Sweden will get 300 million kronor (40 million euro) of the EU money that wil be spent on combatting youth unemployment. - especialy to use in underprivileged areas .EU leaders have decided to spend in total 6 billion euros on combatting … Read More
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Latvian farmers to receive 50% more in support from EU
Yesterday’s agreement on the Common Agricultural Policy post 2014 stipulates that Latvian farmers will receive EUR 2.678 billion in support from the European Union during the next planning period (2014-2020), a 50% increase on the previous planning period, Agriculture Minister … Read More
Robbie Williams part of new campaign promoting Estonia
Enterprise Estonia will spend 300,000 euros promoting Estonian tourism through Robbie Williams, who is scheduled to perform in Tallinn in August. Scenes of Estonia will be featured in the official DVD of Williams’ tour, the state entrepreneurship agency has purchased … Read More
Lithuanian government preparing for the euro changeover plan
Lithuanias government has now approved the National Changeover Plan planning to join the euro zone in 2015, the main instrument to coordinate practical preparations for the adoption of the single EU currency. The document sets out key principles, elements and deadlines of … Read More
Sweden’s alcohol monopoly challenged by online offers
Online purchase of wine may breqak the Swedish Systembolgets monopoly. That’s if grocery chain City Gross has its way. It wants to join forces with wine delivery service Winefinder to offer home deliveries to customers who order wine over the internet. … Read More
How to celebrate birthday in Estonia
I have written about working and plants and dirt and house but that’s not all we do. We do have fun too! I have wondered, how Estonian peasants had fun 150-200 years ago. Too bad no one wrote about it. … Read More
Blue Growth strategy to create growth and jobs
The European Commission welcomes the backing from the EU’s General Affairs Council for the progress made in delivering the EU’s Blue Growth Strategy. This Strategy aims at creating sustainable economic growth and employment in the marine and maritime economy to … Read More
Support for euro currency falls
Just 11 percent of Poles think that adopting the European single currency would be good for Poland, according to a new poll by TNS Polska .Sixty five percent of respondants told the pollster they thought that replacing the zloty with … Read More
New passenger rights information campaign
For the first time, millions of holiday-makers travelling in the EU this summer will be protected by comprehensive passenger rights – whether travelling by air or rail, and now also by ship, bus and coach. But research shows that two-thirds … Read More
EU fund pays for vocational trainng
Latvia’s young people are invited to apply for vocational training provided free of charge by the European Social Fund. 44 education facilities offer 3 000 vocational training programs. Training is free of charge. Applications are accepted twice per year – … Read More
Inspirations towards a cycling culture
“Stimulating cycling is not only an infrastructural issue but a matter of soft measures too” said Holger Matthäus, Senator for construction and environment of the hanseatic city of Rostock, in an interview for the German TV broadcaster NDR. Senator Matthäus … Read More
No Gazprom skyscraper in the middle of Skt. Petersburg
Local activists have scored a court victory against Gazprom’s plans to erect a 400-meter tall skyscraper in St. Petersburg. A district court has ruled the proposed site for the skyscaper on the cultural heritage protection list. Despite Gazprom’s claims that … Read More
Latvian cultual heritage has been neglected in decades
Commenting the fire that broke out at Riga Castle last week, former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga said that the lack of interest in preserving the Latvia’s cultural heritage has plagued Latvia since regaining independence. ”All of the previous governments are equally … Read More
Cheapest foodstuffs in EU in Poland
Poland has the lowest prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages in the EU, according to a new study by Eurostat. The EU’s official statistical office found that prices for food and drink in Poland during 2012 were 39 percent below … Read More
Having fun in my greenhouse
I’ve heard too many times people say: You will go crazy living in a countryside! Some have even said: Come to the city! We will clean you and make you human again! I laugh all the time hearing them. I … Read More
State powerless to boost crawling birth rate
Giving advantages to new families still an option in fighting low birth rates. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are trumpeting an electoral pledge to bump up child benefits but admit that the power of their family policy to boost the … Read More
Lithuania presents official EU presidency website
President Dalia Grybauskaite participated in presentation of the official Lithuanian Presidency of the EU Council website eu2013.lt and answered questions from Lithuanian citizens, reported BC the presidential press service. “Lithuanian Presidency website is yet another opportunity for the country’s residents … Read More
Fire at Riga Castle was reported by passerby
Last night’s fire at Riga Castle was initially reported by a passerby, who saw smoke coming out of the castle’s roof, State Fire and Rescue Servise chief Oscars Abolins said durng a press coneference today. Abolins pointed out that the … Read More
Pirate Bay founder sentenced to two years in prison
The founder of Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, was convicted today of computer hacking, fraud and attempted fraud. He was sentenced to two years in prison. Svartholm Varg is also suspected for supporting a great data theft in Denmark. Swartholm … Read More
Forbidden to use USSR and Nazi symbols
Symbols of USSR and Nazi Germany at public entertainment and festive events are now forbidden in Latvia the parliament has stated. This includes flags, coats of arms, national anthems and other kinds of symbols. A number of new sections regarding … Read More