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Does the ban on nighttime sales really slow down alcohol consumption?
It’s known around that NO alcoholic beverages of any kind can be purchased in Latvia after 10 PM. Yeah, so what. If you plan a house party or any kind of event that needs some alcohol shopping, you’ll be at the liquor store way before the party’s about to start. Let me guess usually it’s [...]
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Wizard Godmanis’ promises on inflation
I was watching LNT’s morning show “900 Seconds” today, when I saw Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis speaking on inflation. He has told that Government’s aim by fall ’08 is to “come to inflation lower than a two-digit number. I can’t tell you now, whether it’s seven or eight percents, but this is our aim”. [...]
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Public Transportation Fare Payday
I see people getting crazy over Riga’s public transportation fare price rise. Now it has reached an astonishing limit of 40 santims (just over half a euro). How silly. I know, other Latvian cities are still to catch up. I heard Vilnius, Lithuania buses are still cheap. But hey, this is something you can’t really [...]
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Kalvītis – goda kapteinis
Kuģis grimst un arī komanda glābjas, kā tad savādāk? Ar glābšanas vestēm virsū aiz borta izlekuši Ārlietu ministrs Pabriks un Ekonomikas ministrs Strods. Štokenbergu izgrūda (nu var būt arī pats uzprasījās), visbeidzot vakar (jakar!) – Labklājības ministre Staķe nolaidusi glābšanas laivu un jau visiem spēkiem airē prom no grimstoša m/k (motorkuģis = Ministru kabinets). Pats [...]
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Vai ir vērts palikt Latvijā?
Pēdējā laikā saasinājies šis jautājums, šķiet, lielākai sabiedrības daļai.. Un tieši tai, kas ir jauna, aktīva, hm.. maksātspējīga – vārdu sakot, progresīvākai un perspektīvākai mūsu mazās valstiņas daļai. Palikt vai nepalikt? Latvija vai Īrija? Lielbritānija? Var būt Spānija? Tur vismaz siltāk.. Šādas domas rodas nepārprotami, apdomājot gan politisko krīzi, jezgu valdībā, inflāciju, gan arī pēdējās [...]
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