News archive, 2003-05, en

Napoleonic soldiers finally given honor
Letter to the editor
Human rights for apes
THANK YOU, ESTONIA
Estonia as a natural council member
Baltic companies make Eastern Europe 100
Lottery head well paid for saving company
New ferry route may remain tax-free
Homegrown ferroconcrete coming
Ventspils Nafta sale approved
Profit taking dominates
Guide to executive business education in Lithuania
Record number of M.B.A. students speaks for itself
New products for booming market
In long run, M.B.A.s worth time and money
BMI fosters executive excellence
GM corn scandal rocks industry
In Brief - 2003-05-29
Investor: Subterfuge undermined bank sale
Retail market braces for acquisitions
Duma ratifies border agreement
Crisis draws nearer mayorless Vilnius
Winding down at postcontest gig
Surprises, suspense fill Eurovision night
Journalism and juggling numbers
Sailors go for joy ride in stolen vehicle
Latvians leery of reporting fraud
Baltic ministers hash out pork dispute
Prudent fiscal strategy adopted
Mothers' benefits to improve
Woman shot dead in courtroom tragedy
Uncertain future for pivotal 'Vilnius 10'
In Brief - 2003-05-29
Concordia: is there life after death?
Disgruntled farmers block borders
Thousands rally against education reform
Business and vodka go unmixed in Lithuania
From segregation to integration
THE JOY OF BEING NUCLEAR
Terrorism and patience
At home for the good of home
Retail, commercial land sectors booming
European economy teeters on edge of recessionary abyss
EU regional subsidy system still too cumbersome
World tourism crippled by four horsemen
Estonian wages up
Lithuania wants duty suspensions
Nord/LB to credit more small companies
EU pension bomb ticking
New high for Baltic equity
Storage for Butinge
Court ruling frees Omnitel, Bite GSM from added regs
Estonia targets Polish pork to protect own
Offshore shelf company grabs Krajbanka
In Brief - 2003-05-22
Lembergs targeted in new probe
Pork at heart of latest Baltic trade row
Those bizarre EU myths
Saami minority seeks return of land
Slovaks' bumpy ride chills neighbors
Kaunas - thriving drug hub
Farmers threaten, state caves in
Maneater's Lithuanian childhood to be filmed
Skonto Hall secure for Eurovision
Parts: Justice minister deserves a second chance
A Soviet-era tradition returns
NATO enlargement to boost Estonian-Russian relations
Mass protest planned to oppose education reform
In Brief - 2003-05-22
Nuclear ambitions find new impetus
Eurovision descends on Riga

High-tech hunting in new global game
Talking sense about Ventspils
THE NEW FUTURE
EU referendum: voting as a pleasant surprise
'Yes' wins. But now what?
Output jumps in Latvia
Vilniaus Group going strong
Insurers issuing shares
Latvia going to euromarkets
Tallinn borrows 30 million euros
Hansapank hits record high
Massive cultural center envisioned for Tallinn
U.S.A. to challenge EU's policy on 'Frankenfoods' in WTO
Germany won't make EU budget deficit limit: finance minister
Candidate plans for reactors: real or rhetoric?
Visa cards hit milestone
Cold weather boosts Q1 electricity imports
LMT eyes fixed-line market
Lithuanian drink makers attract crowd
Vilnius, Tallinn get Microsoft offices
United design policy wanted
In Brief - 2003-05-15
Latvia's manufacturers gear up for union
Sweden's euro backers heed wake-up call from opposition in polls
Kaliningraders frustrated with 750th anniversary
Fireworks promised as debate over EU's future heats up
Lithuania, Russia ink deportation treaty
Cheap beer and chocolate gets out the Sunday vote
Bizarre aquarium in Riga's Old Town
Many drivers prefer deals with car thieves over police
Latvia's WWII navy finally honored
State to analyze demographics
Blind protest reclassification, lower benefits
Teachers targeted in education reform bill
In Brief - 2003-05-15
Bush hails Senate ratification of seven new NATO members
European leaders hail Lithuanian 'yes' vote
Economy to get solid dividends with accession
'Estonian Riviera' might be revived
Lithuanians support EU with both hands
Soup theater that serves up something for everyone
Lithuania pawning morality for TV romp
Letter to the editor
EU reforms open split
THOSE TOUGH SUITORS
21st century crusade
Rogue regimes in crosshairs
New Baltic investment fund
Education, roads given additional funds
EBRD helping Latvia look east
Nonresident deposits a risk
IMF questions Estonian indicators
Hansapank rallies investors
Vilnius hotel market gears up for summer
Vattenfall to cut 4,000 jobs
Austria booming thanks to EU enlargement
Russians still attracted to Jurmala, Palanga
Mazeikiu refinery to market own products
Official: Ventspils refinery project doubtful
Suit filed over drug brand name
Control of distillery increased
U.S. analyst chides Russia over Latvian oil policy
In Brief - 2003-05-08
Gazprom hitting roadblocks in Lithuania
Estonia to see more tourists this year
Kremlin: No 750th anniversary for Russian 'Konigsberg'
Slovakian hotline for solving EU conundrums
U.S.: EU defense initiative harmful to NATO
Runner to tackle half-year marathon
Second council renews controversy
Possible voter apathy has leaders on edge
Construction of vital tunnel delayed indefinitely
Overhaul for Livu Square
Chechen news agency raided
Tallinn wants to restore residence registration
Fischer meets with Baltic 'relatives'
In Brief - 2003-05-08
Insurance faux pas angers travelers
Nuclear waste dump partly secured
Kaunas syndrome hits Vilnius city politics
New literature centers spread the word for Baltic writing
Letter to the editor
Lithuanian identity and integration
THE SCHISM WIDENS
Money and politics in Latvia
Lithuania has a role to play in EU
Budget shortfall in Lithuania
Bank pleads to cover deficit
Bankers cutting costs
Germany dragging down Europe
Tallinn puts on brakes
Major projects add diversity to markets
Danish pizza cook charged with discrimination
Aeroflot keeps hammer and (sick)le
SAS slow to adopt U.S. terrorism rules
Young banker becomes international oil baron
EU standards frighten fisheries
Merger to have little impact on Mazeikiu
German industrialists moving to Lithuania
Polish pork targeted for added duties
Baltic pensions need indexation
Union calls for Lattelekom audit
In Brief - 2003-05-01
State picks UMTS tender participants
SAS balks at airline privatization
'Get-out' clause triggers debate
Four EU leaders call for new defense headquarters
50,000 ghost towns sucking up Russian finance
Historian barred from exclave
Interior minister resigns amid scandal
Gulbis warns of crime wave
New security chief appointed
Dry grass fires continue countrywide
Minister: Tallinn in need of art films
Gene bank launches its core project
Baltic presidents talk nuclear in Tartu
Enlargement delivers hope to divided villages
Estonia gets low marks in Nazi hunting
In Brief - 2003-05-01
EU: getting in easy, getting out - not
Instability syndrome in Kaunas
Daredeviling to referendum success

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