how much for georgia?
colin charles blog (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
spotted in riga, latvia, at the university, during software freedom day 2008.
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Latvian police stage pay protest
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Riga - Latvian police officers demonstrated against low pay and poor working conditions in the capital Riga on Saturday, staging a picket in front of government offices. The demonstration occurred one day after Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis a...
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SEB: Latvian economy to shrink in 2008
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
RIGA – Analysts from SEB Banka, one of the largest banks in Latvia, have predicted that the country's economy will contract by as much as 0.8 percent in 2008. “I a quite short period of time, in just nine months, Latvia's economic growth has fallen from a steady double figure growth to zero,” t
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Latvia aims for Guiness record
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
RIGA -- The first few celebrity participants have registered for the "Run! for Latvia" relay race which will attempt to break the Guiness world record for "the most participants taking part in a 100 meter relay over 24 hours." The first person to register for the race, which will take place on Oc
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Ratings downgrade no cause of alarm in Baltics
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Riga - The long-term prospects for the economies of the three Baltic states were called into question Friday when London-based ratings agency Fitch downgraded its opinions on Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Fitch revised downward its foreign and local...
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Baltic, Benelux foreign ministers call for Belarus dialogue
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Riga/Tallinn - Foreign ministers of the three Baltic nations and the Benelux countries concluded a two-day mini-summit in Estonia on Thursday with a call for continued dialogue with Belarus. We touched upon the latest developments in Belarus followi...
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MARKETING: Duracell Radio Rally thrills young and old alike
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
RIGA - For the past six years in Latvia, a special annual event has taken place in which a multinational corporation gives back to the community who buys its products: the Duracell Radio Rally. While many corporations seem to encourage children and teenagers to smoke cigarettes, drink fruity alcoho
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Latvia faces wage inflation
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
RIGA - Wages are still spiraling out of control in Latvia, according to a study by the international consultancy Hay Group. The study found that wages grew an average of 16.7 percent from July 2007 to July 2008. Most companies still plan to increase wages further. Hay Group representative Liga Rode
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Swedbank fends off rumors of a fall
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
RIGA - Swedbank, formerly Hansabank announced that it may have to cut staff, amid growing concerns over the level of it’s exposure to U.S. toxic debt. However bank executives still defended the company’s performance. Chairman of the board, Swedbank Latvia, Maris Avotins announced that the bank wi
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Troops to be pulled from Iraq by end of 2008
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
RIGA - Latvia is planning to withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of 2008, Latvian Defense Minister Vinets Veldre said, citing the steady decline of violence there. “The situation in this country is returning to normal. The number of terror acts there has decreased by 80 percent over the past y
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Thousands of health care workers protest wage freeze
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
RIGA - Thousands of health care workers and teachers gathered outside the Parliament building in Riga to demand a raise in wages. The Sept. 26 protest, organized by medical workers from all around Latvia, saw an estimated 2,500 picketers shouting, chanting and calling out ministers. About seventy p
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Old friends and new classes
Pilgrim Soldier (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
This week has been about old friends! Firstly, is the fact that one of the people I’m in training with is someone I’ve known for the best part of 18 years, but lost touch with 13 years ago! Secondly, the weekend saw something of a reunion for Riga 1 Corps, with a motley crew of [...]
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President's chief aid steps down
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
RIGA - Eduard Stiprais, head of the Latvian president's chancellery, has resigned from his post and announced that he will return to diplomatic service. Edgars Rinkevics, a long-standing Defense Ministry state secretary, has been appointed to replace Stiprais as President Valdis Zatlers' top ad
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Estonian president calls on non-citizens to sign up
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Riga/Tallinn - Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves urged his country's stateless residents to adopt full citizenship on Wednesday. Speaking at a ceremony in Tallinn at which he handed citizenship certificates to newly-qualified citizens, Ilves sa...
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Obtain Competitive Intelligence with Latvia Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q3 2008
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (
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