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The Baltics are plagued with reduction in population and its ageing

Baltics’ population continues to shrink and age, Estonia boasts improvement
  • 2017-06-28
  • Doireann Mc Dermott

Latvia’s capital city Riga is the only area in the country that is growing in population thanks to a positive internal migration flow. The rest of Latvia is suffering from a major population decline. Latvia has lost about one fifth of its population since 2000 due to low...

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Latvian president gets several requests not to promulgate bill banning wild animals in circus shows

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More than half of Latvians believe that globalization increases social inequalities

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Equal direct payments throughout EU unlikely in near future
Latvia considering increasing the number of soldiers participating in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
Tornado that ripped through Judazi measured as F2 on Fujita scale
Partnership of countries of NATO battalion to be more than military cooperation
President Vejonis calls NATO Enhanced Forward Presence a historic affirmation of solidarity
U.S. to station up to 600 troops to Baltics for Russia's Zapad exercise
If Latvia leaves the EU, it would come completely under Russia's zone of influence
NATO chief Stoltenberg to visit Latvia next Monday
Saeima appoints Straume as chief of Corruption Prevention Bureau
Funderful wins transferwise pitch competition at Latitude59
Unemployment level in Latvia drops to 7.4% in May
Bank of Latvia raises Latvia’s GDP growth forecast to 3.3% this year

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The Baltic Times is an independent monthly newspaper that covers latest political, economic, business, and cultural events in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Born of a merger between The Baltic Independent and The Baltic Observer in 1996, The Baltic Times continues to bring objective, comprehensive, and timely information to those with an interest in this rapidly developing area of the Baltic Sea region. Read more... Our news analysis and commentaries provide readers with insight essential to understanding the three Baltic countries and their neighbors. With offices in Tallinn and Vilnius and its headquarters in Riga, The Baltic Times remains the only pan-Baltic English language newspaper offering complete coverage of regional events.

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