News archive, 1998-10, en

The expedition: destiny's gift
MORE VISION, LESS DIVISION
The man who tuned up Lithuanian music
Transported Andersons
The road to Latvia
Home on the abandoned military base
Earnings of the listed and to-be-listed companies
Stock markets: weekly report (October 20 - 26)
Baltic customs cooperation
Fatter wallets for Estonian taxpayers
Summed up
Latvia to help local producers
Pharmaceutical plant wants off Tallinn bourse
Lithuanians still wary of banks
Analysts predict further losses: Greater Russian involvement ups Latvia's bank risks
Companies lay off employees
Decision on minimum wage increase delayed
WTO forces Latvia to slash import tariffs
Uhispank on Swedes' wishlist?
World War II hero commemorated
Jewish genocide case transferred to court
Minister to explain forbidden trip abroad
Workers released by Chechen captors
Farmers' parties may bolt government
Poll uncovers distrust in banks, economy
Students take a crack at Latvia's problems
Leaders call for broader Holocaust study
Kallas condemns time change
European time the right time for Lithuania
Security service at least 20 years off NATO pace
Vagnorius prepared for EU membership
Conservatives receive mixed reviews at midterm: Government gets criticism from politicians, high marks from voters
Fewer Latvians abroad vote in election
Still no government, but squabbles continue
Krasts sees sunny days for Latvia, Fatherland
Estonian caught in Pskov suspected of spying: Estonia refutes Russian claims, calls incident a media bubble
Laar again at the helm of Pro Patria Union
Off the Wire
Journalist threatened over army articles
Army chief will resign
OECD: Baltic economies on right track
Ulmanis announces new citizenship law
Oil washes ashore near Ventspils
Radioactive mushrooms lead to controls
Soldiers face disciplinary action over pay dispute
Estonia turns attention to citizenship law: Parliament considers amendments, OSCE urges support
Adamkus lobbies Washington for NATO nod
Redefining the nation state
GET USED TO IT
READY, WILLING AND WESTERN
Weird spins in a changing world
A dancer's itchy feet
Lithuania's spiritual ambassador to the East
Feed the world
Stock markets: weekly report (October 13 - 19)
Williams urges Butinge deal with Dutch firm
Businessmen predict deflation for 1999
Security company lands new partner
Deal will send Lithuanian food to Moscow
Summed up
New law simplifies business
Heating company attracts investors
Down with double taxation
New century, new spa
A glance at Baltic real estate
Private property in Lithuania
Property market picks up in Riga
Tallinn bourse crosses the 100 mark
WTO membership may torpedo software pirates
Hansapank, Uhispank raise interest rates
Through hell and back
A backward glance
Russian crisis scares Euroskeptics
Less for America, more for Latvia
Expat Latvians respond
Latvian official to visit prisoners held in India
Squashing the millennium bug in Estonia
Vilnius prepares for new millennium
MP: Punishment should fit the crime
Riga blast not caused by bomb
More cash located for immunization
Losers look forward to life after politics
Former ambassador takes over Foreign Ministry
Recycling tax may backfire
Off the Wire
Armed forces chief faces new charges
Parliament sinks election bill again: Delay could affect organization of 1999 elections
Latvia adopts human rights amendments
Ulmanis draws up NATO work list in Brussels
Lithuania prepared to lend a hand in Kosovo
Ad calls for removal of Russians
Broadcasting bill could muzzle media
Latvia joins WTO, sets sights on EU
Green interference
Lithuania looks abroad
POWER GAMES
You've come a long way, Baby!
