EIN News: Latvia Latin America News

Global cost of living spikes: survey

24 Jul 2008 09:57 GMT

... in our surveys, she noted. For example, Latvia had real GDP growth of 10.2% in ... growth rate of 5.2%, and its capital, Riga, jumped to 46th place in the latest ... these movements. The two top-ranking cities in South America are So Paulo in 25th place (score ...

Int'l Court indicts Sudan's leader with genocide

24 Jul 2008 04:29 GMT

... president. The pre-trial panel is made up of three judges from Brazil, Ghana and Latvia. Previous indictments have been issued against former Serbian leader Slobadan Milosevic and former Liberian ...

Every day is special - 24.07.2008

23 Jul 2008 23:36 GMT

... a leader of several independence movements throughout South America, collectively known as the Bolvars War. Credited ... is Jekaba Diena (Jacobs Day) for ancient Latvia. It was a festival held on July ...

Andres Oppenheimer: Second languages translate to cash, security

21 Jul 2008 08:53 GMT

... Excerpted from a column by Andres Oppenheimer, Latin America correspondent for the Miami Herald. His e-mail ... percent of Slovaks and 95 percent of Latvians are proficient in a second tongue. About ...

Americans should learn more languages

21 Jul 2008 07:30 GMT

... percent of Slovaks and 95 percent of Latvians are proficient in a second tongue. About ... ultimately, more secure. Andres Oppenheimer is a Latin America correspondent for the Miami Herald.

2008 tourism prospects good despite hard times

20 Jul 2008 22:35 GMT
... North-East and South Asia, and Central and South America. A variety of destination countries reported double-digit ... and Uruguay; in Europe Sweden, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Israel, Malta, Montenegro and Turkey; and ...