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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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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
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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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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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]
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
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]
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
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
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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