany has become the ninth country to ratify the EU constitution when the upper house of parliament voted in favor of the treaty.
British authorities trying to identify a mute pianist found wandering on a beach have been given more than 300 possible names, but have yet to establish his identity.
Georgia's president told CNN Sunday that the Yalta conference ending World War II created "one of the most immoral deals in the history of mankind."
U.S. President George W. Bush told the leaders of the three Baltic nations Saturday that "we recognize your painful history."
U.S. President Bush has arrived in Latvia, the first stop in what could be a politically charged tour designed to promote democracy and mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have signed an agreement that will allow joint military exercises and eventually a joint military capability.
Hungarian athletes Adrian Annus and Robert Fazekas have failed in their attempt to win back their gold medals from the Athens Olympics.
Spain's World Cup qualifying hopes are in the balance after being held to a goalless draw by Group Seven rivals Serbia and Montenegro in Belgrade.
Marius Stankevicius scored the equalizer in the 61st minute Wednesday to help Lithuania earn a 1-1 draw with host Bosnia in a European World Cup qualifier.
Spain eased their way to an unspectacular but efficient 5-0 victory at home to part-timers San Marino in a Group Seven World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
Espanyol midfielder Ivan de la Pena has been given a long-awaited squad call-up by Spain coach Luis Aragones for next week's World Cup Group Seven qualifier with San Marino.
Israel scored a scrappy 2-1 victory over Cyprus on a wet night to join Ireland and France on eight points at the top of European Group Four.
A 5-0 win over San Marino moved Serbia and Montenegro to the top of World Cup qualifying group five as Spain were held to a goalless draw by Lithuania in Vilnius.
Spain will hope to overcome an unconvincing start to their World Cup qualifying campaign with a confident performance against Group Seven leaders Lithuania.
Quick-fire goals from strikers Albert Luque and Raul gave Spain a 2-0 win over nine-man Belgium in their World Cup Group Seven qualifying tie.
Spain coach Luis Aragones has called up midfielders Fran Yeste and Xavi and dropped Real Madrid's Ivan Helguera and Fernando Morientes for his side's World Cup qualifiers against Belgium and Lithuania.
Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero has been ruled out for two weeks with an Achilles tendon injury.
If you are looking for a place to start a new business you may want to consider either Slovakia or Colombia for a new office.
Spain were fortunate to take a point from their opening World Cup qualifier when they scraped a barely deserved 1-1 draw with Bosnia in a Group Seven match in Zenica.
The United States at least retained one of their Olympic basketball titles as the American women beat Australia 74-63 in the gold medal match.
The U.S. men's basketball team finally got a convincing victory at the Olympic tournament on Monday, trouncing winless Angola 89-53 in their final preliminary round Group B match.
Former Lithuanian president Valdas Adamkus, who guided the ex-Soviet, pro-West republic into the European Union and NATO, has won the Baltic nation's presidential election over Peasants' Party leader Kazimira Prunskiene.
I am on the wrong side of 40 and probably too old to be going out with students pub-crawling and clubbing.
For two weeks, Richard Quest and his team are traveling around countries about to join the European Union on May 1. We asked for your views. The following are a selection of your e-mails.
Standard Liege striker Emile Mpenza has asked Belgium coach Aime Anthuenis for a break from the national team after scoring 14 goals in 37 internationals.
Lithuania's parliament voted Tuesday to remove President Rolandas Paksas on charges he illegally granted citizenship to a Russian businessman who contributed to his campaign.
All of NATO's diplomacy skills will be needed to calm the fears of Russia over the military alliance's eastward expansion, analysts say.
Seven eastern European countries have been welcomed into NATO as the military alliance said it was turning its attention to new challenges and threats.
U.S. President George W. Bush has formally welcomed the addition of seven new members to the NATO alliance during a ceremony Monday.
Europe is on the verge of a period of dramatic growth.
Ever since the Berlin Wall came down, people have been talking about the possibility of making big money in Eastern Europe. Now at least some investors are. A little-known mutual fund, Vontobel Eas...
Skeptics from the World Bank and the IMF scoffed back in June 1992 when newly independent Estonia replaced the Russian ruble with the kroon, a hard currency tied to the powerful deutsche mark. But ...
Germans and Japanese have fallen for Jeeps. Saudi sheikhs won't give up their Cadillacs. When Chinese hail a taxi, they get a Ford Tempo. Detroit, once renowned for its provincialism, is finally be...
--JAMES A. THURBER, 49, a political science professor at American University, on why the Clinton Administration will include lobbyists in spite of its campaign rhetoric: ''You don't want a governme...
The Grateful Dead's sponsorship of Lithuania's Olympic basketball team is the latest warp on what's fast becoming a capitalist tradition. With amateurism now a thing of the past, more companies are...
Convinced the giddy 1980s had finally ended, small investors moved out of junk bond mutual funds less than two years ago. Now the high-yield, high-risk issues look good again. Hungry for more than ...
FROM THE HOT WAR of the 1940s through all the Cold War years, the three Baltic states have remained almost a fixation in certain quarters of what we used to call the free world. In Western Europe a...
Without question, one certain loser has emerged from Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's Baltic crisis: a renewed Union Treaty. Gorbachev's ambitious plan to reunite his increasingly fractious emp...
The remaining shreds of President Gorbachev's image as a reformer seem to have vanished. In a letter to the Moscow News, his top economic adviser, Nikolai Petrakov, described the Communist Party cr...
The treaty signed by Presidents George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev could mark a watershed in U.S.-Soviet trade relations -- but only if the charismatic Soviet leader moves decisively to stabilize hi...
There's a euphoria that the Soviet Union is about to collapse and all our problems will be gone. I'm assuming that Gorbachev will be in power at the end of the decade. Right now he is strengthening...
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