LATVIAN BANKING CRISIS EXPANDS.

The Latvian governmentcannot pay its employees or provide subsidies for local governmentsand has no prospects of borrowing more money from its own banks,BNS reported July 7. State employees have not yet been paid forJune and the regional governments have not received any of the2.7 million lats Riga owes them for that month.

Lukashenko Blocking Withdrawal of Russian Missiles.