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- Rare albino penguin makes debut at Polish zoo
A rare three-month-old albino penguin made its first public appearance at a zoo in the Polish Baltic port city of Gdansk, where its keepers claim it is the only one of its kind in captivity. ...
Yahoo. Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:13:00 -0400. - Northern Ireland defeat Estonia in Euro 2020 opener
Northern Ireland make a winning start to their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign with a deserved 2-0 victory over Estonia at Windsor Park.
BBC News. Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:35:54 GMT. - Estonian, 32, appears in court charged with murdering French film producer
Kirill Belorusov, 32, appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court this morning charged with murdering French film producer Laureline Garcia-Bertaux, 34, at her home in Kew earlier this month.
Daily Mail. Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:40:32 +0000. - Two Sukhoi jets chase US B-52 bomber away from Russian border
The Defense Ministry reported that the B-52 was flying over international waters of the Baltic Sea
Tass. Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:51:33 +0300. - Lithuanian pleads guilty in U.S. to massive fraud against Google, Facebook
A Lithuanian man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to U.S. charges that he helped orchestrate a scheme to defraud Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google out of more than $100 million, federal prosecutors announced.
Reuters. Wed, 20 Mar 2019 22:03:26 -0400. - Facebook-Google scammer pleads guilty in S$163m theft
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) - A Lithuanian man admitted he helped trick Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google into sending US$121 million (S$163 million) through a phishing scheme.
Straits Times. Thu, 21 Mar 2019 09:15:51 +0800. - Man charged with murder of a French film maker Laureline Garcia-Bertaux
Kirill Belorusov, 32, was detained in Tallinn, the capital of his home country Estonia
Henry Vaughan. The Independent. Thu, 21 Mar 2019 01:05:00 +0000. - Lithuanian man pleads guilty to scamming Google and Facebook out of $123 million
Man posed as hardware vendor to trick Google and Facebook into sending payments to his bank accounts.
ZDNet. Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:54:00 +0000. - Rise of First Daughter in Kazakhstan Fuels Talk of Succession
Dariga Nazarbayeva boosted her chance of following her father as president, but a messy divorce and the lurid death of her former husband might get in the way.
Neil Macfarquhar. New York Times. Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:32:28 GMT. - Northern Ireland striker Grigg out of Euro qualifiers
Sunderland striker Will Grigg is ruled out of Northern Ireland's Euro 2020 qualifiers against Estonia and Belarus with an injury.
BBC News. Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:00:22 GMT. - Sweden Democrat proposes building mosque to attract immigrants up north
A Sweden Democrat politician from Kramfors, on Sweden's northern Baltic coast, is facing possible expulsion after proposing that his municipality build a mosque to draw more immigrants to the city.
The Local. Sat, 16 Mar 2019 10:57:56 +0100. - Genetic test reveals Baltic flounder migration routes and a new species
The waters of the eastern Baltic Sea around Finland are home to the flounder, a flatfish with both its eyes on one side of the head that uses its camouflage to move cryptically along the sea floor. ...
Mongabay. Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:11:31.
Facts About the Baltic States
The Republic of Estonia is governed by an elected unicameral Parliament, which elects a President. Estonia's capital city is Talinn, and its national currency is the Kroon. The primary language used by Estonians is Estonian and in 2007, the estimated population of Estonia was 1,316,000.
The Republic of Latvia is governed by an elected Parliament, which elects a President who, in turn, appoints a Prime Minister. Latvia's capital city is Riga, and its national currency is the Lat. The country's national language is Latvian and in 2007, the Latvia's population was estimated at 2,260,000.
The Republic of Lithuania is governed by a unicameral Parliament and an elected President who appoints a Prime Minister. Lithuania's capital city is Vilnius, and its national currency is the Litas. The national language of Lithuania is Lithuanian, and in 2007, the nation's estimated population was 3,575,000.