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16.11.2009, 15:03
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A promotional campaign aimed at attracting tourists to the Latvian capital has kicked off with a major gaffe, when media were presented example posters proudly stating: “Riga city – easy to go, hard to live.”
07.06.2010, 06:47
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The swastika is considered a Nazi symbol and banned in most of Europe. But a Lithuanian court recently ruled that it's not exclusively a Nazi emblem after students displayed the symbol at an independence parade.
07.06.2010, 09:58
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Latvian President Valdis Zatlers believes that the biggest task towards stabilization of the economy and Latvian financial system is complete, but the goal to recover and get back to growth has not been achieved yet.
17.03.2010, 16:45
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A decision to create a new movement – The International Anti-Fascist Front – was made at the conference in the Latvian capital, Riga, entitled “WWII lessons: liberators, victims, and butchers”.
05.06.2009, 15:06
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Workers of a construction company in Siberia, desperate to receive the money they’ve earned, have decided to ask President Obama for cash. They say it’s the US that started the crisis, so it’s the US that should pay up.
13.04.2009, 16:15
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At a time when taxpayers across the continent are losing their jobs thanks to the economic crisis, the European Parliament has decided to spend billions of euros on a luxury fitness center for deputies and staff.
14.04.2009, 14:05
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A hairdresser from the small Russian town of Meshchovsk has subdued a man who tried to rob her shop, and then raped him for three days in the utility room, Life.ru reports.
22.07.2009, 11:30
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Belarus has shut off the pipeline which carries over 10 million tons of oil a year to Latvia from Russia. The country’s Emergency Ministry states that it is due to the poor condition of the pipe.
16.09.2009, 13:46
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In the US, dozens of people took to the streets of New York to call for an audit of the Federal Reserve Bank.
30.12.2009, 00:41
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The heart of America's financial system, Wall Street, is reporting record profits this year, which means average bonuses for bankers might rise as high as 40% from last year - all this despite a depressed global economy.
Published: 01 August, 2009, 10:42
At a time of crisis people will sometimes do anything to make ends meet. In Latvia they're ready to sell their immortal souls for a cash loan. The man behind the business has been dubbed a modern Mephistopheles.
Wasn't it not so long ago that they had a blond day in Latvia. Why not combine the two, and have a blond lady, who sells her soul for 1000 dollars! Any takers? After all, that blond day was about the economy too. I am sure the Swedish banks would support the scheme, or do they have too many blonds already, or maybe they are just too frightened of over exposing themselves again. You have to give the guy credit for this idea, or maybe that should be the other way around. I am not sure though that the Sedish banks would sell their souls, or have they sold them already!