Freedom(less) Island (Interview with Erich de la Fuente)
Dec 31, 1969 Europe, Latvia, Latvia: In English
What the Cuban government is worried about is human rights activists who might grab their mass appeal. But in the end of the day, the civil society has been growing in Cuba, first of all, due to the courage, and second, thanks to the support it has been receiving.Tags: Courage, Cuba, Cuban Government, Freedom, Human Rights Activists, Mass Appeal
Leave the Internet alone, please
Dec 31, 1969 Europe, Latvia, Latvia: In English
The new EU telecoms regulation is based on the assumption that someone somewhere is in charge of the Internet. In fact, no one is.
“Nothing Special”: The Economic Crisis in Latvia
Dec 31, 1969 Europe, Latvia, Latvia: In English
A prudent government would have kept a cap on its spending and invested into reserves in order to cushion the inevitable heavy blow that would follow the 'credit orgy'. The Latvian government did none of it.
Tags: Blow, Economic Crisis, Latvia, Latvian Government, Orgy
Corruption °C. Report on Corruption and Anticorruption Policy in Latvia. 2008 First semiannum
Dec 31, 1969 Europe, Latvia, Latvia: In English
Year: 2008Editor-in-chief: Valts Kalnins Authors: Linda Austere, Sonja Bien Karlovšek, Inga VilkaFinanced by: European CommissionLanguage: EnglishTags: Corruption, European Commission, Latvia, Sonja
Say ‘sorry’, dear bureaucrat
Dec 31, 1969 Europe, Latvia, Latvia: In English
I believe that in order to consolidate society it is crucially important for the public administration to admit its mistakes and to state its willingness to reduce the impact of these mistakes.
Latvia: Extreme political turbulence
Dec 31, 1969 Europe, Latvia, Latvia: In English
Year: 2009Authors: Iveta Kažoka, Dace AkuleOrganization: PROVIDUSLanguage: English
Tags: Latvia, Political Turbulence
Devil in the detail of government restructuring plan
Dec 31, 1969 Europe, Latvia, Latvia: In English
If implemented, the new government restructuring plan could significantly reduce transparency and civic participation in government decision-making.
Tags: Civic Participation, Devil, Government Decision, Participation In Government, Restructuring, Transparency
A Matter of Trust
Dec 31, 1969 Europe, Latvia, Latvia: In English
Trust is much easier to undermine that it is to create, and, in general, we are much better off in a society where we are able to trust one another than in one in which we are not.
Corruption °C. Report on Corruption and Anticorruption Policy in Latvia. 2008 Second semiannum
Dec 31, 1969 Europe, Latvia, Latvia: In English
Year: 2009Editor-in-chief: Valts Kalnins Authors: Linda Austere, Valts Kalnins, Goran KlemencicFinanced by: European CommissionLanguage: EnglishTags: Corruption, European Commission, Latvia
The Origins and Outcomes of the Global Economic Crisis
Dec 31, 1969 Europe, Latvia, Latvia: In English
"We are in a depression. And that is just the beginning,” says the world-famous profesor of sociology Immanuel Wallenstein. What awaits the world? The professor's lecture at the Stockholm School of Economics offers some answers.
Tags: Depression, Global Economic Crisis, Immanuel, Nbsp, Origins, School Of Economics, Sociology, Stockholm School Of Economics, Wallenstein