Schoolhouse Rock
Going, going, gone to Estonia
The prints of Wales come to Lithuania
Friend of the Gypsies
Lithuania to swap food for fuel
Embassies to shine bigger spotlight on economics
Cabinet moves to protect domestic producers
Banks' future will be clear in spring
Fate unknown for eight Estonian funds
Summed up
Company shoots for textile monopoly
Wanted: investor who likes milk
Advertising market on the rise
Estonian meat producer cut down to size
Another bank in trouble
The U.S. dollar isn't stretching as far
War's over, but one man is still searching
Match makers: today's modern business brokers
Courts to rule on jailed MP's political rights
Parliament examines higher education woes
How they voted
Voting for Latvians abroad still difficult
Politicians in no rush to form government
Political maneuvering holding up election bill
Estonians threaten to bolt Bosnia mission
Europeans, Americans team up to save Baltic Sea
Siimann returns to work, sinks resignation rumors
Off the Wire
Latvia leads world in drug-resistant TB cases
Kroons for kids on the street
Viagra on sale in Latvia
Bomb scares follow explosion in Old Town
Don't write off the left just yet
Vodka for Verdi: sin taxes go to culture, sports
Farmers lay down the gauntlet: Protesters demand voice in Estonia's EU negotiations
Latvia is growing up
NOW FOR THE HARD PART
Out of the shadows and into a worldly court
Intellectual stimulus
Broken mirrors and black cats still cause shivers
One of a kind
No fear
Watching the voting after the shooting
Earnings of the listed and to be listed companies
Stock markets: weekly report (September 29 - October 5)
Swedes build Estonian plant
Lithuania gets good grades from European Commission
Butter bullied by the low-priced spread
For every crisis, a silver lining?
The shadow of the bear
There's no insurance for thin ice
Investments keep surging in Estonia
Summed up
Swedbank gets half of Hansapank shares
Americans land electricity deal
Latvia postpones Baltic customs tariffs
Capital gains tax gets lukewarm reception
Central bank takes Forekspank
Another Estonian bank goes under
Skele slams Bank of Latvia
Russia steps up criticism of Latvia: Estonia also suffers barbs from Moscow
Voters crow, pols pecked in chicken-town Kekava
The bigger the lie, the better the chances
New border treaty could be ready soon
Lithuania to head CBSS
Adamkus recognizes American journalists
Lithuania: suicide king of Europe?
Duma urges Lithuania to protect WW II veterans
Lithuania, Poland to swap EU stories
KGB archives tell story of 20th century Lithuania
Bomb explodes outside foreign investment firm
Pharmacists reinforce synthetic drugs defenses
Explosion rocks Old Town, confounds police
Three strikes, you're out? Minister won't play ball on stricter laws
Parting words: Estonia must focus on EU, NATO
Off the Wire
Security guard killed in robbery
Americans welcomed to Lithuanian oil
UNDP goes to bat for Estonians
Zhirinovsky vows to cork Baltic ports
Schroeder could slow down EU expansion
Ilves throws in towel, cites political attacks
Latvian voters say 'yes' to amendments
Skele wins election, may lose government
Elections as a mirror
LATVIA'S CRUCIAL HOUR
Bad boy Australian actor in Riga
A rugby missionary
Lithuania: land of the little known
Tales of the legendary Forest Brothers
Earnings of the listed and to be listed companies
Stock markets: weekly report (September 22 - 28)
Furniture dealer looking for a leading position in Estonia
Government aids local economy
State water company attracts investors
Lithuania could export to Kuwait
Privatization of state gas company almost complete
Current account deficit may erode Estonian economy
Estonia looks for Ukraine to replace Russia
Uhispank to determine its role in insurance companies
Latvians lose in Lithuania again
Ministry readies a finger for the dike
Summed up
Looking for nerds who can sell
No help for farmers before elections
Russian oil pours through Estonia
Norwegian money put to good use
Used car market puts on the brakes
So much for Baltic cooperation: Latvia threatens to tax Estonian, Lithuanian imports
Estonia, Germany cooperate
The rightful owner
Farmers plan peaceful protest
Pre-election shocks in Latvenergo affair
Textbooks spark reading, writing, recriminations
No shortage of scandals
A dirty cloud over Latvia's future
Gathering calls for 'de-Sovietization' of Lithuania
Preparing for 'the heating season'
Latvian Legion veterans reburied
Latvia "in most danger since independence"
New language law put on hold
Estonian man returns home from Chechnya
Estonia will regulate abortion more closely
Government offers aid package for businesses
Off the Wire
Mourners demand respect: Estonia Ferry survivors, relatives gather on fourth anniversary
…and Ignalina too
Former bank head in court
Latvia, Lithuania make progress on Butinge…
Vagnorius keeps his word
Locals perceive high corruption in Latvia

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