News archive, 2003-03, en

Estonian girls provide living models for the fashion world
Lithuanian TV drama that crosses bold new borders
Letters to editor
EU's awkward foreign policy
THE REAL IRAQ QUAGMIRE
Devil in the details
America's childish behavior
Former French PM charged with fraud
Time for euro to supplant dollar
Eastern rural zones divided on EU
Stocks still buffered from war
New fitness lifestyle in Riga, Vilnius
Jurmala's natural healing treasures
Foreign students flock to Kaunas Medical University
Off to Tallinn for affordable nip and tuck
Capital drifting to Estonian clinics, research
You are what you eat
Private clinics in Latvia booming
Pioneer heart clinic performs miracles
Smart cards are coming
In Brief - 2003-03-27
Retail gas prices set to climb further
Russia enters Lithuanian banking market
Cyprus reunification plan fails
Eastern Europe tightens security as war begins
Czechs to support EU overwhelmingly
Slovenians support both NATO, EU membership
Estonia backs nuclear idea
Limits of free speech to be tested
Threats, accusations follow Kaliningrad negotiations
Repse's popularity sinks
European court to hear Zdanoka out
AirB introduces private aviation in the Baltics
New funding pursued for HIV prevention
Income-tax-rate deal unites political coalition
Honeymoon over, Cold War talk back
EU candidates seek to ease tensions
In Brief - 2003-03-27
Medics gear up for Iraq deployment
Balts back war, pledge non-combat troops
Baltic music takes center stage at prestigious Berlin festival
Time running out for homebred horses
Between Iraq and a hard place
BALLROOM BUMS
Weighing the issues
Baltic states stuck in the middle - again
Investments plummeting
Unemployment edges down
New Parex fund registered
Economy surging forward
Renewed activity in Tallinn
Tartu rental market gets new life
U.S. still seeking Russian oil despite differences
Russia to build pipelines to Japan, China
For Baltics, equality still at least a generation away
Mazeikiu Nafta eyes wholesale sales expansion
Retailer attacks competitor's ads
Corruption prevents Latvia from prospering
Estonians prefer domestic grub
Major contraband bust
As Ventspils sags, other ports soar
In Brief - 2003-03-20
Ventspils terminal to run dry 'forever'
Embattled NATO faces new test in Iraq
EU Parliament defends air passengers
Iraq clouds military missions
War could spark recession in Europe
Mayor vows to make Vilnius more people friendly
European court upholds crucial land case
Executive producer of Eurovision demoted
Health care employees fight for better wages
'People's campaign' to promote discussion on EU
Coalition breakthrough expected this week
Finland's Center Party faces tough coalition talks after election win
In Brief - 2003-03-20
Jaeaetteenmaeki - new trailblazer in Finnish politics
Sour Georgia on Lithuania's mind
Livonian language coming to a sad, final full stop
Return of the unpopular populist
TIME TO CRACK DOWN
Estonia's watershed election
Paksas must face criticism
Foreign council gives recommendations
Lithuanian insurer sees profits sink
Insurance expected to add to unemployed
Parex increases assets, expands
Renewed activity in Tallinn
Rome meets Vilnius at Forum Palace
Finance ministers in pre-summit battle
Stock exchanges search for strategic partners
France's deficit overshoots euro pact
Disks for Estonia
Mazeikiu Nafta sees profits again
AirBaltic chided for advertising policy
Precious cargo bottlenecked
In Brief - 2003-03-13
Jurmala looking both West, East in future
New results, strategic moves of Baltic retailers
Status quo likely to continue in Finland
East European women place hope in EU
Malta approves EU membership - barely
U.S. recognizes Lithuania's economy
Press hounds Paksas' mystic friend
Newspaper refuses to run Nazi-hunting ad
Paksas pays brief visit to northern neighbor
Government abruptly reverses early election decision
New, serious: a Res Publica profile
Brand Estonia project shaping up positively
Concordia could face bankruptcy
Leaked report targets Lipponen
In Brief - 2003-03-13
Baltic corruption still rampant
Ventspils' fate decided next week
Four-party coalition talks underway
Acting naturally down on reality farm
Women's Day maintains its tenuous hold on Estonia
Letter to the Editor
The Jackal in Winter
WHOSE NECK THIS TIME?
Lithuanian newspapers and birdcages
Bread-and-butter elections
Sampo's profits, assets up
Icebreaking hits budget hard
Lithuania in surplus territory
Latvia passes 2003 budget
Equity trading rebounds
Baltics' railway station of the future
Union asks for guarantees as Sweden mulls adopting euro
Swedish subs unserviceable
EC approves megamerger
EU finally agrees on joint patent system
Trade chiefs still at odds
Rimi owner under doubt
Latvenergo board cleared
In Brief - 2003-03-06
Shipper gets 3 bidders
Gazprom flounders on Lithuanian Gas purchase
Enlargement could repair ties
Czech Republic: philosopher to follow writer
Report: NATO critical of Danish defense
Iraq compounds EU convention worries
Transit form angers Russians
Amendment extends EU vote to two days
Military reform plan adopted
80-year-old man accused of genocide pleads not guilty
Presidential elections moved up three months
Concordia University looking for state bailout
Waterloo for Russian parties
Deputy mayor arrested for graft
Moving bases eastward
In Brief - 2003-03-06
NATO's Robertson calls for improvement
Paksas takes oath, begins term
Res Publica, Center Party win vote

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