Baltic states

  • Apr 3, 2007
  • 7 min read

LATVIA/RUSSIA: Mistrust will continue despite treaty

Ratifying the long-delayed border treaty with Russia will be on the Saeima's agenda when...

Latvia
  • Apr 2, 2007
  • 2 min read

LITHUANIA: Budget nears balance as C/A gap widens

Last year's budget deficit was 0.3% of GDP, the Finance Ministry announced today.

Lithuania
  • Mar 27, 2007
  • 1 min read

LITHUANIA: Minister wants to be above suspicion

Finance Minister Zigmantas Balcytis resigned today despite his son's acquittal of fraud and abuse...

Lithuania
  • Mar 16, 2007
  • 6 min read

BALTIC STATES: Deficits defy authorities' influence

The Bank of Latvia yesterday raised its refinancing rate half a percentage point to 5.5%. The...

Baltic States
  • Mar 12, 2007
  • 2 min read

BALTIC STATES: Dangers loom of overheating economies

Estonia's economy grew last year in real terms by a record 11.4% year-on-year, Statistics Estonia...

Baltic States
  • Jan 25, 2007
  • 1 min read

BELARUS/BALTIC STATES: Minsk may use Baltic oil port

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has instructed the government to seek alternative...

Baltic States
  • Jan 23, 2007
  • 7 min read

BALTIC STATES: Nuclear option has economic rationale

Lithuania does not intend to lobby in Brussels against the closure of the nuclear power station...

Baltic States
  • Jan 19, 2007
  • 2 min read

BALTIC STATES/EU/RUSSIA: Non-Balts may visit EU

From today, Latvian and Estonian non-citizens may enter Iceland and EU countries apart from the...

Baltic States