Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Baltic States" produced 43 items.
| 1. Allow Sweden and Finland to patrol Baltic airspace | January 26, 2012 |
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Sweden and Finland may not be members of NATO, but the alliance should call on their help. Defending its European members used to be NATO's main task. Now it is all but... | |
| 2. The Russian bear returns to its weasel ways over Baltic history | December 8, 2011 |
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Heard the one about the fair elections conducted in the Second World War in which Stalinist loyalists won? A ‘let-bygones-be-bygones' approach to history has the advantage... | |
| 3. After 20 years | September 15, 2011 |
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The foreign ministers of the Baltic states reflect on 20 years of independence and on their countries' evolving foreign policy. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the... | |
| 4. What will happen when the Americans are gone? | April 20, 2011 |
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When the US scales back its military commitment, defence of the airspace in the Baltic will be an important concern. Why are US forces still in Europe? Only readers aged... | |
| 5. A moral compass is not just for history | February 10, 2011 |
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For Europeans who know what it is like to be Tibetan, an unwillingness to meet the Dalai Lama is more than cowardice. The Dalai Lama is visiting Europe this August. The... | |
| 6. Why the states of the Baltic are wrong to feel blue | September 16, 2010 |
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Obama has dramatically improved security for Poland and the Baltic states. So why do they feel sidelined? The Riga Security Conference is Latvia's big annual shindig: this... |
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| 7. A man of steel and genial cunning who bridged two eras | July 1, 2010 |
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Algirdas Brazauskas, a communist who led Lithuania out of the Soviet Union, has died aged 77. Lithuania's experience of Soviet rule was a little different to that of its... | |
| 8. Loosening hands across the Baltic Sea | June 24, 2010 |
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It is proving worryingly hard to keep the Baltic family as tightly knit as it once was. Encouraging traumatised young people to become good citizens is one thing. Treating... | |
| 9. Lithuania is discovering the value of pragmatism | March 25, 2010 |
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It would be good for Europe if that could now be translated into better relations with Poland. Lithuania thinks big. In the days of the late lamented Grand Duchy, it... | |
| 10. Thanks to Poland, NATO will defend the Baltic states | January 21, 2010 |
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Under US pressure, Germany and others appear set to answer one of Europe's most fundamental security questions. In a crunch, would NATO stand by its weakest members – the... | |
| 11. Why the 'Medvedev Plan' is doing more harm than good | December 17, 2009 |
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Clumsy Russian tactics are boosting NATO in eastern Europe, and making the Kremlin look weak. In the 1990s, when enlarging NATO to take in the ex-communist countries still... | |
| 12. Putin bridles at EU strictures on media freedom | February 6, 2009 |
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Russian premier criticises the EU's treatment of migrants and Russians in the Baltic states. The tensions between the EU and Russia were evident after a meeting in Moscow... | |
| 13. EU must not hesitate with energy plans | November 13, 2008 |
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The European Commission is to present today (13 November) an energy security and solidarity action plan for the EU. The plan, designed to support the existing packages of... | |
| 14. Do not put trust in the euro at risk | October 30, 2008 |
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Helping economies in difficulties should not require putting the euro in trouble. After devastating the markets of the US and richer western EU countries, the financial... | |
| 15. Poland and the Baltic states must tone down Russia rhetoric | October 23, 2008 |
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The Baltic states and Poland, not Germany, are a Trojan horse. I found the diatribe by Mart Laar (‘From Russia with love: beware of accepting strange gifts', 25... | |
| 16. Psychological warfare begins, but spiders won't invade Estonia | September 25, 2008 |
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The Baltics want NATO to offer greater protection from attacks – but there is much to be lost by panicky talk. Giant spiders are not going to attack Estonia – it's... | |
| 17. Fresh concerns voiced about Baltic pipeline | May 28, 2008 |
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European Parliament backs environmentalists' concerns, and urges inclusion of Baltic states in environmental assessment.
The European Parliament's petitions committee... | |
| 18. Where is Tallinn's bronze soldier a year after the riots? | April 30, 2008 |
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The Baltic states must do some soul-searching about how best to confront Russia's propaganda offensive. How many people does it take to cause a real riot? Three: two to... | |
| 19. Tibet and Baltics have more in common than you think | April 3, 2008 |
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The highest point in the Baltic states is Big Egg Mountain in Estonia, at a towering 318 metres above sea level, about one-thirtieth of the height of Everest. That aside,... | |
| 20. Trucks, trafficking slow down the East | January 10, 2008 |
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Although the Baltic states have increased their border security, they still face big challenges. Gary Peach reports. In the weeks leading up to the Baltic states' accession... | |
