Lithuania
EASTERN EUROPE/EU: Members-to-be fear funding squeeze
The next wave of new members are assessing the European Commission's proposals for the EU's next...
EuLITHUANIA: Controversy shadows energy restructuring
Speculation that the government might repurchase Russian oil major Yukos's shares in the Mazeikiu...
LithuaniaEASTERN EUROPE/EU: Rush to euro carries risks
The IMF yesterday warned the soon-to-be EU members against rushing into the euro-area. Challenges...
EuBALTIC STATES: Higher education reforms to EU standard
After a first phase of structural changes in the wake of independence, the most important reforms...
EuUKRAINE/EU: Ukraine fears enlargement will hit exports
Although trading ties between Ukraine and the Central and East European accession states have...
UkraineEASTERN EUROPE: Enthusiasm for early euro entry waning
Recent backtracking by accession state governments creates doubts about the eastward expansion of...
EASTERN EUROPE: CEE trade is strongly dependent on EU
The region as a whole has become highly dependent on the EU, while intra-regional trade has...
EuEASTERN EUROPE: Vagueness mars corporate governance
The development of corporate governance regimes in the region over the past decade has been...