Brussels, 19/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - Eurostat has published a report on the growth of candidate countries, with the most recent data available relating to the last quarter 2002, together with an annual report. "The annual figure for 2002 confirmed the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia as the fastest-expanding of the Acceding Countries", the European Statistical Office states in a brief comment. The rate of growth of GDP in these countries was, in 2002, 6.7% for Lithuania, 6.1%...