Europe prepares for a Baltic blast

Commentary feature on the serious economic challenges facing the economies of the Baltic States - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the light of the global economic crisis 2008-09 - and the implications for the European Union.

ESO: Background information: Will the Baltic states keep the euro peg? http://www.europeansources.info/record/will-the-baltic-states-keep-the-euro-peg/

ESO: Background information: Baltics expect no miracles, but small steps from Swedish EU presidency http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4444460,00.html

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