News archive, 1998-07, en

Riga break dancing takes on new spin
Moscow turns eastward
CRUDE COMPETITION
An ugly duckling turns into a swan
Lithuania's liquid amber
Lithuanians in Latvia are almost home
Earnings of the listed and to be listed companies
Stock markets: weekly report (July 17-24)
Belarus promises to settle debts in October
Adamkus vetoes capital gains tax
Getting to the bottom of the real estate market
NRG hopes three's a charm: U.S. electricity firm hopes for share of Narva plant
TPL Insurance in Lithuania - probably
Hanza Lizings grabs for more
Non-profit financial institute becoming essential part of Lithuanian development
Latvijas Gazes shares hit public auction
Summed up
Will Jurmala's White Palace survive privatization?
Farmers threaten nation-wide protests
Banks back off Lahekalda
Voucher system threatens privatization revenue
Plastic playpens and painted lives
Internet slowly seeps into Lithuania
Latvia still improving Internet access
Information superhighway starts in Estonia
Alcoholism? Not a problem here
Treating drug addicts: an uphill battle
Van den Broek keeps mum about EU
Celebrating the world's 'most democratic language'
First lady will have her feet up
Latvian leftists insist on joint election list
Can the crusader learn the art of compromise?
Bomb explodes in Tallinn
Estonian EU accession talks well under way
Ivangorod likely to stay in Russia
Off the Wire
A good summer for the beach?
Minister's advisor commits suicide
Baltic Challenge good preparation for NATO
Western Latvians could be key to referendum
Blackened flag angers Lithuania
Oil project taxes Latvian-Lithuanian relations: Environmental activists protest at Lithuanian Embassy in Riga
A fourth Baltic republic
Helping Kaliningrad
Checkmate for Adamkus?
A post-World Cup reflection for the Baltics
Big bad disasters
Earnings of the listed and to be listed companies
Stock markets: weekly report (July 10 – 17)
Lithuania, Russia finalize investment deal
Privatization could be worth 1 billion lats
Privatization Trust Fund to wind down
China, Latvia optimistic about future
Lithuania plans to reduce account deficit
Interest will tell the tale in 1998
Glimmer of hope exists for Latvian WTO membership
Debt dispute could be resolved
Latvia introduces the 500-lat note
Business' costly love affair with trolley buses
Real estate developers push for stock listing
Growth is stable for Estonian insurance market in first half
Tough times for leasing market
Pork, butter and unemployment
Summed up
Report reveals a healthy economy
Telecommunication giant gets new leaders
Amber Teleholdings grabs control of Omnitel
Most Maapank depositors satisfied
Paying less for lats
Economic growth slows but doesn't stop slows but doesn't stop
Williams sweetens offer for stake in Lithuanian oil for stake in Lithuanian oil
A walk through time
Dealing with pregnancy before it happens
Getting glue-sniffers unstuck
Summer serial rapist strikes once again
Fewer Latvians tying the knot
Parliament, Adamkus compromise on KGB law
American dolphins on guard in the Baltic
Baltic Challenge exercises open
Better the devil you know?
Getting Latvians to understand their rights
Parliament gets tough on piraters
Estonian praises Lithuanian military
Estonia to send new police contingent to Bosnia
Ivangorod residents threaten to block railway
Estonian bank head won't be charged
Savisaar: should've run for president
Estonian-American ready to come home in style
Off the Wire
Lebanon costly mission for Baltbat
Building on buried bones
Germany pushes NATO, EU enlargement
Baltic-American pact will fund 'habits of the heart'
No amendments, no EU?
Latvenergo Commission guns for Skele, Krasts
Afghan security employees not welcome
Back to the future for Baltic students
New wave of AIDS: brink of epidemic?
The sleeping princess lets it all hang out
World Cup Fever sweeps across Vilnius
Estonian military on the right track
WHAT'S IN A VOTE
Williams president visits
An Italian's secret to his Estonian success
Meat imports restricted
Finns consume meat packing company
Baltic monetary policy in 1998
Summed up
Finnish company acquires Latvian software company
Privatization for Internet junkies
Hansapank-Hoiupank merger a reality
Deposit guarantee fund launched
Baltic Sea ministers focus on small businesses
Lithuanian brokers halt trading to protest tax law
International and individual truth
The American Ambassador's last hurrah
Talbott: Lithuania deserves better 21st century
Lithuania: land of ostriches?
No sanctions against Belarus
Security is tight for visit
Polish president praises treatment of minorities
Bus plunges from bridge
Welcome to Ivangorod, Estonia?
Estonian freedom-fighters gather for reunion
Off the Wire
Election Commission gets less than expected
Appealing to Latvians' civic duty
Baltic similarities and differences
Out of the closet in the middle of the road
Talbott reaffirms Baltic moves to the West
Maapank bankruptcy aftermath: protests and panic
Venusberg: a novel introduction to today's Baltics
A universal holiday
Earnings of listed and soon to be listed companies
Stock markets: weekly report (June 29 – July 6)
Estonian-British trade developing rapidly
Steady growth for timber
More than 1,000 unemployed bankers could flood market
Latvia fears Russian tariffs
PowerBridge takes another step Westward
Maintaining a clean European environment
More money for moms, more babies for Latvia
Ulmanis stands firmly for integration
Famous priest, art collection vanish
Lithuanians: the biggest NATO enthusiasts
Festival, olympics brighten up Vilnius
Retirement age for women jumps again
Making it tougher for political parties
Economics minister considers resignation
Saturated mobile market gets a costly boost
Euroskeptics question wisdom of EU membership
Hosptial calls for private ownership
Off the Wire
Teachers need more time to learn Latvian
Latvia condemns Russian pressure
Departing ambassador recalls 'unique possibility'
Austria endorses Estonia for quick EU membership
Ready, set, sign: Referendum campaign starts July 20
They came, they sang, they conquered

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