News archive, 1999-10, en

Unraveling the Russian Empire
Influence by other means
BEAR BEHAVING BADLY
Rebuilding a church, rebuilding a heritage
Introducing theater's brightest young stars
Latvian gymnast poised for the Olympics
STOCK MARKETS: WEEKLY REPORT (OCTOBER 15 - 22)
EARNINGS OF THE LISTED AND TO-BE-LISTED COMPANIES
FALLING PRICES AND LOW TURNOVER HAUNT BALTIC BOURSES
Summed up
Lietuvos Kuras to be privatized for a song
Baltic bourses gear up for Norex membership
Brewers give soft drinks the hard sell
Vilnius banker commits suicide
Pirates get chance to pay for software
Ice-cream makers seek double dip
Williams deal: the economy's savior or ultimate destroyer?
Autoliv, Norma sign deal to supply seat belts
Ventspils EIB loan delayed
Off the Wire
NATO secretary general praises Baltic cooperation projects
Readers, publishers query author's ID
Council ponders home heating as a human right
Ministry condemns Daugavpils desecration
Ministry condemns Daugavpils desecration
He enjoys role of devil's advocate
Peasants' Party calls for farmers
Stepping up the Euro-info
Y2K solved at Ignalina, state says
Prosecutors take last chance
Chechens find sympathy in Vilnius
Pensions adjustments may trigger Y2K bug
Naturalized citizen happy to be Latvian
Naturalized citizen happy to be Latvian
European court backs reporter's case
PirmaBanka looks for money
Two held on war crimes
Government reputation up
Latvia to dismantle nuclear reactor
Helicopter breaches Lithuanian airspace
Russian military leaves Latvian soil
Estonia's ruling coalition wins in Tallinn City Council shuffle
Vike-Freiberga sends party bill to Parliament
Rolandas Paksas teeters on resignation
A time for sergeants
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
What is it with those mobile phones?
Promoting Serb culture
Latvian films, Spanish passion
'Go West' with photographer Ann Tenno
Looking to the past, seeking the future
Stock markets: weekly report (October 1 - 8)
Baltic markets rebound
Summed up
Cheap car costs bureaucrat his job
From Belarus, with scads of cash
Unemployment level in Latvia drops to 9.5 percent
Good management pushes factories forward
EU-Phare steps in to help Lithuanian exports
Rescue decision gets a mixed reaction
New name, new imagefor Komercbanka
SEB to consider shares buyout
Fishers land an investor
Alcohol excise cuts take the head off beer
Fiber plant saved by local fuel firm
Off the Wire
Trying to fill Estonia's ethnic divide
Latvia's Achilles heel
On the threshold: EIB says Latvia edging toward EU
Two arrested in connection with pedophile case
Lithuanian oil refinery to shut down
Pensions, referendum on table
Visaginas group pushes for Russian language
Police posers poke around Paksas' firm
The trial's the thing, Jewish groups say
Amendments could restart trials
Oil suppliers wanted, Iran need not apply
Koryakov murder trial set for Nov. 29
Popular Front calls it quits
Estonians to turn back clock for good
Chubais rules out blockade of Estonia
Tarand, Savisaar for president?
Waste dump to be sealed
Moscow politician lauds Estonia's attitude toward Russians
Infamous businessman killed in Tallinn
Baltics speak out for Chechnya
Jewish community marks 10th anniversary
Jews call on Europe to speak up
Parliament pulls the plug on Ignalina
Estonia's Euro-indifference
EU hopefuls to Brussels: Set a date
American isolationism resurgent?
A SLIPPERY SLOPE
DOWN TO WORK
Have Latvian women overcome?
The coolest uncool guy
The fate of a former capital
U.S. Ranger motto rings true in Tartu
The birth of three modern defense forces
Stock markets: weekly report (October 8 - 15)
Earnings of the listed and to-be-listed companies
Baltic bourses attractive for Western investors
Summed up
Latvia's interbank rates rise
Lithuania to skip euro/dollar peg
Tolaram bets on the right horse with paper mill
Dial-a-Coke calls machines back to use
'Blats,' lats - many more for some execs
Railway privatization gaining more steam
Private lottery businesses give headache to the Estonian Lottery
Lithuania's banks make passing marks
Rigas Komercbanka lives under a new name
Off the Wire
Flight controllers are ready for millennium
Social Report paints troubling picture
Sperm bank hopes to stock swift swimmers
A Latvian fairy tale destined for the stars
Prosecutors hunting Karpickovs
Wanted in Latvia, campaigning in Russia
Another charged with Soviet-era crimes
Secret KGB files in spotlight again
Estonia to join WTO in November
Diphtheria epidemic plagues Latvia
Labor Democrats: Conservatives should quit
Lithuania, U.S. cooperate on money-laundering probe
Kuchma meets Belarusian opposition leader
America focuses on human rights in Belarus
McDonald's leaves sour taste for Zalgiris
Orchestra singing the blues
Railway cuts salaries, raises fares
Rural Estonia steers clear of major parties
An A for effort, an F in languages
Report inches Lithuania closer to EU
Local polls put power in Russian hands
Good grades, high hopes for Latvia
Paksas won't sign Williams deal
A FOOL'S ERRAND
Vailione vs. Vailionyte-Narkeviciene
Kids have a lot to learn - from rivers
Ordinary people
Estonian Academy of Music: 80 years later
Good for the body and the soul
Interbank rates rise in Latvia and Lithuania
Baltic bourses mixed in third quarter
Summed up
New 'green' fuel introduced in Estonia
Entrepreneur takes aim with new business
Latvia's economy: the long road to recovery
Lithuania, Latvia can resist devaluation
Timber strives for certification
U.N.: Estonia most attractive to investors
A more efficient Lietuvos Energija?
Tolaram faces foggy future
Off the Wire
Sex education for men
Human Rights Office backs gay, lesbian rights
Sugar plant workers picket in Lithuania
Christian Democrats to back budget cuts
Russian company interested in oil sector
Seimas, U.S. Senate to cooperate
Lithuania shortens distance to NATO
Suspects arrested in police shooting
Latvians put under tabloid torch
Ireland says EU should treat candidates separately
Adamkus gets Estonian award
WTO talks may be delayed
Estonia, Russia try to clean up reservoir
Railway blockade fails for lack of support
Estonian Air cancels millennium flights
Timely move for Lithuania
Super takes the money and runs
New graft charges fired at Skele
New office takes aim at corruption
Law amended, deal with Williams looms
Soviet crimes in spotlight
It's referendum time in Latvia, again

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