DELRAY BEACH, U.S — Ernests “The Gull” Gulbis has qualified for his first ever ATP event final, on the back of a comprehensive semi-final victory over Finn, Jarko Nieminin.
Gulbis’ tantalizing form that he has shown in the past two weeks continued overnight, defeating Nieminin in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. Gulbis was well aware of the [...]

RIGA — While economists continue to debate whether Latvia’s catastrophic economic downturn has turned a corner or not, January’s retail numbers give a glimmer of hope to a bleak domestic scene.
Since November 2008 seasonally-adjusted retail turnover has decreased steadily month-on-month until last month, when it inched up 4 percent. Year-on-year January 2010 was down over [...]

VILNIUS — A gross domestic produc t revision has modified last year’s fourth quarter results to a 12.8 percent contraction due to more comprehensive business and price statistics.
Lithuania’s GDP has been in the red ever since the end of 2008 when then financial crisis began and domestic demand began weakening.
Original estimates showed a drop by [...]

VANCOUVER, Canada — Here is a summary of how Baltic athletes fared on Feb. 26 in Vancouver.
Alpine skiing: women’s slalom – run 1
Tiiu Nurmberg (Est), 52nd
Liene Fimbauere (Lat), 62nd
Biathlon: men’s 4×7.5 km relay
Estonia, 14th
Latvia, 19th
Alpine skiing: women’s slalom – run 2

Tiiu Nurmberg (Est), 41st
Liene Fimbauere (Lat), 50th
23:00 Bobsled: four-man heat 1
Latvia (Edgars Maskalāns, Mihails Arhipovs, [...]

DELRAY BEACH, U.S — Ernests “The Gull” Gulbis will be trying Saturday evening to make amends for last week’s semifinal exit by attempting to go one step further.
Gulbis has come into some of his most consistent form in recent memory to book his second semifinal placing in less than a fortnight. His opponent will be [...]

TALLINN — While the government concentrates on adopting the euro, the continuing economic crisis is increasing poverty, and even after recovery Estonian may find itself with a society of greater income inequality and stratification.
The plight of the Estonia’s poor was highlighted in President Toomas Hendrik Ilves’ Independence Day speech Wednesday, where he called for unemployment [...]

RIGA — The high-profile theft of confidential tax data continued to hex Latvia, with officials on Friday admitting that a total of 120 people lifted documents from a hole in the State Revenue Service’s website and the enigmatic “Neo” released salary data of the country’s financial markets regulator.
An official from the
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VILNIUS — Following a bullish month in January, the Baltic Nasdaq OMX stock exchange has leveled off and stagnated.
News about Estonia’s likeliness to join the eurozone buoyed investors’ moods at the thinly-traded markets in January, but February saw the release of most Baltic company results for 2009; many were in the red, devastated by [...]

DELRAY BEACH, U.S — Ernests “The Gull” Gulbis moved into the quarterfinals with ease, whilst Kanepi has proved no match for Venus Williams.
Gulbis’ fine vein of form continues this week at Delray Beach, with the Latvian barely getting out of second gear in disposing of Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-1, 6-4. Gabashvili was unable to [...]

VANCOUVER, Canada — A list of all Baltic competing athletes for Feb. 26. All time are in Baltic time. Events are subject to change due to weather conditions.
20:00 Alpine skiing: women’s slalom – run 1
Tiiu Nurmberg (Est)
Liene Fimbauere (Lat)
21:30 Biathlon: men’s 4×7.5 km relay
Estonia
Latvia
20:00 Alpine skiing: women’s slalom – run 1
Tiiu Nurmberg (Est)
Liene Fimbauere (Lat)
23:00 [...]