The Baltics in the News

February - March 2009

23 March Ctrl-Alt-Diplomacy - A "reset button" won't suffice to transform U.S. foreign relations (Slate.com)

18 March  Ukraine and Latvia Warn of Financial Disaster in the West if they are not Helped  (The Telegraph)

16 March President Parvanov to Pay Visit to Lithuania (Focus Information Agency)

15 March "VT Nuclear Service Wins EUR2.8m Lithuanian Decommissioning Contract"  (Power Engineering International)

15 March Ober Haus: House Prices Continue to Drop in Latvia  (The Baltic Course)

15 March Latvian Court Bans Waffen SS Veterans' Parade, Demo (European Jewish Press)

13 March Baltic Woes to Weigh Further on Swedish Crown  (Forex Web Trader)

13 March Worries Grow Over Baltic Currency Pegs (Financial Mirror)

13 March Unemployed Totaled 7.9% in Lithuania in the Fourth Quarter (The Baltic Course)

13 March Estonia Could Join the Euro Next Year (KMS Baltics)

12 March Latvia Gets New Government as Crisis Deepens (Associated Press)

10 March Latvia Backs Bigger First Payment to Parex Lenders (Forbes)

 

 

January 2009

Jan 11, 2009
Austrian, Lithuanian cities sparkle as cultural capitals of 2009
By J.D. Brown & Margaret Backenheimer
Special to the Tribune

Jan 9, 2009
ANALYSIS-Gas row risks long-term damage to Russia's reputation

 

December, 2008

Dec 13, 2008
Dealing With Revisionist Russia

October, 2008

Oct 20, 2008
The Russian Cyber War attacks On Georgia

 

September, 2008

September 14, 2008
A Baltic Response to the Bear

 

August, 2008

August 29, 2008
Russia's Passportpolitik: Implications for the Baltic States and Beyond
Central Europe Digest

August 21, 2008
Adamkus and Zatlers attended opening of Sakret factory in Kedainiai
Estonia supports South Ossetian refugees with a million kroons
Lithuania hopes missile defence system in Poland to improve security in region

August 19, 2008
Russia Is Still a Hungry Empire

August 18, 2008
NATO's Hour, by Ronald D. Asmus, The Wall Street Journal Europe

August 17, 2008
Russia's 'Russia Problem' Also Causes Global Misery

August 7, 2008
Voting in the Elections to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania 2008

Aug 13, 2008
Baltic leaders rally in Tbilisi

August 7, 2008
Voting in the Elections to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania 2008
Stalinism Was Just as Bad as Nazism

August 5, 2008
Baltic Film and Media School could relocate to Latvia

August 4, 2008
Estonia provides humanitarian aid for Ukraine and Moldova

August 3, 2008
Latvian referendum fails to gather enough votes

 

July, 2008

July 31, 2008
Lithuania Pulling Troops Out of Iraq

July 30, 2008
Latvian news agency LETA launches newswire „Latvia-90"

July 30, 2008
Majority of local entrepreneurs don’t plan to leave Latvia

July 29, 2008
Estonia to give EEK 1.4 million to Georgian social sector

July 29, 2008
Latvian-American folk-country-pop band "The Chicago Five" to perform a concert in Latvia in November

July 27, 2008
The Clueless, Craven Boston Globe

July 26, 2008
First Estonian civilian surgeon starts work in Afghanistan

July 25, 2008
Latvian Commentary Assesses Russia's New Foreign Policy Document

July 25, 2008
Morocco interested in Estonia's oil shale industry

July 25, 2008
Baltic, Polish cos agree atomic development venture

July 24, 2008
Collection of cancelled stamps provides aid to Lithuanian children

July 24, 2008
Lithuanian banks earned profit of 189.09 million euros in H1 2008

July 24, 2008
Web Sites Attacked in Ex-Republics

July 19, 2008
Lithuania ready to host missile shield

July 18, 2008
Estonian officer receives high NATO award

July 18, 2008
E-judicial records system is launched in Estonia

July 16, 2008
At the Rouge Energy Park, Estonian ingenuity is on display

July 15, 2008
Germany's Baltic Betrayal

July 9, 2008
Estonia Draws New Businesses

July 6, 2008
Estonia grand pianos strike chord with buyers

 

April- June, 2008

June 26, 2008
Russia condemns rewriting of World War Two history

May 2, 2008
Estonia, Lithuania hold energy-security talks

Apr 30, 2008
Lithuania's president urges Baltic unity in relations with Russia

Apr 27, 2008
A year on, jury out on economic harm of Estonia's row with Russia

Apr 24, 2008
Latvian Leader Talks Country’s Future

 

January- March, 2008

Feb 26, 2008
Estonia's President Sounds the Alarm

Feb 7, 2008
Get Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius on the Monopoly game map!

Feb 6, 2008
Saakashvili: Estonia is the most successful model for a transition society

Jan 16, 2008
President Bush's Statement on the 10th Anniversary of the US-Baltic Charter

Jan 16, 2008
The Baltic Model. By MARIS RIEKSTINS and RONALD ASMUS

October- December, 2007

Dec 21, 2007
Baltic states first of new Schengen members

Dec 18, 2007
US welcomes Latvia-Russia border treaty

Nov 30, 2007
Fraud, intimidation and bribery as Putin prepares for victory, The Guardian

Nov 26, 2007
Estonian defense leaders to visit USA

Nov 11, 2007
As it rises, Russia stirs Baltic fears International Herald Tribune, by Adam B. Ellick

October 22, 2007
Riga is Cleanest City in Europe

Oct 21, 2007
NY Times Travel guides: 36 Hours in Riga, Latvia

Oct 19, 2007
The Future Calling In Estonia, The Washington Post

Oct 16, 2007
"Preserving Our Common Values," the official version of remarks given by Ambassador Bailey at the Latvian University

October 15, 2007
LITHUANIA'S ZALGIRIS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY AGAINST NBA TEAMS THIS FALL

Sep 25- Oct 3, 2007
The UN General Assembly meeting in New York: Statements by Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

 

July- September, 2007

August 14, 2007
"Baltic States Close Ranks With Georgia, Join U.S. to Investigate Missile Incident" by Vladimir Socor

August 5, 2007
Mart Laar Will Give Keynote Address at The Atlas Experience

July 20 , 2007
"U.S.-Baltic Relations: Celebrating 85 Years of Friendship"
by the Honorable Daniel Fried

 

April- June, 2007

June 25, 2007
President Bush Welcomes President Ilves of Estonia to the White House

 

The UN General Assembly meeting in New York: 
September 25 - October 3

Below are links to the statements by:
President Ilves of Estonia,
President Zatlers of Latvia
President Adamkus of Lithuania.

More info at: http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/62/ (videos also available)

ESTONIA - Tuesday, September 25 (Afternoon Session 15:00-19:00) http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/62/2007/pdfs/estonia-eng.pdf
http://www.un.org/av/photo/detail/0154230.html

LATVIA - Wednesday, September 26 (Morning Session 9:00-13:00) http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/62/2007/pdfs/latvia-en.pdf
http://www.un.org/av/photo/detail/0154904.html
http://www.un.org/av/photo/detail/0153492.html

LITHUANIA - Wednesday, September 26 (Morning Session 9:00-13:00) http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/62/2007/pdfs/lithuania-en.pdf
http://www.un.org/av/photo/detail/0154604.html
See also: http://www.un.org/ga/news/news.asp?NewsID=23980