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Children’s Hospital officials nabbed in corruption...
Children’s Hospital officials nabbed in corruption scandal
SICK BUSINESS: Contractors and hospital administrators involved in bribery, forgery and fraud connec...
RIGA - In what seems like a page torn out of a Charles Dickens novel, Children’s Clinical University Hospital administrative manager Aivars Lisenko and board member and procurement committee member Arnis Kramzaks were arrested on Nov. 3 on charges of misuse of power, taking and giving bribes, document forgery and fraud in connection with a construction contract with the state-owned children’s hospital. Two other suspected swindlers are Raitis Murnieks, Projektu vadibas un attistibas birojs (PVAB) representative, and Pamats board member Aleksandrs Kreicers, reports news agency LETA. The C...  Full story...
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RIGA - Research conducted by GFK Custom Research and commanded by GE Money Bank reveal that 44 percent of Latvians are unable ‘to give up spending in favor of their financial stability,’ a press release on the bank’s Web site reads. This inability to save is attributed to an inability to give something up – 22 percent of respondents mentioned a lack of self-discipline in this regard and 17 percent...
 Oct 28, 2009 - On the dole: Latvians work on the unemployment blu...
On the dole: Latvians work on the unemployment blues
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 hersel...
 Oct 21, 2009 - Questions arise over Kalvitis’ visit in Moscow...
Questions arise over Kalvitis’ visit in Moscow
RIGA - European Parliament member Inese Vaidere (Civic Union), commenting on the recent meeting between former Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, sees similarities between Kalvitis and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who was appointed as the head of the Russian gas-pipeline project Nord Stream after he was defeated in the 2005 German feder...
 Oct 21, 2009 - Economy Ministry’s recovery plan offers no immedia...
Economy Ministry’s recovery plan offers no immediate solutions
RIGA - The Economy Ministry has developed a medium-term economic recovery plan that will serve as an addendum to the Latvian economic stabilization and growth recovery plan, reports news agency LETA. The medium-term plan suggests that, in the medium term, government work should principally focus on providing purposeful and targeted state support, and on promoting development of a competitive busin...
 Oct 14, 2009 - Draft budget meets lender’s demands for deficit cu...
Draft budget meets lender’s demands for deficit cuts
RIGA - Facing strong international pressure, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis’ New Era party has announced that “Latvia must honor its obligations to the international lenders, including the 500 million lats’ (714 million euros) budget cuts [it agreed to] next year,” reports news agency LETA. The posting adds that “This can be done without reducing pensions or increasing value-added tax.” New E...
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 Oct 28, 2009 - Latvija in brief...
Saeima will begin considering next year’s draft budget on Nov. 3, reports LETA. The Cabinet of Ministers at an extraordinary meeting Oct. 26 approved ...
 Oct 28, 2009 - Some leaders, despite reputati...
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