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                                        LATVIAN ABROAD: June 2009
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                                        Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Sunday, June 14, 2009. The worst of the cuts. It's 3 days since the last budget proposal. Is out. So far, most of the public anger. Has concentrated on the cuts in the retirement benefits (70% for working retirees, 10% for the rest). But there are far worse things in the proposal. Or does one cut salaries of doctors and nurses by 40-50-60% to achieve a 25% cut in total costs? Healthcare Ministry official proposes. There was ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        LATVIAN ABROAD: Latvian healthcare disaster, part 3
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                                        Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Latvian healthcare disaster, part 3. According to this article ( Latvian. Riga 1st hospital will be only able to treat 10 emergency patients per day:. According to the 2009 plan of VOAVA (the Latvian government agency that. Contracts with hospitals), there will be money for treating 16,000 patients. Since 14,070 patients have already been treated until July 15, this means that,. All About Latvia (LV). 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        LATVIAN ABROAD: July 2008
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                                        Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Friday, July 25, 2008. Added to the blogroll. A well known Latvian photographer. Links to this post. Labels: added to the blogroll. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Economic slowdown is starting to bite. One of strange things about Latvian economy was that, even as the economy started slowing down at the end of 2007, salaries continued to increase at 30-40%/year. Just a year ago, it was organizations having to look for employees, n...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        LATVIAN ABROAD: April 2008
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                                        Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Monday, April 28, 2008. Signs of real estate crash in Latvia. Latvian real estate prices have been falling for one year by now. Apartments are now cheaper by 20-30%. And, recently, we've seen some new developments:. Parex Asset Management, one of leading financial companies in Latvia, has established. Baltic Distressed Property fund'. The fund plans to raise 25 mln euros to buy real estate from owners in financial trouble. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        LATVIAN ABROAD: July 2009
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                                        Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Latvian healthcare disaster, part 3. According to this article ( Latvian. Riga 1st hospital will be only able to treat 10 emergency patients per day:. According to the 2009 plan of VOAVA (the Latvian government agency that. Contracts with hospitals), there will be money for treating 16,000 patients. Since 14,070 patients have already been treated until July 15, this means that,. Links to this post. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        LATVIAN ABROAD: August 2009
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                                        Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Friday, August 07, 2009. Latvian healthcare disaster, part 4. Recipe plus", the largest Latvian wholesaler of drugs, stops the supply of drugs. To Stradins Clinical University Hospital, one of the two largest hospitals in Latvia, due to the hospital being 0.9 million lats (1.3 million euros) behind in payments. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Latvian healthcare disaster, part 4. All About Latvia (LV). 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        LATVIAN ABROAD: March 2009
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                                        Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Thursday, March 26, 2009. Saturday's Diena has a poignant article. In Latvian). Short summary in English:. A 21-year old Latvian suffering from chronic liver disease ( primary sclerosing cholangitis. Was waiting for a liver transplant. That would be the first liver transplant performed in Latvia. Three weeks later, he committed suicide by jumping from a 6th floor window. Here is the Google translation. Links to this post. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        LATVIAN ABROAD: August 2008
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                                        Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Thursday, August 28, 2008. The Latvian referendum season is now over and the country is moving on to other exciting things. like over government trying to decide how to cut 1/5 of all programs. In 2009 budget, while spending 2.5 mln lats. 35 mln euro) on renovating president's residence. As usual, everyone is outraged but that doesn't change anything. The conclusions from the pension referendum:. Links to this post. Today is...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        LATVIAN ABROAD: Devaluation vs. salary cuts, part 1
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                                        Reports from a country in crisis, from someone who returned to it two years ago. Tuesday, June 09, 2009. Devaluation vs. salary cuts, part 1. Compared to the first quarter of 2008 growth of wages and salaries in. Private sector in first three months of 2009 comprised 5.1% (from LVL 422 to LVL. 444), but in public sector wages and salaries reduced by 1.4% (from LVL 520 to. How is that possible? The explanation comes in the next paragraph:. Year the number of employees. Recalculated in full-time units,.