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• Rude awakening for former communist countries as financial crisis made in the west hits hardest in the east

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  New democracies that embraced the free market are facing their deepest crisis after years of rapid growth The large inflatable columns toppled one after the other in Berlin on Monday night in a play on democracys chain reaction in 1989. Twenty years on in Budapest, Daniel Bebesy has a gloomier domino theory. ...
  13 hours ago

• Record surge in UAE consumer confidence

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Dubai, Nov 10 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has registered a record surge in consumer confidence in the third quarter of 2009, WAM news agency reported Tuesday. At 102 points, the UAE enjoys higher consumer confidence than the global average of 86 - representing a rise of 13 points over six months in the [...]
  18 hours ago

• Latvia: From Great Recession To Depression

  
  Risk Watchdog — Authority: 124
  Few countries have been as badly hit by the global downturn as Latvia. According to a flash estimate released by the statistical office, the Latvian economy plunged by 18.4% y-o-y during the third quarter, which although below the consensus contraction of 19-20%, was nonetheless a horrific rate of decline. Indeed, ...
  19 hours ago

• Reporter fights committee chairman for a piece of the budget

  
  Free Speech Emergency in Latvia — Authority: 91
  One of my colleagues, a senior reporter at LETA, the Latvian news agency, described a bizarre incident in which she was at the Latvian parliament, the Saeima, covering the government budget process as pertains to cultural institutions, specifically state-supported theaters and the National Opera. A parliamentary ...
  1 day ago

• Dzintari Forest Park / Substance

  
  ArchDaily — Authority: 640
  © Ansis Starks Architects: Substance Location: Jurmala, Latvia Type of Project: Reconstruction of Forest Park Project Architects: Arnis Dimins, Brigita Barbale Design Team: Guna Priede, Krisjanis Leitis, Ieva Dimante, Rihards Vietrins Client: Jurmala City Council Main contractor: TADERS Park area: ...
  2 days ago

• EU warns UK National Debt to double in 4 years

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  The European Commission is predicting that by 2011 the British National Debt will be 88.2% of the country’s gross national product (GDP).As an increase of 44% in the percentage of GDP since 2007 (when the UK was at 44.2%) this is the third highest in the European Union, topped only by Latvia in 2nd place [...]
  6 days ago

• Meteorite hoax sizzles out in Latvia

  
  pr-media-blog.co.uk — Authority: 421
  I usually don’t hear much news from my home country, Latvia, in the UK media, apart from the occasional stag do embarrassment. So it was quite exciting to see recent headlines about a meteorite crash in the Latvian countryside. There was a shaky, eye-witness video clip, a big burning crater cordoned off by police ...
  6 days ago

• India to participate in Abu Dhabi judo tournament

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Abu Dhabi, Nov 4 (IANS) Around 30 countries, including India, will participate in the international judo tournament here Nov 20-21, WAM news agency reported Wednesday.The two-day event will be held at the Al-Jazira sports and cultural club.The tournament was earlier organised in Europe and Africa.Yemen, Iraq, Tunisia, ...
  6 days ago

• Tom Silins Edit

  
  Defgrip — Authority: 434
  Check out a great edit with Tom Silins for Parbmx… Tom’s from Latvia and as he describes it “That’s the one next to Estonia, where the Simple Session event is held”. He also said it’s getting super cold over there and was able to get he edit done before the freezing winter weather came though. [...]
  1 week ago

• Iceland (And Latvia) One Year Later

  
  BrianKaneOnline — Authority: 133
  Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, the nation of Iceland was one of the first places to be brought to its economic knees by the global recession last year. I posted about the situation just as our own stock market was free-falling last October and again back in March of this year (last item in the ...
  1 week ago

• Latvia: Politics Update

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 718
  Baltic writes on the political situation in Latvia - here and here.
  1 week ago

• Meteor PR stunt backfires

  
  Media: Organ Grinder | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 130
  The crater-gate incident in Latvia orchestrated by Tele2 is one of the more bizarre stunts in the PR hall of infamy A Latvian field garnered coverage worldwide last week after rescue authorities reported that a fiery object had crashed and created a large crater near the Estonian border . Cue a barrage of eager ...
  1 week ago

• The Latvian Crisis

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 734
  Latvias Tiger Economy Loses Its Bite : Less than a year after Latvia joined the E.U. in 2004, its growth rate topped all of Europe. As global stock markets overheated and competition for investment opportunities intensified, Scandinavian banks showered Latvia with cheap credit. Now, with the highest unemployment in ...
  1 week ago

• Ilves to Zatlers: Latvia is Not Alone With Its Worries

  
  Brilliant Fixer reports on the Estonian economy — Authority: 128
  “The reforms and budgetary cuts that many countries are addressing, under pressure from and with the support of international organisations, are essential for improving the financial state of these countries, for their own future,” President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said at his meeting with Latvian Head of State ...
  1 week ago

• Meteor crash was pranskter students with shovel

  
  Asylum Australia — Authority: 443
  Filed under: Video , Weird Students: we dont exactly love them. Guzzling down pot mash like its oxygen and making a mess on May Day, we could take them or leave them. But every now and then, thanks to all the time they have on their hands, they do something brilliant. Take a ... Read more   Permalink  |  ...
  1 week ago

• UK says EU in climate deal, east Europe sees split

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  Source: Reuters * British, Danish leaders say deal agreed on climate * Poland says leaders remain apart on how to split bill (Adds quotes, background) By Pete Harrison and John O ...
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• Solar Radiation Maps and Photovoltaic Electricity Potential for European Countries

  
  Renewable Energy Sources — Authority: 143
  The maps represent yearly sum of global irradiation on horizontal and optimally inclined surface, 10-years average of the period 1981-1990 [kWh/m2]. The same colour legend represents also potential solar electricity [kWh/kWp] generated by a 1 kWp system per year with photovoltaic modules mounted at an optimum ...
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• Napoli announced Armands Skele

  
  The Hoop — Authority: 132
  Napoli announced the signing of Latvian combo guard Armands Skele (1.92-PG/SG) via their official website. Skele was a hot name during the off-season in Europe and his name was related to a few teams but he finally signed with Napoli . In Napoli they are in desperate need of some good results as they ...
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• East-west rift hampers EU talks on climate funds

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  Source: Reuters * EU leaders seek united stance for global climate talks * Eastern and western states disagree over sharing the bill * Further discord over handling Kyoto carbon permits (Adds quotes, detail ...
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• Renderings of Future Latvia (only Your art work)

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 176
  This is to encourage you to think and visualize your and our future. Remember "Neverending story"? Imagination and fantasy is the beginning and the driving force of humans. Since my hobby is 3D drawings, I sometimes mess with what Riga could look like. If you do as well - make sure you post them here. ...
  1 week ago

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