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<title>President Halonen to attend Latvia&apos;s song and dance celebration</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177198316</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 04:34 GMT</pubDate>
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... President Halonen to attend Latvia&apos;s song and dance celebration Office of the  ...  of Latvia&apos;s Song and Dance Celebration in Riga on 12 July 2008, at the invitation  ...  Valdis Zatlers. President Toomas Hendrik Ilves of Estonia and President Lech Kaczynski will join the  ...
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<title>Situation for heart patients in Cyprus is tragic</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177194622</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 04:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  only countries that spend less out of the 29 listed are Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Bulgaria and Romania, which spends around $650 per capita. ...
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<title>Address by the Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins at the Opening of the 4th Meeting of Honorary Consuls on 3 July 2008 in Riga</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177192782</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the total number of honorary consuls of Latvia has currently reached 132, including 9 honorary  ...  is not represented by honorary consuls in Estonia and Lithuania, where the everyday cooperation is  ...  Baltic Sea States, which was held in Riga beginning of June, with delight, that this  ...
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<title>Song and dance fest fosters Latvian national identity</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177189425</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 03:57 GMT</pubDate>
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... Song and dance fest fosters Latvian national identity It was through songs that  ...  Ieva Stare, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa in Riga, the The festival has long been a  ...  is perhaps why Latvians - together with Estonians and Lithuanians - joined together in the  ...
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<title>EU tackles climate change</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177189240</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 03:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  year. He said he had presented a joint position with Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to take account of the specific problems of fast-growing former communist economies with carbon-intensive  ...
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<title>Estonia</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177181690</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Taylor Squeezed into the eastern Baltic, between Latvia and Russia, Estonia was until 1991 the smallest Soviet republic.  ...  Tunnels (00 372 644 6686; www.linnamuuseum.ee/kok) in Tallinn that failed to halt the Russian invasion;  ...
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<title>Eastern EU states unite for overhaul of CO2 curbs</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177170727</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 21:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  year. He said he had presented a joint position with Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to take account of the specific problems of fast-growing former communist economies with carbon-intensive  ...
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<title>Eastern EU states unite for CO2 overhaul</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177170543</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 21:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  year. He said he had presented a joint position with Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to take account of the specific problems of fast-growing former communist economies with carbon-intensive  ...
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<title>Global Inflationary Pressures: No End in Sight</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177152476</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 17:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  rates have reached: Venezuela (22%), Vietnam (21%), Latvia (18%), Qatar (17%), Pakistan (17%), Egypt (16%)  ...  Egypt (16%) Bulgaria (15%), The Emirates (11%), Estonia (11%), Turkey (9.7%), Indonesia (9%) Saudi Arabia  ...
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<title>Number of Czech visa applicants in Canada slightly rising</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177132100</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 13:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  visas were lifted, a total of 267 Czechs asked for asylum, but only two Latvians and five Estonians. Canada lifted the visa requirements for Latvia in the same month as for Czechs,  ...
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<title>EU newcomers to see slower growth in 2009, but ahead of &apos;oldies&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177131311</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 13:36 GMT</pubDate>
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... of the publication of the report. The exceptions were Latvia, Estonia and to a certain extent Hungary, which could expect 1.0-percent, 2.0-percent and 3.4-percent growth  ...
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<title>EU newcomers to see slower growth in 2009, but ahead of &quot;oldies&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177129980</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 13:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  said in a statement ahead of the publication of the report. The exceptions were Latvia, Estonia and to a certain extent Hungary, which could expect 1.0-percent, 2.0-percent and 3.4-percent growth  ...
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<title>Transparency in Cohesion Policy: Published beneficiary lists to raise awareness, enhance quality of EU investment</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177115372</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 11:36 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  on EU investment in Member States include: Latvia: The Latvian Ministry of Finance sponsors a  ...  spot featuring the well-known actor Theodoris Atheridis. Estonia: The Ministry of Finance of Estonia broadcast  ...
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<title>Estonian by birth, American by choice</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177107723</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 10:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  flag of the country of my birth, Estonia. Estonia is the smallest of the three  ...  bordered by Russia to the east and Latvia to the south. It&apos;s about 80 kilometers  ...
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<title>Heart healthcare below European average</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=177107504</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 10:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Other countries near the bottom included Bulgaria, Latvia and Poland. President of Health Consumer Powerhouse  ...  16. Ireland 17. Spain 18. Cyprus 19. Estonia 20. Slovakia 21. Czech Republic 22. Portugal  ...
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