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Memelland, an area on the Baltic sea north of the River Neman which belonged to East Prussia before the
First World War. However, much of its population, particularly those who lived outside the port of Memel, was Lithuanian and under the
Versailles settlement it was detached from Germany and put under French administration. It was then proposed that it become a free state, but in January 1923 it was seized by Lithuanian forces and Memel was renamed Klaipeda. It became an autonomous region within Lithuania until 23 March 1939 when a German ultimatum forced its return to Germany. In 1945 it was returned to Lithuania, by then part of the USSR.
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USS John L. Hall Visits Klaipeda, Lithuania.
M2 Presswire; 11/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...US NAVY: USS John L. Hall Visits Klaipeda, Lithuania(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...security cooperation (TSC) port visit to Klaipeda, Lithuania. The port visit was an opportunity...city that dates back almost 800 years, Klaipeda is Lithuania's only seaport and is...
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Poland's top oil PKN Orlen denies plans to buy terminal in Klaipeda but will build pipeline from MN.
Newspaper article from: Poland Business News; 12/20/2006; 700+ words
; ...Orlen denies plans to buy terminal in Klaipeda but will build pipeline from MN WARSAW...buy the Lithuanian oil sea terminal in Klaipeda. The company is, however, planning...refiner Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) to the Klaipeda sea port. "We are thinking about building...
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U.S. AMBASSADOR CLOUD TO VISIT KLAIPEDA, SIAULIAI
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/1/2006; 342 words
; ...Tuesday, 5 September, 9:00-10:00 - Klaipeda Municipality (Liepu g. 11, Klaipeda) On Wednesday, 6 September, 9:00-10...September Ambassador John Cloud will visit Klaipeda and Siauliai, to start familiarizing himself...
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PKN Orlen Eyes Lithuania's Klaipeda Oil Terminal.
Newspaper article from: NEFTE Compass; 3/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...that would link the MN refinery with Klaipeda. The line should allow MN to optimize...export-import terminal at the port of Klaipeda, Navickas said. This would enable MN...construction of a new oil pipeline linking Klaipeda with MN's refinery. Currently, the...
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Lithuania: Tanker Shortage Hits Klaipeda Exports.(Klaipedos Nafta)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: NEFTE Compass; 4/16/2003; 700+ words
; ...due to a shortage of tankers. In March Klaipeda cut its transshipment volumes to 681...5% from the same month last year. Klaipeda was hit badly after freight rates rose...uncertainty due to the Iraq war also dented Klaipeda's shipments volumes in March. Last...
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AMBASSADOR CLOUD TO VISIT PALANGA, KLAIPEDA ON FEB. 20-21
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/15/2007; 300 words
; ...John Cloud will visit Palanga and Klaipeda. While in the area, Ambassador...of Palanga Remigijus Kirstukas and Klaipeda County Governor Vytautas Rinkevicius. Ambassador Cloud plans to visit Klaipeda seaport and the Lithuanian Navy Headquarters...
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Klaipeda To Ramp Exports With Mazheikiu Back.(Lithuanian Baltic port of Klaipeda, oil products, Mazhekeikiu Nafta refinery)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: NEFTE Compass; 10/19/2000; 597 words
; The Lithuanian Baltic port of Klaipeda should ramp up shipments of oil products over the next week...As a result of the refinery being out, products exports from Klaipeda plummeted. Gas oil shipments more than halved to 51,000 metric...
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Belarus considers oil imports through Klaipeda.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 2/2/2007; 596 words
; ...Belarus considers oil imports through Klaipeda VILNIUS. Feb 2 (Interfax) - Belarus...of importing oil through the port of Klaipeda in Lithuania as an alternative to supplies...possibilities of importing oil through Klaipeda," the newspaper Lietuvos Rytas quoted...
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Only Vitol will use new Klaipeda terminal.
Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 3/9/2006; 422 words
; Only Vitol will use new Klaipeda terminal VILNIUS. March 9 (Interfax...oil product terminal at the port of Klaipeda. Vitol and the stevedore company...told Interfax that the arrival at the Klaipeda port of the well-known company with...
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Latvia: New power plant in Klaipeda to cost about 0.14 billion euros.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 7/24/2008; 574 words
; ...prashant03 New thermal power plant in Klaipeda, whose construction project will be carried out by the company Fortum Klaipeda, will preliminary cost about 0...Environmental Protection Department of Klaipeda region has already confirmed the...
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Klaipeda
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Klaipeda , formerly Memel , city (1993 pop. 206,400), W Lithuania, on the...home of a large fishing fleet. One of the oldest cities of Lithuania, Klaipeda was the site of a settlement as early as the 7th cent. It was conquered...
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Courland Peninsula
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...armour for a thrust due west towards Klaipeda (Memel) on the Lithuanian coast. Sch...tanks having reached the coast north of Klaipeda the day before. Nevertheless, the army...lost German soil. By November, the Klaipeda gap had opened to 160 km...
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Memel Territory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...bank of the Neman River. In 1919 the Treaty of Versailles placed the district, containing the city and port of Memel (see Klaipeda ), under League of Nations-sponsored French administration. Lithuanian troops occupied the area in 1923, forcing the French...
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Lithuania
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
LITHUANIA Republic of Lithuania Major City: Vilnius Other Cities: Kapsukas, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Panevéžys, Šiauliai EDITOR'S NOTE This chapter was adapted from the Department of State Post...
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Klaypeda
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Klaypeda see Klaipeda , Lithuania.
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