Embassies struggle for funds
Jul 28, 2010
From wire reports
RIGA - The current situation in the consular service is precarious, as staff numbers have been cut due to insufficient funding, while the volume of work has remained at the previous level, said Foreign Ministry Deputy State Secretary Alda Vanaga in an interview with Latvian State Radio, reports news agency LETA. The number of consular workers has been cut by 48 percent, while at the same time the demand for visas has grown by 3 percent overall, and in some places by as much as 155 percent.
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