News archive, 1999-09, en

Authorities shoot to sink software pirates
More rumors, more delays
Price, schedule set for shipping company
Off the Wire
Sigulda: international luge town in 2003
Latvians, Estonian on trial
Latvians, Estonian on trial
Baltic meeting of minds on oil issues
Lithuanians want 'old' time back
Power exports at top of agenda
Press: new law threatens its freedom
PM talks about EU in Paris
Lithuanian schools troubled in Poland, Belarus
Yeltsin condemns anti-Latvia bill
Minister urges reforms in citizenship administration
Rigas Komercbanka's rehab on track
Skeptical Latvians
Ex-KGB men stay on in security police
Meri: relations with Russia will improve
Coalition plans for next year's budget battle
Record drug bust made in Tallinn
Tallinn city takes Finance Ministry to court
Adamkus seeks Caspian oil deals
Vilnius court ends war crimes trial
$1 million stolen in Tallinn
Van den Broek promises fair shake for Latvia
Teacher shortage plagues schools
Up to 20 schools declared 'dangerous'
The show will go on…for now
Race is on for local council seats
Beginning of the end for Ignalina
Fischer backs Baltic states in EU drive
Stock markets: weekly report (August 27 - September 3)
STRAIGHT TALK
Lenin and Stalin stand again
Estonia's biggest promoter
All hail the Tartan Army
Earnings of the listed and to-be-listed companies
Summed up
Macroeconomic news makes markets nervous
Prepare for a ride
Government in Vilnius issues Eurobonds
Baltika turns to the West
Hansabanka expands business
Estonia's exports, imports down in July
Bankruptcy begins for Litimpeks
Latvia fears losing investors
Pieces falling into place in oil deal puzzle
Free computers, connections, credit cards
Off the Wire
Estonia falls off summer time
Lithuanian sex lines will be disconnected
Latvian teens struggle against addiction
Minister could be on thin ice
Looking back at Liberty Day
What's new in Palanga?
Opposition starts signature campaign
Vike-Freiberga questions pension amendments
Greens gather to call for cleaner sea
Taking the tricolor around the world
Ministries asked to cut expenses
Latvians do not trust commercial banks
Water conflict pours oil on political fire
Meat scare bad news for McDonald's
Estonians end Latvian's adventure
Estonia to teach EU integration
Estonia prepares formore EU candidates
Meri: West cannot turn its back on Russia
Latvian Railway rumors refuted
Will opera sink or sing?
In need of a broader view
UNDEMOCRATIC BEHAVIOR
Wanted: Real crime and real journalism
Here for the long haul
Artist melds history, ancient myths
Live at loony park
Stock markets: weekly report (September 10 - 17)
Earnings of the listed and to-be-listed companies
Lithuanian bourse leads world indexes
Summed up
IMF: more to be done to fix economy
Proposal designed to thwart tax cheats
Tolaram's future in doubt
Can the government survive privatization?
Bank, government weigh future of litas
Butinge gets one more customer
Sticky problems in sugar industry
Faberge lays golden egg in Vilnius
Rigas Komercbanka prepares for re-opening
Central bank gives blessing to merger
Off the Wire
Religion over-regulated in Latvia
Changes announced in immigration laws
Police dismissals spark controversy
Ax falls on customs department head
Latvia, Lithuania finally prepare border pact
Slower than death: Riga's housing department
Government unveils slimmed down budget
The high price of keeping a country green
Hotel scandal dogs president
Kalnins confident about NATO
Lithuanians abroad saluted in Vilnius
Finland: no set date for enlargement
War crimes inquiry runs into resistance
Language cops, parties clash over campaign ads
TV news show breaks child porn story
Stunt man wows the crowds
Where horses run
Dancing her way to Lithuania
There's always a first time
Crash course on the birds and bees
Russia seeks voice, not veto
A GOOD VERDICT
Stock markets: weekly report (August 19 - 27)
Baltic stock exchange cooperation inevitable
Lithuanian market - leader in August
Summed up
Moody's upgrades bank ratings
Mazeikiai to find new investor
Promoting computer literacy
Truth, lies and the farmer
Privatization adviser's fee debated
Packers accuse farmers of low quality meat
State intervenes in the sugar market
Dutch may get Lithuanian fuel for free
Tolaram Fibers ready to resume production
Fund makes offer for soap producer
Anti-dumping law reviewed
Minimum wages to rise in 2000
World Bank suggests alternatives
Filling the 800 million gap
Litimpeks Bankas' future still foggy
Off the Wire
Ilves criticizes United Nations
Acid discovered on Coke bottles
Mysterious death dogs rural police
Finnish court convicts Estonian swindlers
Government urges Landsbergis to sell
Lithuania / Latvia try to ease border crossings
Documents suggest conflictof interest for Ventspils mayor
Former NKVD official denies genocide charges
Baltic Waves Radio to begin broadcasting
Ignalina nuclear plant nearly ready to face Y2K
State radio and TV on life support
Latvia tops in HIV infections
Musicians strike back with campaign of silence
Finno-Ugric conference in jeopardy
Foreigners often victims in Estonia
Suicide high in ex-Soviet states
Authorities order Russian activist to leave
Estonia can teach Europe, Laar says
New Belarusian president proclaimed in Lithuania
Keeping NATO within reach
Pro-Soviet leaders receive jail terms
Bad grades for 82 schools
Lithuanian budget readied for hacking
Latvia's yellow crisis
A GOOD START
Battering down the language barrier
Peace, awareness, music
Flying fish for fresh flavor
Building the hype-machine in Lithuania
Stock markets: weekly report (September 17 - 24)
Earnings of the listed and to-be-listed companies
Bearish stock markets throughout the Baltics and world
Summed up
Soft drinks, coffee will get more expensive
Italian financier opens Estonian bank
Hoping less will mean more… money, not drunks
Lithuania seeks new World Bank loan
Russians: Williams will hurt Lithuania
Insurance broker aims high
NOREX asks Balts to join alliance
For Komercbanka, it's the home stretch
Timber industry in jeopardy
Off the Wire
Children's theater gets front-row seat
Officials consider solutions for opera crisis
A hotel by any other name
Russian youth growing away from Latvia
Paksas marks 100 days in office
Free marketeers to Seimas: Reform, now
Comparative economics
Latvia ups the ante for NATO
Illegals in Estonia get second chance
Big scandal but few facts
Latvia hopes for better days
Sharetsky predicts revolution
Latvia, Norway to agree on tire removal
Vagnorius leads opposition on Ignalina
War declared on smugglers
Reporters reveal corruption
Warm reception for Latvia's Iron Lady

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