Vilnius - A referendum held in Lithuania to decide the future of the Baltic nation's only nuclear power plant has failed to attract the necessary number of voters to be judged valid, official sources said on Monday.

Lithuania agreed to close its Ignalina nuclear power plant by 2009 as part of its deal to join the European Union in 2004. A planned replacement, to be built jointly with Estonia, Latvia and Poland, is unlikely to be ready before 2015.

Politicians fear that a six-year energy gap would increase Lithuania's energy dependency on Russia and could ruin the national economy. Ignalina currently supplies around 70 per cent of Lithuania's electricity.

Vilnius - Lithuanians go to the polls Sunday to vote in a general election. But this year's campaign is proving to be very different from the ones that preceded it.

Where previous general elections have usually been boisterous, affairs featuring flamboyant politicians making often outrageous statements at colourful rallies, this year's campaign has been uncharacteristically calm.

Riga/Vilnius  - A charter flight from the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, to the Turkish resort of Antalya was delayed Thursday after passengers joked about the presence of a bomb on board.

According to local media reports, a Boeing 757 operated by charter airline Aurela was due to depart at 6 am but a badly mistimed joke three minutes prior to take-off led to a full security alert and a detailed search of the aircraft.

The remarks were reportedly made by a holidaying couple from the western city of Klaipeda, Lithuania.

Vilnius- Lithuania threatened Wednesday to delay Russia's entry to the World Trade Organiza

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