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Latvia
The Republic of Latvia is a North European neighbor of the Russian Federation. The country is rich in Bronze Age artifacts; forest lands and wildlife; and folklore and folk music traditions that have been preserved for more than 1,000 years. Contributors typically seek answers to Latvia's participation in the European Union; and response to the Soviet legacy of economic underdevelopment, educational underachievement, large scale indebtedness, Russian dominated urban life, and school closings.
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No, there is no Walmart in Latvia. Most shops are Latvian local businesses or Scandinavian, Polish and Lithuanian.
Latvia has a 498 kilometer coastline on the Baltic Sea.
Yes.
Is Latvia a developed country?
Yes. Latvia is part of Eurpian Union which requires a certain financial stability. Latvia as a country has high standards of production, business, IT(one of the fastest Internet Connections in the World), banking(Newest technologies), Science(great interest in nanotechnologies) etc. The employability even quite bad still is higher than in Spain. Latvia was also recently praised by the actions taken during financial crisis and was set as an example for Greece.
Whitch of the following is not a member or the European Union Norway Austria Latvia Malta?
Norway is not a member of the European Union.
How hot is Latvia in the summer?
In recent years, summer temperatures have soared to as high as 40 for a few days. However, because summer in Latvia is just for 6 weeks, people love the hot weather.
What is the main economic activity for Poland Belarus Lithuania Latvia and Estonia?
The main economic activity for all of them is commercial farming, this helps explain why the climate is marine west coast and humid continental, because there is plenty of rain for crops to grow.
Is Latvia's economy a capitalist economy?
Latvia is quite a capitalist economy. It has a small welfare state and flat taxes. It is a business friendly and open economy. Compared to continental Europe there are less regulations, but less redistribution of wealth leading to quite high number of poor people. Privatization of old communist industry has mostly been completed.
What does the name Mariah mean in Latvia?
Nothing!
Perhaps you mean Marija? Marija is a female name, the equivelent of the English Mary.
As Latvia is very forested country there are many wild animals around. Most popular are wild-pigs, beavers, deer, foxes and other typical northern forest animals.
Because immediately after the fall of the USSR they were given immediate assistance from the west, and they were offered permanent partnerships in the EU (european union), breaking the promise that was promised by Roosevelt in 1945.
Why did the Soviet Union invade Lithuania Latvia and Estonia?
There are many reasons why the Soviet union invaded Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (The Baltic States). Russia has always wanted to get near to the Baltic Sea and wanted to rule the sea but fortunately the Russia has never succeeded. The other reason was that the Soviet union wanted to spread communism all over the world and they had to start from the Baltic States. The Soviet union(Russia) has never respected the nations and they didn't care about the people, they just wanted more power and land.
Yes and during the rule of Stalin many native Lithuanains , Latvians and Estonians vere exiled to Siberia after Stalins death they vere aloved to come back to theyr homes but the whom survived exile found theyr homes destroyed because of war or colonised by Russians. Like parasites the government tried to colonise our countries but sadly only Lithuania fougth the colonisation by guerila warfare form 1945-1953. But now you can see the Russian minority in Latvia and Estonia is huge and wants to bring the "good old days''
Is Latvia still a part of the new Russia?
No, its an independent country. It has become a member of both the EU and NATO.
