- TOP 12. EVENTS IN THE BALTICS - 2004
1. MEMBERSHIP – AT LONG LAST. 2004 marked the beginning of a new timeline in Baltic history – one that essentially guarantees that neither 1939, nor 1940, nor 1945 are repeated ever again.
- Five years ago
In a decision welcomed by Latvian diplomats, the Council of Europe decides to open a human rights monitoring procedure in Latvia.
- Ten years ago
Estonia’s newly elected Parliament elects former Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Finland Lennart Meri president.
- Five years ago
Estonia will have two official languages in 2007, therefore a recent Russian schools amendment should cause no problems to the country’s Russian-speakers, chairman of the Russian Party in Estonia Nikolai Maspanov said Sept. 11.
- Ten years ago
A deteriorating economy and rising unemployment are fueling discontent among the predominately Russian population of Estonia’s eastern border regions.
- Five years ago
Latvia Prime Minister Guntars Krasts said he feared cooperation of the Baltic states might collapse if Estonia alone is included in the European Union expansion talks.
- Ten years ago
Russia announce Sept. 8 that it will withdraw its remaining troops in Lithuania by Aug. 31, 1993. The announcement followed a meeting between Lithuanian Parliament Chairman Vytautas Landsbergis and Russian President Boris Yeltsin.