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RUSSIA/EU: Baltic Russophones overshadow relations
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov leaves for Luxembourg today to finalise an agreement on relations...
RussiaEASTERN EUROPE/EU: Doubts increase as accession looms
Support for EU membership in the accession states is declining and opposition increasing. This...
EuNATO/EASTERN EUROPE: Larger NATO benefits Washington
The flags of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are being...
Eastern EuropeEASTERN EUROPE/US: Seven states formally join NATO
The Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Slovak and Slovene prime ministers...
United StatesEASTERN EUROPE: MDR-TB a new health threat
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is spreading rapidly in certain former Soviet states...
LATVIA: Economy continues on rapid growth path
The economy grew by 7.5% year-on-year in 2003, up from 6.1% in 2002, the Central Statistical...
LatviaLATVIA: Bank raises rates to prevent overheating
The central bank (LB) raised its benchmark annual refinancing rate by 0.5 points to 3.5% yesterday.
LatviaLATVIA: Feuding could quickly undermine new government
Parliament yesterday voted in a minority government led by Indulis Emsis. The approval of the new...
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