News archive, 2000-11, en

Can Lithuania become a Baltic Tiger?
The four corners of Latvian society
Better one in NATO than none
SEB funds "flew away" from the Baltics
Lithuania's central bank says no litas repegging before mid-2001
Estonians buy Rigas Aditajs
Estonian farmers decide on protest
Factory sold off to private owner
Largest banks introduce new credit cards
Latvia offers tender for third operator
Off the wire
Latvian water utility to get 39 mln euro loan from EBRD
Dairy gets kroons from Dutch owner
Passenger transportation projects rejected
Sweets industry consolidates in contentious takeover
Estonian Hercules plays with bars
Balkans envoy praises Latvia's ethnic mix
Furs: high fashion or cruelty?
Building bridges between Vilnius and Zurich
Government to increase budget
Austria promises Lithuania direct compensation for forced Nazi labor
Paksas' popularity on the rise
Celebrating Lithuanian Soldiers' Day
Police raid newspaper offices for alleged anti-Semitism
Rimi bombing investigation treading water
Private sector language regulations adopted
Citizenship given up to unite family
Orthodox cathedral leased for 99 years
Prime minister rejects party's present
Summed up
Top official blows whistle
Latvia, Estonia under HIV-epidemic threat
Child abuse alleged at rural school
Lithuania will spend 1.95 percent of GDP for defense
Oil exploration tender process to begin
Life in the slow track
Jailed before judgment
CELEBRATION IN SPITE OF ALL
SEB buyout a done deal as turnover sets record
Baltic Investment Fund III is dividing 40 million euros in the Baltic states
Baltic welders compete in Tallinn
Mazeikiu Nafta to cooperate with LUKoil
Do enjoy Latvian-produced food
Compatibility matters
Insolvent glassblower finds strategic investor
Investors break off talks
New alliance to promote e-commerce
Off the wire
Carlsberg to avoid monopoly laws by selling brewery
Succeeding in making fish from fish soup
Latvian media man on U.S. top 100 list
Vilnius' Lutherans celebrate
Lithuanian official's surprise purchase
City reclaims half of building
Costs of living in Baltic capital cities low Ð Financial Times
Usackas promotes Lithuania's need for EU
Latvia agrees to pay
Illegal cigarette factory busted
Estonia's largest hospital closes doors
Citizens Day looming
Traffic tomorrow: beer allowed?
Summed up
Vilnius elects a youthful mayor
Nordic idea fix makes businessmen angry
Bids made for Estonian railway
Bear alarm in southern Estonia
NATO committee suggests inclusion of Lithuania in 2002
Bids made for Estonian railway
Gangland murders in 'Twin Peaks' draw government's attention
Russian extremists take St. Peter's
Dreaming of horses and green grass
EU TO BE READY IN 2002, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BALTICS?
Another precedent from Kosovo?
Baltic shares strong despite uncertainty in rest of world
Schibsted media group posts high losses
Hansapank might move to Riga
Car market is taking Western shape
Energy Act changes coming next year in Estonia
Shopping malls to mushroom in Baltics
Off the wire
Tourists rate Estonia as safe country
3G to reach Estonia in 2003
Norwegians enter Latvian bank service market
Hospitality traders gather in Vilnius
Baltic gas stations turn automatic
Islamic Lithuania as old as Catholic Lithuania
Ambassador gives up plans
Court hearing of Lithuanian war crimes suspect opens in Vilnius
Parliament passes government's program
Funding for mobile phone tapping approved
Deadly driver gets 4 years in jail
Latvia's population decreases
Baltic environmentalists to help save climate treaty in The Hague
KGB employee won the state
Officials' blood to cover donors lack
Summed up
Latvia loses more than $3 million in international proceeding
Russia criticizes Lestene monument, president's interview on BBC
Accidents hit Estonian Shipping Company
Latvia to have to respond to 10 human rights complaints
Vike-Freiberga and Kaupers vying for the "European Man/Woman of 2000"
Swedish official rallies for EU enlargement
Latvia takes over CE presidency
Official denounces prison system: Teenage suicides caused by sentencing delays
EU accession talks to end in 2002
Competition or advertising campaign?
Building a better body
E-commerce: the new industrial revolution
STEREOTYPES, THE WAY WE SEE THEM
Baltic Index strength tempered by euro jump
Old bond holders ask for money back
Privatization vouchers' validity extended
LISCO privatization controversy continues
Food fair brings Baltic producers together
Sweden misused Baltic aid funds
IMF mission fails to sign review
Off the wire
Pirated software users now facing fines, jail
Biggest shopping center in Lithuania to be built in Kaunas
Lithuanian government: facts and figures
Law enforcement officials gunned down in Panevezys
Flight to be completed
Lithuanians pay respects to ancestors
Ranks of Euro-enthusiasts growing in Lithuania - poll
Riflemen hold annual meeting in Kaunas
New York orchestra hunts Latvian conductor
Latvian anthem boosts Budweiser sales
Legionnaires' commemoration draws criticism
U.S. diver promises to inform Estonian president
Sparkling children
Tallinn coalition survives no-confidence
Summed up
President fights back on BBC
Political bomb alarm threatens school
Constantinople vs. Moscow
British drug smuggler seized
Credit reports on big demand
Latvian navy ship sinks
Action plan fanfare for economic revival
In search of a king: Tallinn's pizza contest
Anglicans help to restore Tallinn church
A battle lost before being waged
THE PARTY WE NEED
Baltic index jumps amid new SEB's offer
SEB buys good name in the Baltics for $22 mln
Estonian shopping centers reduce shadow economy
Behind the curtains
Hard drinks in Estonia: legal vs. fraud
Latvian railway and Statoil look for solution
EXPO 2000 closed in Hannover
Off the wire
Swedish bank raises offer on Baltic banks
Estonian minimum wage might be raised
All eyes on Finance Ministry
Latvian youngsters campaign for EU enlargement
Giant sculpture symbolizes the absurdity of communism
Dalai Lama to visit Latvia again
Soros cuts his help
Paksas returns
Junior Chamber Latvia joins world congress
Parliament sends back extradition treaty
Constantinople bishop visits Tallinn
State TV and radio merge
New coalition coming to Tallinn
Summed up
Daily faces criminal prosecution for anti-Semitism
NATO and EU membership focus of discussions
Intellectual property rights high on Baltic agenda
U.S. Congress approves military funding

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