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German medical students head for Latvian university

('Sebastian Baciu',) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:00:16 -0000

Just under half of the 500 foreign medical students currently enrolled at Riga’s Stradina University come from Germany – but a medical education in a foreign country doesn’t come cheap

Sauna, an A-level in drinking beer: my erasmus semester in Tampere, Finland

('Ellie Banks',) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0000

Scandinavia is continuously highly rated in the Pisa classifications, and in between reindeers and Santa Claus, I recommend you all spend an erasmus semester in Tampere

Fighting swine flu with garlic in Latvia

('Aatish Pattni',) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0000

Worry about swine flu is gripping Latvia. As the public health service suffers in the wake of the financial crisis, folk medicine is booming. A look at what the quacks are offering

Riots in Latvia: the dream of a fast buck is over

('Andrew Christie',) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:39:45 -0000

During Latvia’s economic miracle period many people lived beyond their means. Now it is payback time. 14 January saw the fraught situation in the country escalate. A mass demonstration against the centre-right government ended in violent rioting; 'everything is not ok'