News archive, 2003-01, en

Kino Riga paints a pretty picture of the cinema
NATO: Coalition of the willing
CHECHEN QUAGMIRE
Alternative oil routes
Drama smashes box-office records
Playing in theater has always been a dream
Analysts expect solid dividends for 2002
Vilniaus Bankas won't pay dividends
Bullish on Lithuanian Eurobond
Two Baltic exchanges to be merged
Sell-off plan for Latvijas Krajbanka
Bourse merger stirs markets
Latvia may soon extract first ever crude
Banking sector competition to speed up with EU accession
Estonian Railway undergoing double test
EU integration to boost Lithuanian GDP
Competition heats up Baltic retail markets
Latvia appeals to EU to help with oil crisis
Lietuvos Dujos: deadlock or delay tactics?
High sugar prices rankle confectioners
Swedes, Danes favor adopting euro
Eastern Europe may switch stance on war in Iraq
Kaliningrad transit issues get thornier
Another tough EU reform: accepting homosexual unions
Land privatization amendment passed
Klaipeda dolphins to give children therapy
Minister won't step down over bribery accusations
Latvian navy gets Norwegian mine ship
Five killed in road accident
Wiesenthal Center ad left unprinted
NASA satellite may keep eye on Estonian forests
Accord proposal garners support
Poles shuttle to Belgium for work
Fear, fatigue and stink of gas in dark Grozny
Russian army feeds off Chechen oil
Young police crusader cleans house
Alcohol poisoning suspects convicted
Estonia set to take huge gamble on online casinos
Chechnya: brutality on rise
LOPSIDED HYDRA
Belarus mulling nuclear
Uniting Lithuania's Center-Right
Lithuania pushing for euro switch
2002 banner year for Latvian banks
Big Mac index: kroon undervalued
IMF disappointed with Latvia
Estonian chips tumble hard
Ice rink waiting for OK
Sport facilities undergoing boom
Swedes get their casino
Russians' taste for credit takes hold
Finnish icebreakers lay down Baltic lifeline
France, Germany chided on ballooning budget deficits
In brief - 2003-01-23
Latvenergo council sacked, formed
Rail Baltica may get new life
Lietuvas Telekomas unafraid of competition
Lithuanian dairies accused of dumping
Exclave's future hangs in air
Despite expansion, Swedes, Finns remain NATO-skeptic
Russian media hailed, warned
Franco-German proposal debated
Trafficking ring arrested
Jostling for position in parliament
Riga mayor targets Diena
Proposal would put intelligence operations in PM Repse's hands
Brussels, Babel and Estonian
Tax debate turns partners back into adversaries
Candidates see clouds in EU future
EU puts spotlight on non-citizens' rights
Defense, transport dominate PM meeting
Riga's homeless living on the edge of life
EU, U.S. sing different tune on copyrights
INANE EMBARGO
Buying honesty
Latvia's renaissance man
Estonian market set to expand in 2003
Third try at privatizing Hungary's Malev Airlines
Russian oil boom unlikely to curb prices
Brussels issues fiscal demands to Berlin
Baltic wages increasing
Home mortgage to rise in Lithuania
Record low inflation for Latvia
Deflation posted in 2002
Paksas assures markets
Baltic car sales increasing
Power restructuring continues
Experts to access Baltic oil project
In Brief - 2003-01-16
Estonia offering competitive edge
Rumors force run on Vilnius Bank
Moscow balks at travel restrictions
20th century hero steps down
Scandinavia gears up for referendums
Palace renovation proceeding well
New rightist coalition formed
Popular Riga restaurant suspected of credit card fraud
EU, NATO help break left-wing bloc
Oil tanker runs aground
Icebreakers clearing frozen way
Tourism board: Tallinn must prepare for 850th
Lithuania remembers tragedy
America in eyes of Eastern Europe
In Brief - 2003-01-16
Eurovision tickets sell out, despite frustration
Ventspils' oil draught to worsen
Paksas' first challenge: retouching his image
Knocking at the global village door
Letters to the Editor
Adamkus forgot the people
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE....
2002: Year in Review
Baltics culturally autonomous
New mega-mall planned for downtown Riga
Russia starts pumping natural gas to Turkey
Feeling richer, Eastern Europeans go on binge
One year later, euro soars against dollar
Fiscal maneuvering in Latvia
Pension funds shift to private hands
Scandal damages Adamkus
Lithuania draws attention
Baltic businesswomen strengthen ties in U.S.
Dreams of grandeur for Moscow
Swedish tax put on hold
Beer overflows in Lithuania in 2002
Alcohol intake keeps growing
In Brief - 2003-01-09
Election reopens debate on nuclear power issue
Pressure on Ventspils, Lembergs intensifies
Kaliningraders fear isolation behind 'blue curtain' of EU
Finnish defense policy guided by will of people
Greece takes over critical EU presidency
Paksas promises new style
Ministers give themselves fat raise
Latvia's prison chief takes his leave
Skele calls it quits, hands over reins of party
Russian minority slow in learning Estonian
Culture bureaucrat sentenced
Light shed on tanker accident
In Brief - 2003-01-09
Estonia speaks commerce in heart of Big Apple
Lithuania gets new president

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