• BTA Baltic Insurance Company is one of the leading insurance companies in the Baltics, offering the broadest range of non-life insurance services in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. (bta.lv)
  • The three Baltic countries, or the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania - are held to have continued as legal entities under international law while under the Soviet occupation from 1940 to 1991, as well as during the German occupation in 1941-1944/1945. (wikipedia.org)
  • The four countries on the Baltic Sea that were formerly parts of the Russian Empire - Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - consolidated their borders and independence after the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian independence wars following the end of World War I by 1920 (see Treaty of Tartu, Latvian-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty and Soviet-Lithuanian Treaty of 1920). (wikipedia.org)
  • After restoring the independence (September 1991) the three Baltic states - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which were forcibly included by Moscow in the Soviet Union in 1940, had undergone a fast process of re- westernisation and they joined the European Union in 2004. (tsu.ge)
  • Though in my (entirely amateur) opinion, the Baltic states-Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia-may have the most to worry about. (null.org)
  • Estonia is one of the Baltic states, which is quite popular among travelers. (tvacres.com)
  • From September 14 to 15, 2010, suicidologists and other scholars and professionals with expertise in suicide and suicide prevention gathered in Tallinn, Estonia, to discuss the evidence base for social and public health determinants of suicide in the Baltic States, the CIS, and Eastern Europe. (iiasa.ac.at)
  • The paper presents a comparative assessment of the impact of environmental taxes on sustainable energy development indicators in three selected countries from the Baltic region (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) during the period 2005-2015, and reveals the role that the greening of tax systems has had on implementing sustainable energy development targets in the Baltic States. (vgtu.lt)
  • In the following months, Soviet units liberated additional camps in the Baltic states and Poland. (ushmm.org)
  • The Ukrainian leader was speaking on Sunday at a joint news conference in Kyiv with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has spearheaded the pipeline project fiercely opposed by Russian neighbours Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states. (aljazeera.com)
  • The Baltic™ labyrinth is The Labyrinth Company's evocation of a Classical labyrinth variant which appeared in prehistory around the shores of the Baltic Sea in present-day Germany, Poland and Scandinavia. (labyrinthcompany.com)
  • If NATO blood would in fact be spilt should Russia invade Poland or the Baltic states, why have we utterly rejected the prospect of spilling it to help protect Ukraine from Putin's mass killings, torture, rape and destruction? (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • Why would NATO leaders fear Putin's nukes any less if he takes a bite out of Poland or the Baltic states? (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132645 ology of PUUV in Poland and the Baltic States. (cdc.gov)
  • I deliver this statement on behalf of the Nordic-Baltic States. (norway.no)
  • An invasion of Lithuania, prompted by the prerogative to defend Russian-speaking minorities and resulting in a land corridor being carved out to Kaliningrad (and the Baltic states being conveniently isolated by land from the EU proper) could look tempting now. (null.org)
  • Of course, as the Baltic states are NATO members, such an incident would be likely to trigger a war between Russia and NATO in its entirety (which, of course, includes the US, an even more powerful superpower). (null.org)
  • Bracelets To have more about Amazon Sponsored Products, Endgame in NATO\'s Enlargement: The Baltic States and download. (beadsandbaublesny.com)
  • This Endgame in NATO\'s Enlargement: The Baltic States and Ukraine possibility will decrypt to purchase criteria. (beadsandbaublesny.com)
  • On November 6-12 NATO Air Policing Mission Detachment fighter aircraft were scrambled four times to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea. (l24.lt)
  • Ukraine is not a NATO member and NATO states have no treaty obligation to come to its defence as they do to each other. (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • If somehow the political and popular will to defend NATO member states did materialise, what would European countries fight with? (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • The prevailing opinion accepts the Baltic thesis of illegal occupation and the actions of the USSR are regarded as contrary to international law in general and to the bilateral treaties between the USSR and the three Baltic countries in particular. (wikipedia.org)
  • They have also argued that in accordance to the internal Soviet laws and constitution, restoration of independence was illegal and the Baltic republics could become newly created sovereign entities only via the secession laws of the USSR. (wikipedia.org)
  • After the collapse of the USSR, the example of European integration turned out to be attractive for the former communist states of central and eastern parts of Europe. (tsu.ge)
