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News archive, 2003-08, en
Quote of the week
(In response to two articles in TBT #371 "Kallas' talk of 'Russian card'
triggers debate" and "Mass tourism brings culture chaos" by Toby Stone)
CRASH COURSE
Caught in crossfire over ICC
Good economics, less so politics
Avoiding no man's land
Lietuvos Telekomas cutting rates
Brand name disputed by French
In Brief - 2003-08-28
Tourism still adrift on shores of Baikal
U.S. leaving euro zone in dust
Nordic booze markets facing major changes
Finnish tax flap meets stiff resistance
Sonex spies opportunities in Belarus
Advertising challenges to swapping brand names
Road safety: another East-West gap to close
Trilateral cooperation on Caucusus questioned
Investigation mired in bureaucracy
Integration minister seeks shelter in political party
Tanks but no tanks
Cabinet reaches budget compromise
Pro Patria may join Res Rublica on ticket
Defense strategy to focus on skilled personnel
Experts: no real alternative to EU accession
Reality TV explores life in EU
In Brief - 2003-08-28
Karaims take up efforts to avoid slow extinction
For Russia, Ventspils off the radar screen
Baltic PMs urge support for EU
Old cemetery traditions live on in Latgale
Estonian communities stare down crime
"That's simply absurd. Will he be writing a check to himself?"
RUSSIAN ROULETTE
Mass tourism brings culture chaos
The Russian card
Skele back in business
LNT counting losses
Parex welcomes new shareholders
In Brief - 2003-08-21
Meat processors work to make the grade
Repse: forget the paper, give us clean pulp
Baltic ports to sustain role in Russian transit
French interventions irk Brussels, Berlin
Amending EU constitution
Five years on, scars of Russian financial crash still run deep
Euro-zone economy falls farther behind
Sabonis to play for Kaynes?
State pursuing refinery embezzlement case
Vike-Freiberga appeals to Cabinet
President intervenes in budget imbroglio
Center Party unity still unclear
Similarities in development strategies puzzle experts
Nordic neighbors pulling for 'yes' vote
Drilling rumors raise sea of questions
In Brief - 2003-08-21
Kallas' talk of 'Russian card' triggers debate
Repse's style ruffles some feathers
Lithuania: Europe's newest 'tiger' might see growth stunted by EU
Gender-based surnames struck down
Gender-based surnames struck down
Riga's new public toilets make a splash
Quote of the week
STUBBORN AS A RHINO
Reading between Center lines
Once a neighbor, always a neighbor
A Hong Kong model for Latvia
Baltic oil projects to proceed
Preaccession economic program ready
In Brief - 2003-08-14
Gazprom puts offer on table
New 'old' brands entice consumers
Estonia among world's freest
Anti-tobacco summit ratifies agreement
Candidates dreaming of euro
Seating problems in enlarged EU
Illegal immigrants face one-way ticket out
Rocket fuel transfer pushed back again
Officials impede formal extradition request
Budget induces more than split hairs
Park lovers sit and enjoy mistake
EU funds will drive Via Baltica improvements
Cabinet signs pro-EU statement
Vote angers Ruutel
Report: traffickers face charges, few sentenced
In Brief - 2003-08-14
Corruption conquers agency leader
Cuts in health care a "tragic mistake"
Rejected bid sparks legal battle
Center Party says 'no' to EU
Expats start to wonder on which side the grass is greener
Quote of the week
DECREPIT OASIS
The middle three-fifths
Analysis
Scientist gives politics better vision
Pension reform opens opportunities
In Brief - 2003-08-07
Race for digital TV picks up
Yukos takes oil transit gripes to state
Waste awareness – new goal for Estonians
Russia saves neighbor from food crisis
Forbidden re-election for Europe's last dictator
Countries take up battle against runaway spam
France wants Cantat extradited
Think-tank report predicts political shift
Agency plans one-stop shop for EU funds
Two festivals, two fates
IMF advised to postpone coalition promises
Poetic approach to referendum agitation
In Brief - 2003-08-07
Caucasus to learn from Balts
Natural landmark split by different mentalities
Latvia poised to reap Iraqi contracts
Austerity measures undermine Repse Cabinet
Tallinn grapples with British stag invasion
Quotes of the week
Letter to the editor On EU's federal system
LETHAL INCOMPETENCE
Why Europe's Roma matter
Analysis Poland as great European power
Fighting for peace in exile
Former PM aims to go digital
In Brief - 2003-08-31
Cheap flights on the horizon after EU accession
Tech parks crop up in Tallinn suburbs
Russian colonel gets 10 years for murder
Brussels set on saving dolphins
EU: break stalemate on global farm trade
Minority issues confound Central European countries
French actress seriously injured in Vilnius row
Seven booted out of Foreign Ministry
Marketing expert helps distill national image
Gas explosion kills five, raises questions
Minister: more encouragement for naturalization needed
Parnu to commemorate freedom fighters – again
U.S. visa will require new interview
Reinsalu disputes Nazi-hunt findings
In Brief - 2003-08-31
Seconds of stroganoff for asylum seekers
Murmansk over Ventspils: analyzing U.S. energy strategy
Wreck of czarist-era ship found
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