Estonia

  • Jul 15, 2004
  • 8 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: New members face major risks in ERM II

The ERM II is the gateway to the euro-area. Other euro aspirants will watch closely how the...

  • Jul 5, 2004
  • 7 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: CEE states vary on IT readiness

National competitiveness hinges on many factors in addition to IT. The bursting of the dot-com...

  • Jun 28, 2004
  • 1 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Three small new members join ERM II

Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia became the first of the EU's new member states to join ERM II...

  • Jun 14, 2004
  • 8 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: CEE capital markets face consolidation

An Austrian consortium acquired a 50.2% stake in the Budapest Stock Exchange last month while OM...

  • Jun 4, 2004
  • 1 min read

ESTONIA: Exports upturn drives stronger growth

The economy grew by a preliminary 6.8% year-on-year in the first quarter, the statistics office...

Estonia
  • Jun 1, 2004
  • 8 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: CEE competitive threat is overblown

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder reiterated his call for the establishment of upper and lower...

  • May 18, 2004
  • 8 min read

BALTIC STATES: Education key to integrating Russians

The European Commission told the Russian Foreign Ministry on May 12 that it would provide funding...

Baltic States
  • May 17, 2004
  • 7 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Paris changes approach to new members

The French Foreign Ministry began last week to elaborate a new national policy towards the new EU...