  • Investors, eager to develop new markets in the fifteen successor states, seized on it as a convenient catch-all phrase covering the entirety of what had once been the USSR. (silkroadstudies.org)
  • Studio: Bob Schieffer) Leaders of three Baltic republics reported holding trade talks. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • Like the Baltic states and Ukraine, all five Central Asian countries are struggling to preserve their independence. (silkroadstudies.org)
  • But the head of Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz, Yuriy Vitrenko, told Reuters news agency last month he did not think Russia would continue to transit any gas through Ukraine beyond 2024. (aljazeera.com)
  • Thus, we might speak of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, or the countries of the Caucasus, Baltic region, or Central Asia singly or in any combination. (silkroadstudies.org)
  • Unlike the Central European and Baltic states, where a common pro- western public opinion existed and the efforts of the political elites were directed towards European integration, in the three states of the South Caucasus no similar spirit of solidarity is to be felt. (tsu.ge)
  • In the past year, geopolitical developments have spurred the states in Central Asia and the Caucasus into action. (silkroadstudies.org)
  • While suicide is a major public health problem worldwide, the countries of the former Soviet Union, including the Baltic States and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), have some of the highest rates in the world. (iiasa.ac.at)
  • http://www.afro.who.int/en/yellow-fever/sitreps/item/8866-situation- tions of PUUV in other countries in Europe. (cdc.gov)
  • RESULTS: Tobacco taxation policy had three simi- lar stages in Baltic countries: (1) In 2004-2007, CONCLUSIONS: Decrease of tobacco affordability tax rates increased slowly and cigarettes became caused by tax hikes and economic recession was more affordable in years of economic boom. (who.int)
  • To- bacco consumption and smuggling out of Baltic bacco tax hike is a win-win policy, while in years of countries was on the rise, which caused increase economic boom it has more fiscal benefits and in of sales and revenues. (who.int)
  • 2) In 2008-2009, Baltic years of economic recession it has more public countries had to hike excise and VAT rates in years health benefits. (who.int)
  • The Baltic countries ratified the price, inclusive of all taxes, and, should be rather high. (who.int)
  • Cases of tobacco taxation policy in pean Commission database (Euro- consumption in the EU were com- the Baltic countries were presented pean Commission, 2012) and re- missioned by the Philip Morris In- by the tobacco industry sponsored ports as well as from the national ternational. (who.int)
  • The trade mission follows last year's visit of president Mary McAleese who became the first Irish head of state to visit Russia. (afloat.ie)
  • Russia insists that incorporation of the Baltic states gained international de jure recognition by the agreements made in the Yalta and Potsdam conferences and by the Helsinki accords. (wikipedia.org)
  • All three Peace treaties between the respective Baltic states and Soviet Russia identically enshrined the right of self-determination and Russia renounced all previous rights and claims as final and permanent. (wikipedia.org)
  • Understanding EU member states' motivations for dealing with Russia at the European or the national level. (gla.ac.uk)
  • In September, the United States has what might very well be its last chance to play the kind of balancing role that will prevent Central Asia from coming solely under the purview of China and Russia. (silkroadstudies.org)
  • No matter in the United States or Russia, both medica outlets look through their own glasses with presumptions and prejudice and if you ready/listen or watch only the news from 1 source you will never be able to get a real view on what is happening in the world and in international politics. (allviewnews.com)
  • Needless to say, front-line states facing Russia take the opposite view of the UK. (gatestoneinstitute.org)
  • On one hand, legal recognition of Baltic incorporation on the part of other sovereign nations outside the Soviet bloc was largely withheld based on the fundamental legal principle of ex injuria jus non oritur, since the annexation of the Baltic states was held to be illegal. (wikipedia.org)
  • This principle of self-determination reflected one of four key principles proclaimed by Lenin and Stalin on 15 November 1917 in the Declaration of the Soviet Government: "The right for Russia's peoples of free self-determination even unto separation and establishment of independent states. (wikipedia.org)
  • Washington think tanks were quick to latch onto the fashionable new term, while academic programs across the United States that focused on Russian and Soviet studies quickly rebranded themselves. (silkroadstudies.org)
  • Apparently, that is why Baltic politicians sent additional troops to the borders nowadays. (allviewnews.com)
  • The Gribshunden shipwreck was first discovered by divers in the 1970s off the Baltic coast of southern Sweden. (lu.se)
  • Statistics Finland has been awarded as this year's best developer of the work community among Finnish State offices and institutions. (stat.fi)
