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01.08.2009, 10:42
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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.
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.
22.06.2009, 22:59
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Take a Russian city girl. Immerse her in American culture marked by fast food and late nights. Then tell her to study in bonnie Scotland.
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”.
18.03.2010, 18:19
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At the restaurant, at the museum, at the factory, at the hotel, or at the shooting range. RT’s playful presenter, Martyn Andrews, takes the plunge into fun and adventure wherever he goes.
14.10.2009, 14:01
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Water is one of the most precious resources and one that saturates the Russian Caucasus region of Stavropol. In fact, the area is so well known for its H20 that one of its main towns is called “Mineral Water”.
17.10.2009, 09:40
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UFO watchers say Russia’s resort city of Sochi could be a galactic hub for visitors from another planet. One man says he has evidence of hundreds of UFO sightings.
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.
26.05.2009, 15:40
They are faster than normal bikes, as comfortable as your favorite living room chair, consume no fuel and… are rarely seen in the streets.
Published: 16 November, 2009, 15:03
Edited: 17 November, 2009, 13:54
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.”
I wonder what is it about the Russian psychology that assigns such a helplessly funny, deeply significant world news story -- and one that is not even the least bit spiteful or mocking -- about one of its small Baltic neighbours to the front page of its "Top Stories" news section?