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LATVIA/RUSSIA: Premiers sign new border agreement
An agreement demarcating the Latvian-Russian border was signed yesterday, ten years after its...
LatviaBALTIC STATES: Deficits defy authorities' influence
The Bank of Latvia yesterday raised its refinancing rate half a percentage point to 5.5%. The...
Baltic StatesCAUCASUS: Fast growth spurs finance reform
Late movers in the financial arena, Georgia and Armenia are now spurring development of their...
CaucasusEUROPEAN UNION: Summit deals leave more uncertainty
The EU spring summit took place on March 8-9. There were high expectations of the German EU...
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 StatesBALTIC STATES: Confidence ebbs as euro entry recedes
The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian economies are overheating, and rating downgrades could...
BALTIC STATES/RUSSIA: Tallinn votes against monument
Estonia's parliament enacted narrowly today (by 46 votes to 44, with eleven deputies abstaining...
RussiaCEE: World Bank fears sharp NMS growth 'correction'
The World Bank sees a "real risk" of a sharp correction in growth in several of the EU's new...
