News archive, 1998-09, en

Russia must remain whole
OPEN BOOKS
Sleeping Beauty of a lost generation
The Celtic connection
Homecoming in a distant land
Bremen days in Riga
Stock markets: weekly report (September 15 -Ê21)
Russian woes could force unemployment up
Air Baltic files Moscow flight plan
Crime may be up but locks are available
Company could put 500 out of work
Neste strikes up the band, floats the balloons
Don't risk the whole enchilada
Insurance company formed
Estonia stores its gas supply in Latvia
Lithuanians struggle with tax reform
Summed up
Internal affairs minister cries foul
Hansapank rearranges stock issue
Exporters fish for new markets
Williams, Lithuania get closer, criticism swirls
Latvian farmers call for compensation
Estonia to help exporters, Russia
10,000th naturalized Latvian a shining pupil
University celebrates 80 years of free education
Adamkus decorates saviors of Jews
Madagascar's president unexpectedly drops in
Reaction to Clinton scandal in Lithuania
Number of women with HIV rises, more at risk
Petition against Butinge presented to Lithuania
Nevsky Cathedral belongs to the state
Estonia to clarify freedom of information laws
Off the Wire
Minister stays on after presidential veto
MPs get close-up of Russian crisis
Group of Estonians detained in America
Naval exercise aimed at pushing Balts toward NATO
NowÉa message from your leaders
Siimann re-elected chairman of Coalition Party
Minister asked to resign after Aluksne tragedy
Moscow's crisis, Russia's regions
BALTIC BAND AID
THE NEW BOSS
Not your father's Robin Hood
A kilt-clad groom
Snapshots of life
Gays create ripples in Latvia
Earnings of the listed and to-be-listed companies
Stock markets: weekly report (September 8 -Ê14)
Stock exchange looks at past, prepares for future
Philips offers Riga bread and circuses
Sillamae gets an investment boost
Russian meltdown and its effect on Estonian funds
Keeping banks off the stock exchange
Eyesore turns into economic boost
Balancing EU hopes, state interests
EU regulations too tough for Latvian company
Summed up
Estonia to hike excise tax on cars
World Bank helps rural Latvia
Hansapank to decide on strategic investor
Banks bait up for the big fish
Estonian energy company gets new Finnish connection
Norwegians, Lithuanians team up to grab shipyard
Encephalitis deaths rise, foreign help needed
A voice for the muzzled majority
Estonians join military exercise in Macedonia
UNDP, Nordics lend a hand for integration
Farmers want year classified as disaster
Hungry eyes
Red Cross offers taste of Latvia
Estonian company threatens to turn off the taps
Occupation probe will take years, official says
Lithuania helps forgotten Kaliningrad
Many different breeds of underdog
Faithful demand return of church
PM admits to intra-party power struggles
Off the Wire
Estonia hands in EU position papers
Russians to get partial pensions: Delays could end up costing Latvia and other Baltics
Man questioned in bank robbery released
Estonia mourns long-serving diplomat
Not the best, not the worst
Ailing Lileikis keeps out of court again
Baltics brace for Russian refugees
Baltic reaction to Primakov divided
Divided on security
A modern Viking visits Latvia
An Estonian fairy tale
Season's 'must haves' for the Lithuanian language
After time on the road, Tiger Tour roars to an end in Tallinn
Life without McDonald's
Earnings of quoted and to-be-quoted companies
Stock markets: weekly report (September 1 -Ê7)
Estonia forges closer ties with Kazakhstan
Russian crisis affects Ave Lat Group exports
New rules on bank investments drafted
Swiss company to buy Snoras bank
Government admits Russian crisis' influence on economy
Dollar-buying frenzy calms in Lithuania
Bank is looking for strategic investor
Klaipeda oil reconstruction drags on
Farmers hang on to their grain
Italian ices deal for riverbank skyrise
Summed up
Telecommunications under control
Bank takes over debt-ridden TV station
Another bank merger locks up 10 percent of the market
Helping charities a challenge: Companies will donate, but want guarantees
Government looks to help ailing exporters
Russian crisis hits some industries
Latvian health care gets shot in arm
Lost men in a lost society
Getting kids into the classroom
School's in, and so is education reform
The shadier side of the West hits Latvia
Children need help, but Estonia's no Thailand
Environmentalists offer prayer for Baltic Sea
Autumn means mushrooms in Lithuania
Lithuanian air pollution monitored more closely
Don't rule out the also-rans
Border areas to get EU support
Registration deadline for elections draws near
Group sifts through mysterious Estonia disaster
Off the Wire
Illegal immigrants start hunger strike
AIDS treatment examined after death
Royals enjoy familiarity with Lithuania
NATO membership could hinge on amendments
Estonia courts NATO but gets no promises
Parnu man charged with crimes against humanity
Landsbergis sends wake-up call to West
Top guard questioned in Unibanka heist: Bank robbed of 1.65 million lats, five detained
Charlemagne and the EU
VOTE FOR THE FUTURE
Just this side of the other side
Riga's favorite barladies
The magic cure of life
British filmmaker creates a cultural controversy
Stock markets: weekly report (August 22 ÐÊ28)
ID cards replace Estonian passports
Toilet market clogged with competition
Depositing is popular investment alternative
Foreign investors dominate Baltic capital market
Future of the Estonian economy unclear
Update on the development of the Baltic equity markets
Securities settlements in the Baltic states
Privatization plays important role in Latvian capital market
Vision of a common stock exchange
World processes influence Estonian securities market
Time to rethink market strategy
Summed up
Estonian government saves its embassies
Staburadze to invest in Naruta confectionery
Tartu business center challenges Tallinn
Capital Bank closed, shares off RSE
Swedes acquire one-fifth of Hansapank
Latvian company could lose privatization bid: Lithuanian government may call for new tender for VKL
Birth rate becomes weapon
Russian military pensioners ailing in Estonia
Adamkus takes on EU, Butinge, Lithuania's future
Referendum set for election day
Paying the piper
Deutschmarks for Nazi suffering
The price of power
Foreigners could face more checks in Estonia
Speculations swirl around ministers' future
Off the wire
Precipitation in Estonia hits record high
Ministry may let prisoners walk
Baltics roll out the red carpet
Lithuania joins EU sanctions against Yugoslavia
Reports of president's demise greatly exaggerated
Hunger strike ends on a high note
Russians throw Skrunda switch
Estonians try to wait out Russian storm
Smart money takes off to farm, mattresses

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