Baltic states

  • Jul 5, 2010
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BALTIC STATES: Estonia pulls away from neighbours

The three Baltic states share energy security issues and still see Russia as a major threat. ...

Baltic States
  • Jun 29, 2010
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BALTIC STATES: Weak recovery rests on external demand

The trade gap narrowed in April to 357 million kroons (28 million dollars) from 1.6 billion a...

Baltic States
  • Feb 12, 2010
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RUSSIA/BALTICS: Lithuania is exception to HIV plague

Lithuania has one of the lowest HIV/AIDS levels in Europe; those in Estonia, Latvia and Russia...

Russia
  • Jan 29, 2010
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BALTIC/BELARUS: Cultural gap explains other divides

Of the ten former Soviet 'European' (excluding Central Asia) republics, the three Baltic states...

Belarus
  • Dec 3, 2009
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BALTIC STATES: Estonia blazes trail to joining euro

Finance Minister Jurgen Ligi said on December 1 he was confident Estonia would adopt the euro in...

Baltic States
  • Jun 10, 2009
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CEE: Fixed exchange rate regimes lose competitiveness

The lat was trading at a four-month high against the euro this morning after heavy Bank of Latvia...

  • Jun 5, 2009
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CENTRAL EUROPE: Fringes will gain but not lead in EP

Czechs vote in European Parliament (EP) elections today and tomorrow, Latvians and Slovaks...

  • Feb 25, 2009
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EUROPE: West accepts case for Eastern aid

Rating agency Fitch said on February 23 that it was "concerned" for Austria's AAA debt rating,...