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The sounds of ancient music will ring through Rundale palace and the old streets of Riga.

Ready to give your soul for a loan in these difficult economic times? Reuters reports that you can in Latvia, where the crisis has raged more than in the rest of the European Union.

STRUGGLING: Lithuania is rated third from bottom based on the following criteria in descending order of importance - " Employment costs multinational, market labor costs, taxation, labor productivity, graduate availability, education level, availability of flexible workforce, labor market regulations, socio-political criteria and ICT ...

LAW PUNDIT Friday, July 03, 2009 7/03/2009 10:44:00 PM [Home] Andis Kaulins from the USA in Germany is no near relation to Andis Kaulins from Canada in Wuxi China or to Andis Kaulins in Talsi Latvia Most people think because of the rarity of the name Andis Kaulins that there can be only one person on Earth with that name - and this mistaken ...

This is not in fact much ofa lowering of credit standards: A financial company in Latvia is offering residents loans secured by nothing but their immortal soul.

A COUNCILLOR has vowed to travel to Latvia to act as a witness in the trial of two Derby men who are facing extradition to the country.

A firm in Latvia is offering loans of an equivalent of $100-$1000 to residents and requires only the borrower's immortal soul as security.

The crime rate in Latvian cities is moderate compared to U.S. cities of similar size, but crime still exists, especially in Riga, Latviaa s main draw for foreign tourists.

The trek across Eastern Europe to find David Cameron's Nazi-loving friends came to a wholly unsatisfactory conclusion yesterday.

On both sides of the ex-Iron Curtain most people have forgotten - if they ever knew - that despite the rise and fall of British imperialism, the American Declaration of Independence, the expansion of Russia under the czars, the wars of the world, the Cold War and the terrifying Cuban confrontation, the US and Russia have been at peace for more than ...

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2009 WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts: William Eacho, Ambassador, Republic of Austria Judith ...

Latvian Fundamentalism 25 June 2009 By Boris Kagarlitsky Of all the former Soviet republics, perhaps Latvia has been the most assiduous and zealous adherent to the neoliberalism economic school.

On 19 June 2009 a bi-lingual, colour supplement to The Moscow Times will be published.

Actually, I heard it works in hell too. But for those of you that like it a little cooler, a Latvian firm is offering loans of 50 to 500 Latvian lats secured only by your immortal soul .

Thus, the aim of the visit is to sign an agreement regarding cooperation in the sphere of environment between the governments of Azerbaijan and Latvia, including discussing issues of prospective cooperation.

It is hard to pinpoint the moment when Argentina's currency peg became untenable in 2001, triggering the biggest sovereign default of modern times.

The Latvian government has agreed to slash pensions and state sector salaries in a bid to keep the country afloat financially.

"This is my crisis baby," jokes Liga Stala as she rubs her bump, "Matthias was my inflation baby and Renats was my economising baby." Liga's three children are the most charming set of economic indicators you'd ever wish to meet.

It could have been, it should have been, and it was one of the few bright moments in the darkness of a deep economic crisis.

TWO is facing extradition to Latvia after being accused of assaulting a police officer during a stag weekend.