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This is not in fact much ofa lowering of credit standards: A financial company in Latvia is offering residents loans secured by nothing but their immortal soul.

A COUNCILLOR has vowed to travel to Latvia to act as a witness in the trial of two Derby men who are facing extradition to the country.

A firm in Latvia is offering loans of an equivalent of $100-$1000 to residents and requires only the borrower's immortal soul as security.

The crime rate in Latvian cities is moderate compared to U.S. cities of similar size, but crime still exists, especially in Riga, Latviaa s main draw for foreign tourists.

The trek across Eastern Europe to find David Cameron's Nazi-loving friends came to a wholly unsatisfactory conclusion yesterday.

On both sides of the ex-Iron Curtain most people have forgotten - if they ever knew - that despite the rise and fall of British imperialism, the American Declaration of Independence, the expansion of Russia under the czars, the wars of the world, the Cold War and the terrifying Cuban confrontation, the US and Russia have been at peace for more than ...

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2009 WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts: William Eacho, Ambassador, Republic of Austria Judith ...

Latvian Fundamentalism 25 June 2009 By Boris Kagarlitsky Of all the former Soviet republics, perhaps Latvia has been the most assiduous and zealous adherent to the neoliberalism economic school.

On 19 June 2009 a bi-lingual, colour supplement to The Moscow Times will be published.

Actually, I heard it works in hell too. But for those of you that like it a little cooler, a Latvian firm is offering loans of 50 to 500 Latvian lats secured only by your immortal soul .

Thus, the aim of the visit is to sign an agreement regarding cooperation in the sphere of environment between the governments of Azerbaijan and Latvia, including discussing issues of prospective cooperation.

It is hard to pinpoint the moment when Argentina's currency peg became untenable in 2001, triggering the biggest sovereign default of modern times.

The Latvian government has agreed to slash pensions and state sector salaries in a bid to keep the country afloat financially.

"This is my crisis baby," jokes Liga Stala as she rubs her bump, "Matthias was my inflation baby and Renats was my economising baby." Liga's three children are the most charming set of economic indicators you'd ever wish to meet.

It could have been, it should have been, and it was one of the few bright moments in the darkness of a deep economic crisis.

TWO is facing extradition to Latvia after being accused of assaulting a police officer during a stag weekend.

Transcript Latvian economy teeters on the brink PM - Friday, 12 June , 2009 18:41:00 Reporter: Scott Bevan MARK COLVIN: Few countries have experienced a wilder and more traumatic ride in the global financial crisis than the tiny Baltic state of Latvia.

Latvia's opera would seem a natural victim of economic crisis. Instead, its performances are packed as they offer a respite from the real life drama of the Baltic country's worst economic crisis since the fall of the Soviet Union.

RIGA. June 12. KAZINFORM Latvia has decided for financial reasons to suspend the work of its commission to calculate the damage from the Soviet "occupation," a government spokesman said on Friday, Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

Latvia is in danger of becoming the first European Union member to face total economic meltdown, experts have warned.