  • While it now meets regularly, and current Secretary of State Antony Blinken attended the most recent meeting in Kazakhstan, the C5+1 is viewed in the region as just another talk shop. (silkroadstudies.org)
  • Young policymakers, public servants and civil society actors from the Baltic Sea Region, the EU’s Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkan are welcome to join the Swedish Institute for Young Professionals (SAYP) ‘Perspectives on Multi-level Governance, Decentralisation & Human Rights. (lu.se)
  • For this reason, all our products originate from fair trade and historic factories of the Baltic Sea States and Europe. (europages.co.uk)
  • Transition report 1998 : financial sector in transition : economic transition in central and eastern Europe, the Baltic States and the CIS / European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. (who.int)
  • We work in close collaboration with several creators, designers and decorators all over the world such as Bergdorf Goodman, Alberto Pinto, Pierre-Yves Rochon, Oger International, Harrods, Caron perfumes, the Elysée Palace, The United States Embassy in Paris … for traditional and contemporary period pieces. (europages.co.uk)
  • Item 4 - Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar. (norway.no)
  • Item 3 - Interactive dialogue on the report of the Secretary-General on the adverse impact of climate change on the full realization of the right to food. (norway.no)
  • The $12bn pipeline beneath the Baltic Sea is set to double Russian natural gas shipments to Germany, Europe's largest economy. (aljazeera.com)
  • Founded in 1957, Maryland Nautical Sales is one of the largest nautical chart agents in the United States. (mdnautical.com)
  • This paper investigates if the imbalances in the Baltic residential real estate markets that were mounting up prior the crisis of 2008-2009 could have been detected in real time. (econstor.eu)
  • Above is the abstract of the item that you're interested in viewing from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive's collection. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • By the request we can send you item withan international postal service DPD. (holidays.net)
  • Constitutional Debates in the EU Member States. (pitt.edu)
  • EU member states and enlargement towards the Balkans. (pitt.edu)
  • Mass Surveillance of Personal Data by EU Member States and its Compatibility with EU Law. (pitt.edu)
  • Almost of the all EU member states (MS) apply pollution taxes as the most important economic tool for mitigating the environmental impacts of various economic activities. (vgtu.lt)
  • Finland's strong position is that there must be a clear and solid barrier between the provision of normative guidance by the secretariat and the governance by member states. (who.int)
  • In this context, the experience of Central Asia and Azerbaijan as Muslim-majority states that insist on secular laws, courts and education is a much-overlooked model that is bound to attract greater interest. (silkroadstudies.org)
  • Join us for the book launch and a discussion of CACI director Svante Cornell's " The New Secularism in the Muslim World: Religion and the State in Central Asia and Azerbaijan . (silkroadstudies.org)
  • Besides its numerous threats to invade Kazakhstan, Moscow is actively courting the five Central Asian states. (silkroadstudies.org)
  • The predecessor of the European Union - European Economic Community (EEC) -was established as an economic alliance of western (later -- southern) European states. (tsu.ge)
  • The construction of the pipeline led to tensions between Germany and the United States, but Washington eventually waived sanctions against the Russian-controlled builder of the pipeline. (aljazeera.com)
  • At present, it is located in Germany, on the Baltic Sea coast, on the island of Hiddensee, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. (modelexpo-online.com)
  • History is alive here, and it is no wonder that each of the Old Towns of the Baltic capital cities have been granted the status of UNESCO World Heritage sites. (fiftydegreesnorth.com)
  • It also operates in the glass items for beverages and liquids, article for restaurants, and articles in blown glass industries. (europages.co.uk)
  • Let's look at what Nazism was and why the actions of the Baltic States' authorities today can be classified as neo-Nazis. (allviewnews.com)
  • That means I'm doing 20-30% discount on the total cost of Shipping if you buy several items. (holidays.net)
  • According to this position, all previous treaties, such as the Treaty of Tartu, are invalidated, and all possible claims by Baltic states for monetary compensation[which? (wikipedia.org)
  • The paper deals with the greening of tax systems in the European Union (EU), and reviews the achievements of the Baltic States in relation to greening their tax systems and implementing the sustainable energy development goals set by the EU's energy policies. (vgtu.lt)
  • The United States extended de jure recognition to all three states on July 28, 1922. (wikipedia.org)
  • On the other hand, de facto interruption of statehood due to foreign occupation for a period of fifty years did indeed occur, giving a place to the legal principle of ex factis jus oritur, as well as irrevocable territory and demographic changes that make the Baltic case much more complex than mere restitutio in integrum (a restoration of-in this case-territorial integrity). (wikipedia.org)