Jackie Chan, the world famous action-film star, is currently making his latest movie in the Baltic country of Latvia. He is the director, script writer and, of course, starring in the main role in the 'Chinese...
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In Latvia, a dramatic story of the children-beloved she-bear Maade, who escaped from a nature park, has ended sadly. The chasers alleged that there was no single tranquiliser gun in the whole Baltic country and...
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---------------------------------------------------------------------Spain maintains that its cucumbers have been falsely accused of sickening residents of Europe. Though, Moscow is not impressible as the European Union (EU) has not given clear answers that could enable...
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On Thursday night, June 2, in Old Town of Riga, Latvia, several dozens of youth were demanding the resignation of newly elected president, ex-banker Andris Berzins (66). He was set to become the fourth Latvian president since the Baltic nation's independence in 1991....
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Latvia’s leggy blondes had already returned to their homes last night, following the annual 'Blonde Parade' in the capital city of Riga, when all at once it appeared that other event would outshine their march....
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Ivan Kaspersky (20), the son of Yevgeny (Eugene) Kaspersky, CEO of Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs, one of the world's largest software security firms, has been kidnapped in the Russian capital city of Moscow. According to Russian media, Ivan Kaspersky was seized by unknown...
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Recently, the residents of the Baltic country of Latvia learned that their current presidential counselor had supplied secret information to a foreign embassy. Very likely that his superiors and the state security...
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Russian intelligence agencies believe that Skype, GMail and Hotmail have been undermining national security of the Russian Federation, Moscow-based radio Ekho Moskvy reported today. Unsupervised use of such services can lead to large-scale threats to Russia's national...
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Ten disabled children have died in a fire at Haapsalu orphanage in the Baltic country of Estonia. When rescuers arrived at the accident site, the wooden building was already ablaze. According to news agencies' reports, the old building housed 9 adults and 37 children,...
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Ukrainians have evidently got used to all dirty tricks in the course of selection of finalists for the national competition of the Eurovision song contest, however, the recent attack against the author of lyrics...
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A father of four has been shot dead in a cinema of Latvia’s capital city of Riga on Saturday night, according to local media, referring to the Baltic country’s State Police spokeswoman. According to...
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Earlier this year, the well-known British journalist Edward Lucas expressed some regret and confusion on sudden disapperance of an online site called Axisglobe.com which he used to read with enjoyment and some puzzlement. Lucas, who for more than two decades has offered...
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At the recent meeting with his Estonian counterpart, Andrus Ansip, Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius expressed the hope that Lithuania might convince Belarus about „triviality” of building of its...
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Last week I wrote that it would be wise if the Russian Prime Minister visited the site of derailment of the Nevsky Express passenger train on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg. That crash, which investigators...
opinion by Aris Jansons | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 181 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
NowPublic already reported today that several carriages came off the tracks as an express passenger train was en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg in Russia.The President of the Russian Federation Dmitry...
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