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IT business expands rapidly with EU support
IT business expands rapidly with EU support
OUTSOURCING: Latvia’s highly trained specialists command modest salaries making the country an attra...
RIGA - Many believe that the way organizations manage information will increasingly determine their survival and growth in the future (Peter Drucker, “The Coming of the New Organization,” Harvard Business Review, Volume 88). According to Information Technology Overview, use of information technology (IT) is particularly important for over 90 percent of managers, professionals, associate professionals and secretarial/administrative staff in the UK. This similar statistic holds true for the overwhelming majority of the developed countries, including the Baltic states. “Today, information is i...  Full story...
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 Nov 11, 2009 - Lithuania and IT are synonyms...
Lithuania and IT are synonyms
VILNIUS - In recent years, Lithuania and IT have become synonyms. The major international IT companies are looking for employees in Lithuania. According to IT application levels, Lithuania is far ahead of the majority of European Union countries. “Vilnius is especially attractive because of a huge number of highly educated people who have talent in IT,” said Jim Dimore, head of Barclays Bank’s IT...
 Nov 04, 2009 - Political issues rather than economy hit railway i...
Political issues rather than economy hit railway industry
TALLINN - There has recently been a lot of discussion in political, business and scientific circles about the importance of railway transit, and the transit cluster development, as a driving factor in the Estonian economy. During and after the April 2007 events surrounding the moving of the Bronze statue, it has been claimed that Russia is applying hidden economic sanctions on Estonia that have re...
 Nov 04, 2009 - Train boogie and blues...
Train boogie and blues
VILNIUS - The state-owned company Lithuanian Railways has an almost 150 year history. In 1860, the first locomotive arrived in Vilnius from Daugavpils. While Lithuanian Railways already started to celebrate its anniversary promoting the company, on Oct. 19 - 20, the giant ideas for the railways of the 21st century were discussed at the ASEM in Vilnius. ASEM, or Asia-Europe Meeting, is informal ...
 Nov 04, 2009 - Latvian Railway Sector – Sustainable Development ...
Latvian Railway Sector – Sustainable Development amid a Challenging Economy
RIGA - State Joint Stock Company Latvian Railway (LDz), one of the largest employers in the country, plays an important role in diminishing road traffic by facilitating inter-city mobility as well as constituting a growing and dynamic freight transport market. It is also one of the oldest companies in the country – this year LDz celebrated its 90th anniversary. The first railways were built in La...
 Oct 29, 2009 - The estate of horror...
The estate of horror
VILNIUS - On All Saints Day, Nov. 1, and All Souls Day, Nov. 2, Lithuanians visit cemeteries and commemorate the deceased by lighting candles near their graves. The candles will also  be lit in the columbarium of Tuskulenai estate, situated in the heart of Vilnius, on the right bank of the Neris river opposite the St. Peter and St. Paul’s church. Hundreds of people are buried there. They we...
 Nov 16, 2009 - Letter from IMF Managing Direc...
Open Civil Meetings c/o Gunnar Sigurðsson Holmgaroi 27 108 Reykjavik Iceland Dear Mr.Sigurðsson, Thank you for writing to ...
 Nov 12, 2009 - Kubilius at the crossroad...
Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius is an intelligent man. However, it is time that he either change his style of leadership, or quit. After 20...
 Nov 12, 2009 - Holidays and flag hoisting in ...
On the morning of Nov. 8, I cheered my father and other friends in a celebration of Father’s Day, but only received puzzled looks from my Latvian frie...
 Nov 11, 2009 - Government benefits from elect...
TALLINN - Estonia has been recognized as one of the finalists of the 4th European e-Government Awards 2009. Two projects developed in Estonia are amon...
 Nov 04, 2009 - Unnoticed Fascism...
Norman Cohn (1915-2007), the recently deceased British historian, argued in his book Warrant for Genocide that the Nazis, and the Holocaust they commi...
 Oct 29, 2009 - Nepotism: On and On and On...
The next time that Oxford University revises its magisterial dictionary, I will propose that alongside the word “nepotism,” there be a picture of the ...
 Oct 22, 2009 - EU Common Energy Policy: A Tr...
Energy dialogue between the European Union and Russia Energy dependency on Russia is one of the most discussed topics among EU member states. We ca...
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