Lithuania has become the first country in the European Union to ratify the European Constitution - just under two weeks after the document was formally signed.
The small Baltic state, which joined the EU on 1 May, ratified the document via its parliament - the Seimas - by an overwhelming majority on Thursday (11 November).
Eighty-four voted in favour of the Constitution with four against and three abstentions.
Ratification came on the last day of the current Seimas which is ...
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