News Highlights from February 12-February 19, 2001 Riga's city council has voted to donate a bronze statue of Russian Czar Peter the Great to the city of St. Petersburg in an apparent bid to get rid of what has become a hot potato at home. Some members of Latvia's large Russian minori...

News Highlights from December 28, 1998—January 4, 1999 * One man was killed when a homemade bomb went off on December 28 at an outdoor market in Tallinn’s city center. The early morning explosion occurred at a ramp used for unloading meat and other produce sold at the popular Tallinn C...

Friday—December 13, 2002 COPENHAGEN (CITY PAPER) Baltic leaders heralded their invitations to join the European Union as fulfillment of what once seemed an impossible dream—while others say they're not convinced membership is such a wonderful prospect. “Mr. Repse is in Copenhagen drinking ...

Monday—December 22, 2003 VILNIUS (CITY PAPER) Some 3,000 backers of embattled President Rolandas Paksas demonstrated over the weekend in support of the Lithuanian leader, who, by most accounts, is destined to be impeached within the next half year. Paksas, accused of having ties to Russian org...

Monday—July 5, 2004 TALLINN (CITY PAPER) Baltic economies continue to rocket ahead, still registering the highest growth rates anywhere in Europe. In the latest statistics to be released, Estonia reported a 6.8 percent growth rate for the first quarter of 2004, a higher-than-expected figure. L...