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Asia Economy Watch: February 2008
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008. China Inflation January 2008. China recorded an inflation rate above 7 per cent in January – the highest in more than 11 years and providing evidence of entrenched inflationary pressures. Consumer prices rose 7.1 percent in January from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said today. After gaining 6.5 percent in December. January's consumer prices climbed 1.2 percent from December. The price of health care and personal articles increased 3.2 percent year-on-year. The...Infla...
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LATVIAN ABROAD: June 2009
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Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Sunday, June 14, 2009. The worst of the cuts. It's 3 days since the last budget proposal. Is out. So far, most of the public anger. Has concentrated on the cuts in the retirement benefits (70% for working retirees, 10% for the rest). But there are far worse things in the proposal. Or does one cut salaries of doctors and nurses by 40-50-60% to achieve a 25% cut in total costs? Healthcare Ministry official proposes. There was ...
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LATVIAN ABROAD: Latvian healthcare disaster, part 3
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Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Latvian healthcare disaster, part 3. According to this article ( Latvian. Riga 1st hospital will be only able to treat 10 emergency patients per day:. According to the 2009 plan of VOAVA (the Latvian government agency that. Contracts with hospitals), there will be money for treating 16,000 patients. Since 14,070 patients have already been treated until July 15, this means that,. All About Latvia (LV).
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Marginalia: Pieveriet savas pākstis!
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The image at left - of the "father of the dainas. As he appears on the LVL 100 banknote, altered - is from Latvijas Avīze. Like other media here, the paper is discussing the latest antics of the ruling gang (oops Government) and its security services - attempts to muzzle an academic and a musician for rumor-mongering with regard to the grave economic situation and its possible effects on our national currency. Today's Diena. Juris Kaža has started a new blog - Free Speech Emergency in Latvia. Between som...
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Eastern Europe Economy Watch: August 2010
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Eastern Europe Economy Watch. Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task if in tempestuous seasons they can only tell us that when the storm is long past, the ocean is flat again. Has a lively and enjoyable Facebook community where he publishes frequent breaking news economics links. If you would like to receive these updates on a regular basis and join the debate please invite Edward as a friend by clicking the Facebook link at the top of the right sidebar. Friday, August 27, 2010. John howe...
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LATVIAN ABROAD: July 2008
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Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Friday, July 25, 2008. Added to the blogroll. A well known Latvian photographer. Links to this post. Labels: added to the blogroll. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Economic slowdown is starting to bite. One of strange things about Latvian economy was that, even as the economy started slowing down at the end of 2007, salaries continued to increase at 30-40%/year. Just a year ago, it was organizations having to look for employees, n...
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LATVIAN ABROAD: April 2008
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Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Monday, April 28, 2008. Signs of real estate crash in Latvia. Latvian real estate prices have been falling for one year by now. Apartments are now cheaper by 20-30%. And, recently, we've seen some new developments:. Parex Asset Management, one of leading financial companies in Latvia, has established. Baltic Distressed Property fund'. The fund plans to raise 25 mln euros to buy real estate from owners in financial trouble.
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LATVIAN ABROAD: July 2009
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Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Latvian healthcare disaster, part 3. According to this article ( Latvian. Riga 1st hospital will be only able to treat 10 emergency patients per day:. According to the 2009 plan of VOAVA (the Latvian government agency that. Contracts with hospitals), there will be money for treating 16,000 patients. Since 14,070 patients have already been treated until July 15, this means that,. Links to this post.
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LATVIAN ABROAD: August 2009
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Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Friday, August 07, 2009. Latvian healthcare disaster, part 4. Recipe plus", the largest Latvian wholesaler of drugs, stops the supply of drugs. To Stradins Clinical University Hospital, one of the two largest hospitals in Latvia, due to the hospital being 0.9 million lats (1.3 million euros) behind in payments. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Latvian healthcare disaster, part 4. All About Latvia (LV).
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