Baltic states

  • Jan 19, 2007
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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
  • Jan 17, 2007
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BALTIC STATES/RUSSIA: Riga OKs revised border text

The Latvian government's decision yesterday to sign the draft border agreement with Russia on the...

Baltic States
  • Dec 11, 2006
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POLAND/BALTIC STATES: Poland joins nuclear project

During Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's visit to Vilnius on Friday, Poland, Lithuania,...

Baltic States
  • Oct 9, 2006
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BELARUS/EU: Neighbours save Minsk from GSP move

President Alyaksandr Lukashenka defied the EU on Saturday, saying Belarus had survived worse than...

Belarus
  • Aug 22, 2006
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RUSSIA/LITHUANIA: Transneft sends no oil to Butinge

In its shipping schedule for September, state-owned pipeline monopoly Transneft exports nothing...

Russia
  • Aug 11, 2006
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BALTIC STATES: Economies inspire cautious optimism

Strong import demand widened Lithuania's current account deficit to 3.4 billion litai (1.3...

Baltic States
  • Aug 8, 2006
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LITHUANIA: Inflation in July reaches eight-year high

The consumer price index (CPI) rose in July by 4.4% year-on-year, accelerating from 3.7% in June,...

Lithuania
  • May 12, 2006
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RUSSIA: Moscow ponders pipeline diversification

The vast bulk of Russian oil is currently exported to Europe. Constructing a pipeline to the...

Russia