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• Overview of the Main RES-E Support Schemes for Wind Energy in the EU-27 Member States

  
  Renewable Energy Sources — Authority: 144
  COUNTRYMAIN SUPPORT INSTRUMENT FOR WINDSETTINGS OF THE MAIN SUPPORT INSTRUMENT FOR WIND IN DETAILAustriaFITNew fi xed feed-in tariff valid for new RES-E plants permitted in 2006 and/or 2007: fi xed FIT for years 1-9 (76.5 €/MWh for year 2006 as a starting year; 75.5 €/ MWh for year 2007). Years 10 and 11 at 75 ...
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• European Stocks Gain On Positive Economy

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 518
  Melvin Baker - AHN Reporter London, UK (AHN) - Stocks in Europe rose to a three-week high on Wednesday, lifted by positive economic news. In Frankfurt, the DAX added 55 points, or 1 percent, at 5,668.35, while in Paris the CAC-40 grew by 29 points, or 0.8 percent, to 3,814.39.
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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. ...
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• Record surge in UAE consumer confidence

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  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 [...]
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• 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, ...
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• 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 ...
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• Dzintari Forest Park / Substance

  
  ArchDaily — Authority: 646
  © 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: ...
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• 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 [...]
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• 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 ...
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• India to participate in Abu Dhabi judo tournament

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  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, ...
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• 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. [...]
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• Iceland (And Latvia) One Year Later

  
  BrianKaneOnline — Authority: 132
  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 ...
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• Latvia: Politics Update

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 720
  Baltic writes on the political situation in Latvia - here and here.
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• 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 ...
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• The Latvian Crisis

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 733
  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 ...
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• 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 ...
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• 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  |  ...
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• UK says EU in climate deal, east Europe sees split

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 715
  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: 144
  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: 133
  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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