14 November 2001 STRASBOURG, 13 November (BNS)–The three ex-Soviet Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are on course to join the European Union (EU) together as part of a “big bang” expansion of the bloc in 2004, AFP reported the EU as saying on 13 November. In annual progress reports on their preparedness, the European Commission said they had […]

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