Thu, 28 Apr 2011 - ...rnity and parental benefits offered to families. Politicians and law-makers in Latvia still ignore in their discussions that this is a cause-effect problem, rather than two independent topics. This problem has recently been in the media spotlight. On April 20, on the TV p...

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 - ...s news agency LETA. During the meeting, the president emphasized that “Latvia is a long-term strategic partner of the United States and hopes that U.S. presence will remain active in the Baltic Sea region. We are interested to continue our close political dialogue and...

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 - ... create an effect not only by way of its function, but also through its form, in which the idea and material has taken shape in the minds of several different people for quite some time already. For instance, the German director Christoph Schlingensief managed before his ...

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 - ...LETA. Students of the Johvi Vene Gumnaasium were hospitalized with salmonellosis on April 16 this year; as a result, the school was closed for two days. On April 19, the Uuemoisa Elementary School in Lane County reported an outbreak of the disease, with 19 children exhibi...

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 - ...figures will be known at the conclusion of the national census - in March 2012. According to Allan Puur, senior researcher at the Inter-university Population Research Center, the state could pay mother’s pensions, raise child allowances and promise free higher educat...