On the dole: Latvians work on the unemployment blues

Oct 28, 2009
By Philip Birzulis

RIGA - Adversity sometimes brings out the best in people – and these are far from easy times in Latvia. The can-do spirit is epitomized by Signe Senfelde, a journalist who found a creative solution to being out of work. Senfelde was the editor of Labu apetiti (Bon Appetite), a popular gourmet magazine, until the publisher closed it down in January in a round of cost cutting and she found herself unemployed for the first time in 20 years. But within three months, she found an investor for a mo ...

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