News archive, 2001-03, en

How the giant stubbed his toe
BITTER LESSON
Baltic bourses sink with world markets
IMF deal to yield investments
Expense reports are vital
Illegal vodka worries liquor producer
Varner wins desirable site
Lithuania fears becoming Nordic investment colony
WTO accession will slash pirated software
Off the wire
Russia bans meat imports from Baltics
Baltics jostle for space at IT fair
Hastert: Lithuania must get NATO invitation in 2002
Language watchdog tightens grip on Lithuania
Sick Stalin-era criminal to stay in prison
More growth needed to cover EU costs
Minister charged with shady privatization
Jews hunt millionaire for war crimes
Off the wire
Schengen changes may cause travel chaos
Protest against labor laws
Laar's good name takes plunge
Calls for life imprisonment for ex-Soviet officer
Free movement worries EU talks frontman
Police and citizens swap money for guns
Social Democrats take Riga
Riga circus struggles through legal battle
When borders matter again
LIFE IN FULL COLOR
Baltic List gets shorter Ð Unibanka out
U.K. helps to close Ignalina
Ideas clash on where to sell gas company
Drinks producer stays on the stock exchange
Be careful when filling your car with gasoline 95
Should I start a business?
Railways cutting passenger services
Taxpayers confused over rulings
Off the wire
New appointments in the Baltics
New cinema upsets locals
Lithuanian firm wins oil exploration license in Denmark
Russia wants "Silk Road" of its own
Law on occupation damages to be revised
Order of knights becomes murder gang
Latvian Legion veterans skip controversial march
E-voting idea runs into difficulties
Epic voyage a success
Off the wire
Presidents differ over common goals
Chancellery candidate steps down over KGB past
Adamkus is the most expensive president in the Baltics
Green activists stage protest to stop hotel
Farmers create political divisions
Watch out! Swindlers on the loose
The Bharatnatyam dancer
Getting too tough on the excluded
PROTEST VOTE
Estonian retailer strong despite flat Baltic Index
Private sector boosts "E-stonia" image
Belarus pledges more exports through Latvia
Swedbank, robbers target bank
The first step in learning to sell is believing you can!
Profit tax repeal may not be Lithuania's pot of gold
Jolly yellow taxis to flood the streets of Vilnius
Off the wire
Telecom profits rocket
Scandal threatens Estonia's chances to win BMW
Latvian businesses pay taxes and scream
EC blackmails Vilnius over Ignalina
Riga law school opens with royal pomp
Nurses rally to demand pay hike
Opposition's next target is PM
Newspaper owner killed near home
Security firm expands into public services
Off the wire
Lithuania admits seriousness of oil spill
Mayor survives vote after strip-club visit
Opposition victorious in local elections
From Russia with shrugs: The Russians in Russia have a few good things to say about their Baltic neighbors
WILL MARCH 11 BRING REAL CHANGE?
Via extravagantly "expensiva"
Lithuanians ready to confront history
Estonian retailer surprises with strong earnings
Do your employees steal from you?
Tallinn's blossoming paper tycoon
Finnish pulp mill a model for Latvia
Local Eesti Telefon calls to go up by a third in April
Calls grow for shipping to stay local
Off the wire
New strategy causes concern
Codan continues advance on Baltic insurance market
Bidders fight over control of railway
Intimate scenes broadcast on talk show
Treaty row will not delay Moscow visit
Wares plied at traditional fair
Young Milosevic rumored to have visited Riga
Latvia to vote amid changing political landscape
First e-elections to be held in 2002
Presidential hopeful denies doping charges
Off the wire
Russians ask back Soviet veterans
Fake Viagra made in Estonia
Doctors demand AIDS tests
Prime minister to breakfast with pariah state
National Bolsheviks invade Narva
Baltic region cleans up its sea
Busy bee of charity brings villages back to life
MESSAGE TO INVESTORS
From Koenigsberg to Kaliningrad
"Buy Bye Beauty": Classic hatchet job, Swedish-style
Baltic Index rise conceals underlying turmoil
Soviet military firm becomes hi-tech star
Keep the cash flowing
Criticism increases around pulp mill
Trends bring voluntary health insurance to Estonia
Business briefs
Coca-Cola cooperates with brewer
Brewery merger affects Lithuania
Businessman connected with Rail Estonia wanted in U.S.
Expanded Rietumu group stakes out territory
Opinions clash over Adamkus' record
Liberal MPs argue for liberalizing alcohol laws
BNS
Swedish film provokes further protests
New employment strategy introduced
Lifetime sports award confiscated
Meri chills Independence Day spirits
Off the Wire
Two Jan. 13 coup plotters released
Trains become endangered species
Baltic archbishops become cardinals
Vilnius turns on beggars
Tallinn, Helsinki stock exchanges to merge
Bank merger shakes Baltics

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