People pass the window of an empty shop in Riga in this June 9, 2009 file photo. Economists say the worst may be over for the Baltics, but the human cost has been high: unemployment in Latvia is now the highest in the European Union -- at 22.8 percent in December 2009. To match feature BALTIC-CRISIS/ REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/Files (LATVIA POLITICS EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)