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  • The Wall That Changed Modern History 10 Nov 2009 00:30 GMT
    ... incident is capable of sparking a major historical event. When Hungary and Austria opened their ... was shocked by the determination shown by Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Georgia to break free from ...

  • Model Soviet School Adapts to 21st-Century Reality 10 Nov 2009 00:30 GMT
    ... the museum also arranged the reburial from Latvia to Russia of 1930 school leaver Viktor ... developing its sports facilities during its long history. In 1967, the Voskhod (Sunrise) movie theater opened, ...

  • Fresh look at history in Eastern Europe, 20 years on 9 Nov 2009 00:27 GMT
    ... Twenty years after the end of communism, history textbooks in Eastern Europe are lifting the ... "Socialist" era. It also took time before historians could shake off the communist propaganda language ... were instructed over 40 years ago. In Latvia, what was once called "the voluntary incorporation" ...

  • In the shadow of the wall 9 Nov 2009 12:35 GMT
    ... it also questioned the “normality” of the history which they were supposed to enter. (...) ... Germany: the relationship to the collective memory. Historians, and some citizens, became aware of the ... am worried. In the last 10 years, Latvia has changed radically. I fear they are ...

  • The Berlin Wall, 20 Years Later 9 Nov 2009 15:15 GMT
    ... such a course succeeding again in 1989. Historian Mark Kramer commented on this extraordinary spectacle: ... Mark Kramer commented on this extraordinary spectacle: “History offers no previous instances in which revolutionary ... to independence by the Baltic nations of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, and a coup attempt ...

  • Celebrate the wall's fall 9 Nov 2009 06:13 GMT
    ... Berlin to celebrate this turning point in history. Regrettably, President Barack Obama will miss the ... been completely remade. Germany is reunited. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, ... remarkably non-violent, except in the former Yugoslavia. Historian Timothy Garton Ash points out that the ...

  • One on one with Professor Leszek Balcerowicz 9 Nov 2009 08:15 GMT
    ... as well as a sense of a historical moment which mobilised us. Q: How much ... undertook radical reforms, the three countries Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were not burdened by huge ... in Europe, as well as having a history of being a good performer in introducing reforms? A: ...

  • 20 years after fall of Berlin Wall, a new divide 9 Nov 2009 11:12 GMT
    ... still fear the reach of Russia. But history and geography also prepared the ground for the ... fellow EU members Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary rank in the ...

  • Architecture in Latvia ' a colorful mix of ideas... 4 Nov 2009 20:57 GMT
    ... Architecture in Latvia – a colorful mix of ideas MIXING ... paper “Tendencies: Image, Architecture and Innovation,” the history of architecture is the history of the way ...

  • Risk of Latvia govt change after budgets passed-PM 4 Nov 2009 10:16 GMT
    ... RIGA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Latvia's fragile coalition government could break up once ... of power. Post-Soviet Latvian governments have a history of being short-lived, though the core parties in ...

  • Rebirth of an old scourge 8 Nov 2009 12:17 GMT
    ... independent states. The Baltic nations - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - regained the freedom they ... the working class as the engine of historical revolution, fascism embraces the primacy of primordial ... socialists" who fused statism with xenophobic nationalism. History is repeating itself. Today, the communist virus has simply ...

  • Why we celebrate the fall of the Wall 7 Nov 2009 11:42 GMT
    ... by surprise. Today, through the lens of historical hindsight, what happened seems preordained: a terrible ... But the sage leader understood which way history would move, and went with the flow. In London, ... scattered: Bulgaria with its mafia, Lithuania and Latvia with their deficits, Hungary with its sluggish ...

  • Knocking on Norwegian Wood 5 Nov 2009 17:43 GMT
    ... this inauspicious and modest way entered the history books as the first European central bank to ... issues, and these examples - Iceland and Latvia - are not without their own significance. ...

  • New York City Concert by Melodia Women's Choir Features World Premiere of Woman Composer 5 Nov 2009 22:54 GMT
    ... also features "Songs of the Lights" by Latvian-born Canadian composer Imant Raminsh. Five songs from ... twice to perform at celebrations of Women’s History Month of NYC. Funding for Melodia’s commissioning program ...

  • Millionaire's bookmaking empire began behind milk bar in Belfast 8 Nov 2009 06:16 GMT
    ... in 1936, to a family originally from Latvia, Leonard Steinberg began his business life as a ... his “obvious pride in outlining the many historical connections between Northern Ireland and Israel”. Lord ...


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