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Riga/Vilnius - Lithuanians are voting Sunday in an unusual double poll that includes a general election and a referendum on the future of the country's Soviet-era Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. Voting stations across the Baltic nation opened at 7 am (...
Luxurylaunches.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Oil kings usually own the most expensive automobiles, and this time again it's their territory. Princess Regina Abdurazakova from Kazakhstan owns this highly pimped up MiionEuroMINI SHAGEDELIC.GLAMOUR, which was a star of Riga International Motorshow Auto Exotica held in April 2008. It's designed by Juhan Losop from Metal Hammer, who his well known for his several unusual car and bike projects. The...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Riga/Vilnius - Lithuania will refuse to close its Soviet-era Ignalina nuclear power plant as planned unless the European Union provides adequate compensation, Lithuanian Economy Minister Vytas Navickas said on Thursday. Unless the energy security pr...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Riga/Vilnius - Lithuania will refuse to close its Soviet-era Ignalina nuclear power plant as planned unless the European Union provides adequate compensation, Lithuanian Economy Minister Vytas Navickas said on Thursday. Unless the energy security pr...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian gays and lesbians will gather in Riga next May for "Friendship Days," a Pride celebration.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Riga - A soldier belonging to the Latvian parliamentary and presidential security service was found dead in the national parliament overnight, according to a statement released by the National Armed Forces (NAF). The man's body was found on Thursday ...
Biomedicine on Display (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
A couple of weeks ago we asked for a guide to restaurants and bars with medical motifs. Øystein Horgmo has kindly sent us an article in the Norwegian daily Dagbladet about a new theme restaurant in Riga, Latvia, owned by medical doctors, called Hospitalis, with a pronounced medical motif. Says my new favourite guide to Latvian culture, ‘Fucking Latvia: alternative [...]
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
RIGA - The Latvian government has adopted a 2009 budget that allows a deficit of 1.85 percent of gross domestic product and incorporates wage freezes and job cuts, despite protests from trade unions and other groups. Revenues to the central government’s consolidated budget are projected at 5.46 bil
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
RIGA - Mystical walking tours in the Rizupes sand caves are among the wackiest of guided tours available in Latvia. This experience is not for the claustrophobic. The bizarre system of caves gave me the sensation of walking through the interior of a giant and elaborate sand castle. Fortunately, th
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
RIGA - Anyone who has taken the tram, bus or trolleybus along Brivibas Street in Riga will no doubt already be familiar with the majestic VEF factory, one of Latvia’s most longstanding historical legacies in the field of electronics. The successor companies of the VEF factory continue to carry the
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
RIGA - Authorities in Latvia believe white-collar criminals are deliberately sabotaging the banking system. Kristine Apse-Krumina, aide to the Security Police chief, told the news agency LETA that police had launched a criminal investigation on Oct. 6 into the circulation of false information about
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
RIGA - The streets outside the Cabinet of Ministers building were lined with over 1,000 people protesting low wages as part of the Oct. 7 World Day for Decent Work. The protest came the same day the government decided to draw up next year’s budget. The majority of participants were teachers from La
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
RIGA - Except for a monetary contribution from Estonia, the Baltic states have decided not to participate in an EU plan to join the U.N. in fighting piracy in Somalia. “The EU has not yet made a decision on the launch of the operation in Somalia and on the military capacities to be involved in this
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
RIGA - Hepatitis A has swept across Latvia, killing five people and infecting thousands more, according to the Latvian Infectious Diseases Center. It is the first epidemic in Latvia in 20 years. The disease, which can be fatal, has spread through contaminated food and water. A report released on
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
RIGA - Inflation rates in the Baltic states continued to fall in September, with Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian year-on-year rates reaching 15.9 percent, 13.9 percent and 11 percent, respectively. The Latvian central statistics office said that consumer prices in the country grew by 1.1 perc
