Remodeling Scandinavia: will economic recovery make the nordic countries' famous welfare states look good? Only after further reform

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Although the Nordic countries are growing economically, it is unlikely that they will become a model of a third economic system that falls somewhere between capitalism and communism. Except for Norway, unemployment remains high, and success is due to the conventional strategy of limiting government spending and raising taxes.

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Bargains in the Baltic

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A meeting on the Swedish island of Gotland of leaders from Scandinavia and the Baltic States will focus on ways to bring more economic cooperation and development to the region. The Baltic States are eager to join NATO and the European Union but Russia, fearing isolation, is opposed.

International economic relations, Northern Europe

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Kroons, lats, litas: Baltic States

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Estonia has successfully abandoned the Russian rouble and restored its pre-occupation currency, the kroon. The kroon is now linked to the D-mark. Neighboring Latvia and Lithuania recently followed Estonia's lead by re-establishing the lats and litas, respectively.

Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia

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