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		<title>Expansion in Estonia boosts Trendsetter&#8217;s revenue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The British beddings producer Trendsetter Home Furnishings added 22% of revenue last year mainly due to the launch of the GBP 1.7m expansion in its Estonian production unit in Haljala near Rakvere.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://bbn.ee.feedsportal.com/c/33176/f/545931/s/1f8b13c4/mf.gif'><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&#38;title=Expansion+in+Estonia+boosts+Trendsetter%27s+revenue&#38;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.balticbusinessnews.com%2F%3FPublicationId%3Dd7fc9d85-347c-4af9-9dc8-f9f62657fc15%26ref%3Drss" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Expansion+in+Estonia+boosts+Trendsetter%27s+revenue&#38;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.balticbusinessnews.com%2F%3FPublicationId%3Dd7fc9d85-347c-4af9-9dc8-f9f62657fc15%26ref%3Drss" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204715715/u/0/f/545931/c/33176/s/1f8b13c4/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204715715/u/0/f/545931/c/33176/s/1f8b13c4/a2.img"></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204715715/u/0/f/545931/c/33176/s/1f8b13c4/a2t.img">]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balticsww.com/post/expansion-in-estonia-boosts-trendsetters-revenue/</link>
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		<title>Sweden’s Ivanhoe leaves Estonia after 20 years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Swedish fashion company Ivanhoe is moving its knitted production back to Sweden after 20 years in Estonia, writes news2biz.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://bbn.ee.feedsportal.com/c/33176/f/545931/s/1f8b13c5/mf.gif'><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&#38;title=Sweden%E2%80%99s+Ivanhoe+leaves+Estonia+after+20+years&#38;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.balticbusinessnews.com%2F%3FPublicationId%3D0047d154-892a-4f11-88c9-40d944d3c20e%26ref%3Drss" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Sweden%E2%80%99s+Ivanhoe+leaves+Estonia+after+20+years&#38;link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.balticbusinessnews.com%2F%3FPublicationId%3D0047d154-892a-4f11-88c9-40d944d3c20e%26ref%3Drss" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204715714/u/0/f/545931/c/33176/s/1f8b13c5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204715714/u/0/f/545931/c/33176/s/1f8b13c5/a2.img"></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204715714/u/0/f/545931/c/33176/s/1f8b13c5/a2t.img">]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balticsww.com/post/sweden%e2%80%99s-ivanhoe-leaves-estonia-after-20-years/</link>
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		<title>Estonia opens honorary consulate in Gdańsk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Estonian Yesterday, 17 May, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for Legal and Consular Affairs Lauri Bambus opened Estonia’s honorary consulate in Gdańsk. It is Estonia’s fourth honorary consulate in Poland.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balticsww.com/post/estonia-opens-honorary-consulate-in-gdansk/</link>
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		<title>Lithuania and Cyprus discuss bilateral cooperation and the Presidency of the EU Council</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the visit to Cyprus on May 17-18, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leskevicius participated in bilateral political consultations with officials from Cyprus to discuss the bilateral cooperation, key issues of the European Union and preparation for the Presidency of the EU Council, reported BC the Lithuanian MFA.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balticsww.com/post/lithuania-and-cyprus-discuss-bilateral-cooperation-and-the-presidency-of-the-eu-council/</link>
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		<title>Lithuanian smugglers detained with cigarettes worth EUR 0.3 mln</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Border guards at the Druskininkai Municipality seized smuggled cigarettes worth over LTL 1 million (EUR 0.3 million) and two minivans.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balticsww.com/post/lithuanian-smugglers-detained-with-cigarettes-worth-eur-03-mln/</link>
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		<title>Latvians made 13.4 mln recreational trips in 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The results of the survey on the domestic trips of Latvian residents conducted by the Central Statistical Bureau show that there were 13.4 million recreational trips made in 2011, they grew by 1.4% if compared to the previous year.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balticsww.com/post/latvians-made-134-mln-recreational-trips-in-2011/</link>
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		<title>The number of museum visits in Estonia was record high in 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Statistics Estonia, the museum attendance in Estonia grew 24% in 2011 compared to the previous year and even 30% compared to the average of the five previous years.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balticsww.com/post/the-number-of-museum-visits-in-estonia-was-record-high-in-2011/</link>
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		<title>Stadler: Freivalds was unable to properly manage new train procurement for Latvia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Pasazieru vilciens CEO Nils Freivalds was unable to properly manage the procurement of new trains and take it to a successful conclusion, Nozare.lv was informed by Swiss train manufacturer Stadler.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balticsww.com/post/stadler-freivalds-was-unable-to-properly-manage-new-train-procurement-for-latvia/</link>
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		<title>In Q1 unemployment in Lithuania stood at 14.5%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Statistics Lithuania said that according to the Labour Force Survey data, the unemployment rate in the country in the first quarter of 2012 stood at 14.5%, which is by 0.6% more than in last quarter 2011.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balticsww.com/post/in-q1-unemployment-in-lithuania-stood-at-145/</link>
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		<title>Lithuanian coin dedicated to basketball recognised world&#8217;s most beautiful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One litas coin dedicated to basketball won the award of the most beautiful circulation coin in the Mint Directors Conference, which takes place every two years, the Bank of Lithuania said.]]></description>
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