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POPULATIONS AS DETERMINANT OF LATVIA’S SECURITY [PDF]

Revista Română de Geografie Politică, 2021
The conducted analysis aims to indicate the real threat of the depopulation process to Latvia's national security. The aim of the analysis is to examine the pace of changes, to indicate their main determinants and potential effects.
Jan A. WENDT
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Peace negotiations between Russia and Latvia in 1920: Premises, key issues, and outcomes

Вестник Московского Университета. Серия XXV: Международные отношения и мировая политика, 2022
The conclusion of the Peace Treaty between Latvia and the RSFSR on August 11, 1920 marked an important stage both in the process of international recognition of Latvia and in the normalization of international relations in the region in general, and ...
Yu. L. Mikhailova
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Factors Influencing Private Customers′ Trust in Internet Banking: Case of Latvia

Economics and Culture, 2017
Banking sector has developed and extended the usage of online services in the past decade. In fact, nowadays, Internet-based banking services dominate over other historically provided alternatives.
Skvarciany Viktorija
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Documentary Evidence on Latvia’s Destiny: Changes in the Country’s International Situation and the Main Lines of Activity of Latvian Foreign Service (1939–1945)

Review (Institute of National Remembrance), 2023
This article presents the main directions and features of foreign service of the Republic of Latvia together with an analysis of its operation during World War II (1939–1945) when Latvia was occupied, and its independence de facto destroyed, but the ...
Ainārs Lerhis, Inese Grumolte-Lerhe
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Sexuality and nationality: homophobic discourse and the 'national threat' in contemporary Latvia [PDF]

, 2010
This paper considers why attitudes towards gays and lesbians in Latvia appear to be more intolerant than in all other EU member states. The paper argues that while the legacy of communist discourses on homosexuality and the impact of post-communist ...
Mole, R.C.M.
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Physical Investment Financing: The Cases of Poland and Latvia

Economics and Culture, 2017
The aim of the article is to present and compare the major sources of financing of physical investments in Poland and Latvia and to attempt to identify their determinants. The subject of the diagnosis is the corporate sector in Poland and i Latvia in the
Żak Katarzyna
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Narratives of social orphans in Latvia: Using a life history methodology to listen to the voices of care leavers [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences
This study investigated social orphans through narratives of young people with experiences of growing up in institutional care in Latvia. The study uses the life histories of participants to explore the phenomenon of social orphans.
Kessler Zoë, Trapenciere Ilze
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Some Aspects of the Baltic Countries’ Pre- and Post- Accession Convergence to the European Union

Baltic Journal of European studies, 2013
This comprehensive article provides an overview of the broader process of political, legal and societal changes characterizing the Baltic countries’ convergence towards the European Union.
Talts Mait
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Peripheral Contingencies: Experiences of International Scholars in Latvia

Social Inclusion, 2022
This article examines the notion of the academic life course from the perspective of international scholars in Latvia—a research system characterised by “projectarisation,” yet also by aspirations of increased international competitiveness.
Ieva Puzo
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The Analysis and Assesstment of International Capital Flows in the Form of Foreign Direct Investments and Foreign Direct Divestments: The Cases of Latvia and Poland

Economics and Culture, 2018
Decisions to invest, withdraw, or transfer capital in different foreign markets have become a fixed part of management pragmatics in contemporary companies.
Zak Katarzyna
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