News archive, 2000-06, en

What's the difference?
TALK IS CHEAPER
The Return of GONGOs
Earnings of the Baltic List companies
Bulls still out of the Baltic bourses
Bank of Estonia nominates Kraft for governor
Parliament adopts law on finance and capital market commission
Latvia has most expensive vodka in Baltic states
Latvia needs to focus its development
Lithuania sets stage for energy investment
Accor hotel chain loses ground in Baltics
Summed up
Telekomas IPO running into roadblocks
Political party calls foul on port sale to Ober-Haus
Laima to build new factory
Latvenergo losing money to green power
Baltics in Brief
Regional Air Control Center opens
Estonia not able to discuss German property before fall
A member of Latvian extremist group appeals fine
'Brothers in arms'
UNESCO school project promotes a culture of peace
Musicians support orphanages, city rocks
French historian unveils the crimes of communism
The road to hell is paved by good intentions: New rules on children crossing the borders point at the weaknesses of the legal system as a whole
Shroeder reserved on Baltics' wish to join NATO
Latvia not likely to be in 'big bang' for NATO, say analysts
IT College to solve Estonia's shortages of IT specialists
World-famous Estonian composer dies
Swedish expert continues speculation on ferry sinking
Joe Cocker comes to rock
Lithuania hangs money laundry out to dry
Lithuanian security pushes extension of KGB lustration
Freighter sinks in Bay of Tallinn
Hungary keen on defense cooperation with Baltics
Riga mayor to limit contacts with Riga's sister cities
Lithuania says farewell to its cardinal
Clinton: Russia to accept Baltics in NATO
Retirement park for Soviet monuments
BOUQUETS
Integration and disintegration
Bears dominate Baltic stock market
Opmann gives up bid for central bank governor
Lithuania and EU have agreed on first five chapters in talks
EBRD and EU may hand out $9 million
Finns acquire biggest building supply stores in Estonia
Lithuania to get digital signature law
Summed up
Lithuanian agriculture land debates tilt towards farmers
Plastic windows plant opens in Latvian town
Central Latvia gets breakfast food factory
Balttechnika: environment with German accent
What's next after the EBRD and the Baltic biz conference?
German bank takes Pirma Banka shares
Lithuania cares about its ethnic Lithuanians in semi-Soviet Belarus
Lithuania sets up illegal immigration defense
Radicals 'Perkonkrusts' handed prison time in blasts
Organizers clash and Vilnius Days is scrapped this year
Animals' 'insomnia' spreads rabies infection
Opmann drops out of central bank race, Estonians react
Red-light district in Tallinn debated
Police detain bombing suspects
Advance copies of exams bring up to $660
Off the Wire
Israel honors eight Latvians for saving lives
Jamaican minister makes Siauliai citizens turn around Vacation substitute finds himself in Lithuania full time and loving it
Bank head fined 30 million kroons on corruption
Baltic women get backup from First lady
Estonian journalist examines media 'heroes'
Germany and "small potatoes"
Superhighways to Prosperity
Baltic blue-chips continued to fall
Latvia vying for more transport from Russia
Lithuania braces for possible beer monopoly
Internet boosts Eesti Telekom's local call revenues
Foreign investor cries foul play
Summed up
Heat no longer cheap
Former president accepts helm at central bank
Lithuania to get advertising law
Telekomas stock floats, for better or worse
Baltics in Brief
University up for grabs?
Putin warns against eastward expansion by NATO
Folklore groups from nine countries to take part in festival in Latvia
Germany asks Latvia to find graves of navy officers
American college singers visit 'the land of song'
Lithuanian parliament adopts martial law regulations
Klaipeda just loves its jazz festival
Cohen: Russia has no veto over NATO decisions
The Blue Flag is hoisted in Majori
Baltic studies confab looks at academic cooperation
Soft porno is made in the high school swimming pool
Tallinn hosting European women's congress
Laar: EU, NATO accession costs for Estonia's own good
Central banker fights for independent bank controls
Estonia's census database under fire
Finland to give 1.5 million to pull plug on nuke
Parliament to back alcohol control in municipalities
Schroeder makes a 'historic' visit
Estonia's ruling coalition planning changes in election law
Lithuania may demand compensations from Germany
Forest export keeps increasing
Swedes back off Kaunas Energy lease, French to take a crack at it
Moving the capital to Tartu? Estonian officials examine the proposal's benefits and drawbacks
TELECOMS AND HOOP SHOOTS
Globalization and xenophobia
Lithuania sells oil exploration firm
Spar sets sights on retail lead in Baltics
Lithuania becoming online recruitment paradise
Summed up
Gas law to liberalize market
Adviser sought for phone sell-off
Unibanka to issue eurobonds
Telekomas continues to be magnet of protest
Bringing businesses online in Estonia
Lithuanians find new vacation destination
Ninth Fort holds museum of darkest history
Latvia can follow Lithuania's lead,but compensation from Russia unlikely
Free yourself with music
Latvian advertising sells itself at Golden Hammer 2000
Law enforcement wants to end anonymous phone cards
Youth divisions of Estonian parties picking up
Laar: Communist criminals must be brought to justice
Estonia turns off loans to meet local debts
With one foot in Europe already
Baltics in Brief
Latvia lowers diesel fuel tax
Estonia to give money to Euroskeptics
Vilnius holds anti-communism forum
Latvia progresses on Kalejs' extradition treaty
On the brink of extinction
Injured bears are the most dangerous
GIVE LATVIA A BREAK!
Earnings of the Baltic List companies
Ventspils Nafta and Telekomas push Baltic Index down
Summed up
Farmers disputing Latvia's bid to join EU
Europe ponies up 200 million euros for Ignalina
Vilnius public transport users challenge strike-eager bus drivers
Man tries to shoot himself with frying-pan
Holocaust history in Lithuania, Poland and Germany
18 feared lost with Lithuanian ship
To have a library one can't afford
Estonia's Tartu embarks on e-Tartu project
Russian Baltic Party of Estonia becomes a new political force
RSE members lift commissions and trading fees
Balts show Germans how to celebrate the summer solstice
Who is the provocateur? 'Russian' daily newspaper or the 'Latvian' state?
Baltic unity starts at grass-roots level - analyst
Unity may close gap between Baltics and NATO
Estonian president backs 'big bang' NATO bid
Parliament passes tobacco law
EU accession will cost work, time and money
Adamkus slaps MP for Russia baiting

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