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The Baltic states in the increasingly stronger North-European club The Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), 2011-01-26 UK Prime Minister David Cameron organised a meeting with the heads of the Nordic states’ governments and the three heads of governments of the Baltic States (the ‘NB8’ – Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia). The participants [...]

Segnalato da Euro-topics, 03/11/2009 Postimees – Estonia – Marked differences between Baltic economies In its autumn reports on Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrives at widely diverging conclusions, the Estonian daily Postimees notes: “The material on Estonia takes up only four pages, for Lithuania it’s only one and a half, but [...]

La Voie balte : trois pays main dans la main: Estonie, Lettonie, Lituanie 1989 – 2009 « La Voie balte : un événement à inscrire au registre de la mémoire des Européens » – Colloque organisé sous le haut patronage de Monsieur Gérard Larcher, Président du Sénat à l’occasion du 20ème anniversaire de la Voie [...]

Bałtowie: Porażka Polski, zapomnieliście o nas GW, not. bart 2009-09-02 Polska dała sobie wmówić Putinowi, że pakt Ribbentrop-Mołotow dotyczy tylko Rzeczypospolitej i ZSRR. O wchłonięciu krajów bałtyckich, podziale Rumunii, straszliwych konsekwencjach dla Ukraińców i Białorusinów nie padło na obchodach słowo – mówi litewski komentator Audrius Baculis Dla “Gazety” Audrius Baculis, komentator litewskiego tygodnika “Veidas” Obchody [...]

Eesti Päevaleht – Estonia Rein Taagepera on the anniversaries of the Baltic Chain and the Baltic Appeal On 23 August 1989 roughly two million people formed a chain from Estonia across Latvia to Lithuania to mark the 50th anniversary of the Hitler-Stalin Pact, which put an end to the independence of the three Baltic states. [...]

Baltic human chain of 1989 added to Unesco’s Memory of the World Register Segnalato da Euro-topics – Latvijas Avīze – Latvia — On August 23, 1989 a million people formed a chain stretching from Estonia across Latvia to Lithuania and joined hands in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that marked the [...]

Rail baltica: le chaînon manquant de la Baltique ferroviaire Par Sébastien GOBERT, Regard sur l’Est, 01/07/2009 A l’heure actuelle, aucune liaison ferroviaire directe n’existe entre Tallinn, Riga et Vilnius. En revanche ces trois villes sont directement reliées à Saint-Pétersbourg au rythme d’au moins six correspondances par semaine. Cet héritage de l’époque soviétique est aujourd’hui devenu [...]

Il Nord Stream sempre più un gasdotto europeo Fulvia Novellino, Nuova Polonia, 22.04.2009 … La rigida posizione della Lettonia, potrebbe, in questo frangente rafforzare anche le posizioni di Svezia ed Estonia, entrambe alacri avversari del progetto russo. D’altro canto, la Germania rappresenta lo Stato maggiormente favorevole, chiedendo come alternativa la creazione di gasdotti attraverso l’Ucraina [...]

Latvia to shut commission on Soviet ‘occupation’ to save money RIGA, June 12 (RIA Novosti) 12/06/2009 Latvia has decided for financial reasons to suspend the work of its commission to calculate the damage from the Soviet “occupation,” a government spokesman said on Friday. The decision was taken at an extraordinary government session on Thursday evening, [...]

The Baltic – a dubious collective name Latvia has been harder hit by the economic crisis than Estonia. However the false image of a homogenous Baltic region will mean that the problems of one country are automatically seen to be affecting the others, the daily Postimees writes critically. “The rest of the world often lumps [...]

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of Soviet deportations in Estonia segnalato da Euro-topics, 25-03-2009 The daily Postimees commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Soviet deportation of tens of thousands of Estonians, Lavtians and Lithuanians to Siberia: “Just imagine how your morning would look if this were 1949 and not 2009. You’re awakened by a knock at [...]

Euro-topics – MAIN FOCUS European Press Review of 26/03/2009 After the government collapse in Prague After the no confidence vote against the government of Mirek Topolánek in Prague the European press voices concern for the future of the EU, which is currently led by the Czech Republic. The crisis shows how national conflicts can unsettle [...]