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Tigran Seyranyan, the Armenian ambassador to the Czech Republic, has met with Czech Minister of Health Leoš Leger to discuss cooperation in healthcare. Leger said the embassy will... 2012-03-21

The chairman of the Society on Promoting Latvian-Belarusian Economic Ties has reportedly claimed that the Latvian government may demand compensation from the European Union in exchange... 2012-03-21

The most recent Ipsos poll showed that the ruling Fidesz party saw a slight uptick in its popularity, from 16% in January to 18% in February. This boost to the government's public support... 2012-02-27

The ruling centre right coalition government of Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius continues to trail the major opposition parties in recent opinion polls, garnering just 14.8% of the... 2012-02-27

Latvia is committed to reforming its hospital sector in a bid to contain costs as part of its fiscal austerity drive. To this end, the number of hospitals in the country will continue... 2012-02-23

The government committee for torture prevention says that up to 1,000 women may be entitled to compensation from the Czech government. In a report looking at unlawful sterilisation,... 2012-02-23

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are going to start joint purchases of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, the deputy secretary general for health at the Estonian Ministry of Social... 2012-02-22

he centre-right coalition government has come together and tentatively approved a proposal from Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek, also the leader of the coalition party Top 09, to... 2012-01-30

High levels of unemployment have prevented a meaningful recovery in our short-term political risk ratings for Lithuania. Indeed, although unemployment reportedly fell to 14.8% in Q311,... 2012-01-30

dustrial production (IP) dropped sharply in year-on-year terms in November to 0.4% y-o-y, from 7.8% in October. We expect to see manufacturing and exports slow significantly in 2012,... 2012-01-30