Calendar of events: March 16 - 22

‰ Riga. Bank of Latvia council will meet and may consider issuing of licence to Merita Bank PLC Riga branch.

‰ Riga. Central Statistics Office expected to release retail trade data for January.

‰ Riga. Riga District Court will consider the claim of the insolvent Riga Airline company against Air Baltic Corporation and Transaero on payment of 4,352,353 lats in damages.

‰ London. State-owned shares in Latvijas Gaze gas company will be presented to potential investors in London.

‰ London. Lithuanian Economics Ministry will publish, in The Financial Times newspaper, an announcement about the tender for advisors on the privatization of Lietuvus Dujos gas company.

March 17

‰ Riga. Finance Minister Edmunds Krastins will hold a press conference on budget implementation.

‰ Riga. Latvijas Ekonomiska Komercbanka will hold a regular general meeting of shareholders.

‰ Riga. Merita Nordbanken Latvia expected to hold a regular meeting of shareholders.

‰ Riga. Central Statistics Office expected to release data about foreign trade in January.

‰ Tallinn. Uhispank to publish its audited annual report for 1999.

‰ Alytus, Lithuania. Alytaus Pienine dairy will hold a meeting of shareholders.

‰ Vilnius. Lithuanian State Property Fund will start accepting bids for an open tender for privatization of 74.15 shares in Dilikas wood treatment company.

March 22

‰ Riga. The new government bonds worth 30 million lats, maturing in five years, will be offered at auction.

‰ Riga. Unibanka will confirm shareholders eligible for 1999 dividends.