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Latvia: Economic Crisis and Theft

Veronica Khokhlova — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:28:04 +0000

Baltic reviews some of the signs of economic crisis in Latvia: lamps and veggies stolen from gardens, gas stolen from pumps and trucks.

Latvia: Flags and Commemorations

Veronica Khokhlova — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:09:26 +0000

Baltic writes about flag-flying and commemoration days in Latvia.

Estonia: Tax System

Veronica Khokhlova — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:32:11 +0000

AnTyx writes about Estonian economic policies and tax system.

Latvia: Domestic Politics

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:33:43 +0000

Itching for Eestimaa, Latvian Abroad, and Baltic weigh in on Latvia's domestic politics.

Latvia: Newspaper in the “Internet Age”

Veronica Khokhlova — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:53:57 +0000

Latvian Abroad fears that one Latvian paper - Diena - may not “survive in the Internet age.”

Latvia: Politics Update

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:09:20 +0000

Baltic writes on a busy Thursday at the Latvian Saeima - and posts an update on Friday.

Europe: Geographic Confusion

Veronica Khokhlova — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:58:20 +0000

The Czech Daily Word reports that John McCain “still thinks that Czechoslovakia exists.” Lituanica reports that “the Czech-Moravia Football Federation officially apologized to the Lithuanian Football Federation and Lithuania’s Embassy in Prague for playing the national anthem of Lithuania’s neighbouring Baltic State Latvia during a friendly match between the Lithuanian and Czech national teams.” Eternal Remont concludes: “It is for this reason that Eternal Remont is a vocal supporter of Czechoslovenian reunification.”

Russia, Latvia: Young Russia vs Edvīns Šņore

Veronica Khokhlova — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:59:20 +0000

Latvian Abroad writes about Young Russia's protest against The Soviet Story, a documentary by a young Latvian director Edvīns Šņore.

Latvia: “Salad-Washing”

Veronica Khokhlova — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:42:04 +0000

Latvian Abroad writes on how Latvia's biggest supermarket chain “has shot itself in a foot.”

Latvia: Hockey

Veronica Khokhlova — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:36:46 +0000

Latvian Abroad writes about Latvian hockey and hockey fans - here and here.

Soviet History: Samizdat Anniversary

Veronica Khokhlova — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:05:41 +0000

Window on Eurasia writes about the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Soviet samizdat publication, the Chronicle of Current Events.

Estonia: Interview With Blogger Flasher T

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:22:53 +0000

Itching for Eestimaa interviews “Estonian blogger Flasher T, author of the lively Antyx.”

Latvia: Referendum

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:20:35 +0000

Peteris Cedrins of Marginalia is one of the 213,000 people who “signed in favor of amendments to […] Latvia's Constitution, that would make it possible for the people to initiate the dissolution of Parliament”: “Still, I signed… because I trust our people — our nation — a lot more than I trust our so-called elite.”

The Baltics: “The State of the Nation”

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:55:52 +0000

Marginalia muses about “the state of the nation.”

Latvia: Southern Bridge in Riga

Veronica Khokhlova — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:39:19 +0000

Baltic writes about Riga's Southern Bridge, which could “bring Latvia into the Guinness book of records for the greatest amount of misspent public funds.”