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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

VILNIUS - On Feb. 9, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis and Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers Halldor Asgrimsson discussed the future of the Nordic-Baltic...

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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

TALLINN - Non-profit organisation Estonian Internet Community (EIC) recently opened a Web page dedicated to the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA) and announced that thousands of people are re...

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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - The leading coalition party, Unity, has begun a media campaign to get people to vote “against” Russian becoming an official language in the upcoming referendum. As LETA was ...

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Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

VILNIUS - NATO has extended the alliance's patrol of Baltic airspace until 2018, Lithuanian Radio reported on Wednesday [Feb. 8]. The current mandate of the patrol mission is in force until the...

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Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA – Latvian Economy Minister Daniels Pavluts, in wake of the negative reaction, has decided to halt ratification of the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" [ACTA], reports LETA. Pavl...

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Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

VILNIUS - Lithuania, in unbundling the monopolies in the gas market, will let in Russian gas giant Gazprom to partly participate in the management of the country's gas-main, reports LETA. A...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

KLAIPEDA - For one 26-year-old woman from southern Lithuania, the straw of life cannot be thinner. Brought to the hospital, weak and on the brink of consciousness, she whispers to attending obstetr...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

In spite of the economic crisis, Estonia still joined the eurozone in 2011, and the economy is again rapidly growing. In the eyes of the European countries we are now like an economic poster-boy wh...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Lithuanian PM Andrius Kubilius received greetings with love from Holland, one of the EU’s healthiest economic powers. On Jan. 31, the Economic Faculty Association of Erasmus University Rotter...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The European Union has set an ambitious energy goal, known as the 20-20-20 plan, encompassing reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent, hiking energy use from renewables by as much, and ...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

My Finnish friend, a philosophy professor from Helsinki, once told me that Estonia for some of his colleagues is an example of the worst nightmare of libertarian politics. Such a remark, if publici...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - A Latvian delegation led by Finance Minister Andris Vilks (Unity) is visiting the United States to discuss the issue of Latvian eurobonds at meetings with prospective investors, reports LETA...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

TALLINN - Estonia’s economy probably expanded 5 to 6 percent from a year earlier in the fourth quarter, the Finance Ministry said, citing slower electronics exports and warmer weather, report...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - During a meeting with Latvian Finance Minister Andris Vilks (Unity) in Riga on Feb. 1, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg urged Latvia not to delay its goal of joining the euro-zone in 201...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - We waited nearly 20 years for Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization to ensure that its foreign trade regulations are in compliance with the principles and conditions of th...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - The building and construction industry in Latvia now is one of these sectors whose recuperation, and any signs of movement, seems more difficult than other sectors after the economic crash i...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

KLAIPEDA - Thirty-six-year old Vidmantas Kaseta, father of an 8-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son, until recently used to say he cannot imagine his life without his kids and his wife. But with t...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - Following on from a one-week interval, athletes across Europe resumed their respective winter World Cup campaigns last weekend, albeit without a number of Baltic competitors. FIBT Skele...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Former college basketball bad boy Reeves Nelson last week experienced a roller-coaster of emotions in Lithuania, where he had been on a one month trial for leading Lithuanian club Zalgiris Kaunas. ...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - With the rounds of 16 in Europe’s three major club basketball competitions entering their final weeks, the jury is still out on whether all four of the remaining Baltic teams will be m...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Director: Alexander Payne Known for such films as “Sideways” and “About Schmidt,” director Alexander Payne has created a market for popular American Independent Films a...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - A celebration is always a special moment, something to enjoy. It is a time when ordinary problems move to the rear a bit, and a festive mood steps in. The celebration reaches even those who ...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Grigory Leps Feb. 9 Arena Riga Feb. 11 Pramogu Arena, Vilnius Feb. 13 Svyturio Arena, Klaipeda LAMB Feb. 11 Palladium Riga Paul Van Dyk Feb. 17 Saku Arena, Tallinn UB40 Feb....

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

PALANGA - Palanga, a resort town on the Baltic Sea coast in Lithuania, after seeing larger than usual crowds for the past New Year’s festivities, has scrambled to draw a new goal for the rest...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The preliminary turnover result for the Maxima Latvija chain last year was 399 million lats (570 million euros), a 7 percent increase on 2010, reports Nozare.lv. “The increase in turnover was...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

TALLINN - Incap Corporation has signed a cooperation agreement on the manufacture of solar street and area lights for Naps Systems, a leading solar electricity system and product developer and supp...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

VILNIUS - On Feb. 2, members of the parliamentary commission to investigate the circumstances of the Snoras Bank bankruptcy gathered for their first sitting. This commission of 12 MPs should presen...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

VILNIUS - Lithuania-based CD and DVD disc manufacturer BOD Group is entering the c-Si solar cell manufacturing market, using a complete line of equipment being provided by Singulus Technologies, re...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

BRUSSELS - In a bid to advocate its initiative for the European Energy Community to be a means of leading to a common EU energy policy, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), and Europe...

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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

RIGA - Few Baltic businesses can boast 260 years of successful trade, so Latvijas Balzams is toasting its history this year by recollecting how its curious story commenced, and the characters invol...