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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1917 December 6: Finland Independence Day
1948 December 10: Human Rights Day
1994 December 11: First Chechen War
1974 December 13: Malta Republic Day
1991 December 16: Kazakhstan Independence Day
1989 December 16: Romanian Revolution
2011 December 18: Arab Spring
1979 December 24: Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
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Baltic nations advance air surveilance network BALTNET
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Estonia points out human rights violations in occupied parts of Georgia, Ukraine
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Exhibition of contemporary Lithuanian artists opens in Paris
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SEB fined after making better loan rates dependent on holding pension fund
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Lithuanian parliament lowers electoral threshold in second attempt
Cuban dissident urges Lithuania to block EU-Cuba deal
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