All About Latvia http://allaboutlatvia.com Serpentine Percipience Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:54:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AllAboutLatviahttp://feedburner.google.com Meet the Fighter for the Little Guy RIGA – The Harmony Centre, a collective of political parties, continues to be the most popular political bloc in the Latvia. According to the most recent polls, almost 20 percent of Latvia&#8217;s citizens support the Harmony Center (SC). The crew includes the former communist leader – who sought to overthrow the new-born independent Latvian government [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/52OogkAFCPzrXkICTSyKSzR4iyw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/52OogkAFCPzrXkICTSyKSzR4iyw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/52OogkAFCPzrXkICTSyKSzR4iyw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/52OogkAFCPzrXkICTSyKSzR4iyw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AllAboutLatvia/~3/B_ELAaJ3CN8/ http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/1148/1148/ <description>RIGA &#8211; I have wondered who was behind the new eased restrictions on residence permits to Latvia. Apparently, it&#8217;s Rietumu Banka. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EswkO_fWQ-zdBQMl5g0FvCHhpjA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EswkO_fWQ-zdBQMl5g0FvCHhpjA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EswkO_fWQ-zdBQMl5g0FvCHhpjA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EswkO_fWQ-zdBQMl5g0FvCHhpjA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p></description> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AllAboutLatvia/~3/MLaVwGz2z2w/</link> <feedburner:origLink>http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/1141/1141/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Ansip finishes Baltic tour Ansip&#8217;s meeting was part of a short tour through Latvia and Estonia in which he met with his government counterparts as well as prominent businessmen. via Ansip finishes Baltic tour. Hadn&#8217;t realized the Prime Minister of Estonia toured through, ahem, Estonia. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VAo3p1vJ6PJ8z6B_zE7DJbM_YIM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VAo3p1vJ6PJ8z6B_zE7DJbM_YIM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VAo3p1vJ6PJ8z6B_zE7DJbM_YIM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VAo3p1vJ6PJ8z6B_zE7DJbM_YIM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AllAboutLatvia/~3/mtf48kHPoAg/ http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/1133/ansip-finishes-baltic-tour/ We could learn from our neighbors RIGA – A teacher visits her students&#8217; parents, who are behind on the utility bills. Her job is to urge the parents to pay on their debts and help the state to balance its budget. Tax collectors, auditors, police officers&#8217; salaries depend on how many fines they issue during their shift. The once-or-twice-a-year audit of [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FeK0dnF_qDX4puxp6fGW1E6ND5o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FeK0dnF_qDX4puxp6fGW1E6ND5o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FeK0dnF_qDX4puxp6fGW1E6ND5o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FeK0dnF_qDX4puxp6fGW1E6ND5o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AllAboutLatvia/~3/aKq5Be_ic9I/ http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/1129/we-could-learn-from-our-neighbors/