Hackers broke into the website of Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers on Wednesday, leaving a message urging the head of state to save the ...
Twenty years on from the fall of the Iron Curtain, Eastern Europe's homosexuals say they still face a tough struggle for equal rights, ...
It's the bane of online shoppers' lives -- searches dangling coveted brand-name gadgets, gear or gifts cheaper on websites from another country, but not being able to buy them. Help may, however, be at hand, if European Commission proposals to boost "borderless" ...
Cash-strapped Latvia is mulling whether to replace brand name office software like Microsoft with an open source equivalent as a cost-cutting measure, a government spokeswoman told AFP Thursday. "The prime minister has signed a resolution ... to evaluate what possibility exists to ...
IMF efforts to help E. Europe weather the recession run into political turbulence The International Monetary Fund is facing key political crunch points in its dealings across Eastern Europe even though it has done much to lose its previous reputation as an ...
The European Union's budget chief Joaquin Almunia on Tuesday urged Latvia to follow through with controversial belt-tightening measures agreed with international lenders amid rising political tensions. "Honestly, I don't see an alternative," European commissioner Almunia said, after talks with parliamentary leaders on ...
Museums, tours in Germany, Czech Republic and elsewhere offer glimpses of life under communism If you're interested in the history of Eastern Europe under communism, a number of places around the region offer glimpses of life before the Berlin Wall fell. Here ...
Latvia's government has agreed to live up to the terms of an international bailout for the crisis-stricken state by implementing drastic spending cuts, ministers said Monday. But a key coalition player insisted it was not a done deal. "It is obvious that ...
US billionaire George Soros on Saturday called on the European Union to do more to help Latvia's hard-hit economy, expected to retract by an EU-worst 18 percent this year. "The pressure for them to reduce government spending when the problem is in ...
Latvia bans a top soccer club for rest of season; coach, GM cited for betting on team's games One of Latvia's top soccer teams has been banned for the rest of the season because of gambling. Latvia soccer's federation said Monday it ...
HELSINKI (Reuters) - South Korea surpassed Japan and Sweden to take the top spot in an annual ranking of broadband quality, helped by its government's efforts to boost it as an IT world leader, a study showed on Thursday. The annual study, ...
Florida Panthers left wing David Booth, left, and Dallas Stars defenseman Karlis Skrastins, of Latvia, battle for the puck during the first period of a preseason NHL hockey game Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Copyright 2009 AP ...
