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Spatial Aspect of the Evolution of Local Self-government in the Russian Federation: Possibilities of Taking into Account Foreign Experience

open access: yesУправленческое консультирование, 2019
The State management is a daunting task. Local self-government is a necessary part of the management system. It is obvious that in Russia local self-government faces a whole complex of objective challenges.
S. V. Kuznetsov   +2 more
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The Problem of Political-Geographical Self-Identification of the Baltic States: the Historical Past vs the Objective Present

open access: yesМеждународная аналитика, 2018
Today, the term "the Baltic states" is used, as a rule, as an umbrella-name for the three former Soviet republics - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The grounds to unify them into a single construct are, above all, their geographical location, as well as ...
V. Vorotnikov, A. Chekov
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Experiences of International Students in Latvia: The Case of India and Germany

open access: yesDiscourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2023
This paper examines the internationalisation processes in the higher education sector in Latvia and explores the motives of international students to study in Latvia, their experience and their plans. The study uses a quantitative data collection method –
Apsite-Berina Elina   +3 more
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Quantitative Characteristics and Comparative Analysis of Higher Education Development Trends in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia

open access: yesСравнительная политика, 2015
The article analyzes the trends of higher education in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in a comparative perspective taking into account such trends as the strengthening of statehood and membership in the EU and the Bologna process.
Nikita Valer’evich Nikiforovs
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Primary care-based surveillance to estimate the proportion of rotavirus gastroenteritis among Latvian children below 5 years of age with acute gastroenteritis

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Background: Rotavirus (RV) is worldwide an important cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in infants and young children. There is no specific treatment for AGE caused by RV (RVGE) but since 2006 two safe and effective vaccines have been available.
Monica Tafalla   +3 more
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THREAT PERCEPTION AND MEMORY IN THE BALTICS AND UKRAINE [PDF]

open access: yesEastern European Journal of Regional Studies
The invasion of Ukraine highlights the continued threat Russia poses to Eastern Europe. This essay describes these threats as twofold: investigating both the material realities of soldiers and weapons, as well as abstract notions like the role played by ...
Joseph ELLIS
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The Trouble with “Gender” in Latvia: Europeanisation Through the Prism of the Istanbul Convention

open access: yesBaltic Journal of Law & Politics, 2020
The article analyses the dynamics of Europeanisation revolving around the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) in Latvia.
Vizgunova Elizabete, Graudiņa Elīna
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Digital Civic Engagement in the EU: Analysing Examples, Tools, and Sentiment in Latvia and Estonia [PDF]

open access: yesStudia Europejskie, 2021
The decline of civic engagement has been an issue for several EU Member States. To promote civic engagement, digital tools have been perceived as one of the possible solutions both at the EU and national levels.
Martins Vargulis
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Political Trust and Russian Media in Latvia

open access: yesJournal on Baltic Security, 2018
Russia’s attempts to influence public opinion outside its borders attracted increased interest in the context of its involvement in the war in Ukraine, Brexit referendum, the elections in the US and other political processes in the West.
Berzina Ieva
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Alien trees and shrubs of Latvia – evaluation of current status and invasiveness

open access: yesMetsanduslikud Uurimused, 2023
This article presents an updated list of annotated invasive trees and shrubs in Latvia. This list includes 178 taxa about which extensive information has been collected and analysed: family, first records in the area, native range, invasiveness status ...
Evarte-Bundere Gunta   +3 more
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