Cruise ship evacuated off coast of Latvia
ctv.ca     05-May-2008            

Latvia's coast guard on Monday removed more than 650 people from a stranded cruise ship after tugboats failed to pull the luxury liner off an underwater sand bank in the Baltic Sea. ... In a five-hour operation, 651 passengers -- most of them elderly Germans -- and 11... [read full story]                

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Russia hails Strasbourg court ruling on WWII veteran

rian.ru     yesterday   3 related          

MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia welcomes the European Court of Human Rights' ruling that Latvia must pay World War II veteran Vasily Kononov 30,000 euros ($47,000) in damages, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Kononov...                

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Samba Passion in the Heart of Sofia

ibox.bg     yesterday          

"Everyone in Rhythm" is the attempt of a group of young people from Bulgaria and other European countries to change the perception for music in their home cities. Samba groups from Spain, Latvia, Bulgaria and the Netherlands...                

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Living in Tallinn cheaper than in Riga

balticbusinessnews.com     24-Jul-2008          

According to the research company Mercer, Tallinn is the 76th city in the world by cost of living. Living in Tallinn is cheaper than in Riga but more expensive than in Vilnius, postimees.ee writes. Compared with Moscow, the...                

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