Lithuania and Latvia‚ allowing period of underperforming in Estonia. After losing out to Kesko’s K-citymarket and Saastumarket‚ a merger between these two Estonian market leaders and Rimi Baltic took place in 2005. 238 stores now operate in all 3 Baltic States under 3 formats of the Rimi banner – Rimi Hypermarket‚ Rimi Supermarket and discounter Supernetto. Rimi has experienced a difficult time over the past 24 months with total group sales down -6.2% in the 1st quarter of 2009. Rimi Latvia experienced
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1. What were triggers of culture change in Japan during the 1990s? How is cultural change starting to affect traditional values in Japan? Japan is moving towards more individualism than collectivism after the economic recession in the 1990’s. This is a good opportunity for Japan to adapt to the globalization world and be more competitive. This generation resisted many of the values shared by their parents and instead embraced many Western traditions. Many companies went back on lifetime employment
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Curriculum Vitae | | | | |Personal information | |Name | |Natalija Anisimova | |Address | |Flat 5‚ Kelly Court‚ Coxford road‚ Southampton‚ SO16 5PG | |Telephone | |+44 7932045810
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the main issues that Latvia has been facing during last years is the high number of those people‚ who have chosen to leave their native country in search of a better life. And sadly‚ most of these people do not return. In this essay I will discuss the 3 main reasons‚ why people leave Latvia. Usually‚ when people are asked for reasons of this action‚ a popular answer is‚ because of a better salary. Indeed‚ the statistics are grim – the most common reason for leaving Latvia is because of the low
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Latvia Latvians for a long time have been ruled over by Germans and Russians‚ thus adopting some of their characteristics and as well losing our own identity. Nevertheless‚ Latvia now is independent country and it has its own culture and traditions. Despite the fact that Latvia is independent for such a short time we still have different concepts and communication styles. Latvians are well known around the world‚ because of our singing and dancing‚ but this is in the past. Nowadays Latvians are
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Location and Geography. Lithuania is on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Just over 40‚500 square miles (65‚000 square kilometers) in area‚ it shares borders with Poland and Kaliningrad (Russian Federation) in the southwest‚ Belarus in the east‚ and Latvia in the north. The country is divided into four regions: Aukštaitija‚ the highlands in the northeast and central portion of the country; Žemaitija‚ the lowlands in the west‚ stretching from the Baltic coast to the Nevėžis river; Dzūkija‚ in the southeast;
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land at the Baltic Sea in the geographical centre of Europe. On the map of Europe Lithuania can hardly catch your attention‚ because its area is only 65‚000 sq. km. The borders of our country stretch for more than 1800 km. In the North it borders Latvia‚ in the East and in the South Belorussia‚ in the South – West Poland and the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation. The amber coastline with beautiful whitish beaches stretches for 99 km of the country’s West failor. The failor is decorated
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know the economical situation in Latvia is very critical‚ so the development of tourism would be a one of solution to improve it. Firstly‚ it will decrease unemployment‚ because we would have to open a new work places to cope with the demand from tourists. Secondly‚ it will give extra money to government’s budget from taxes. In addition inhabitants improve their language skills and meet a new ethnicities. Conversely‚ tourism has its negative side. Tourism in Latvia is remunerative only in summer
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attention on the crisis can anything but increase as we move forward. In this respect‚ Lithuania does seem to somewhat differ from its northern neighbors in that the leverage ratios and debt multiples are not as high as in neither Estonia nor Latvia. As regards Latvia‚ Alf Vanags and Morten Hansen recently published a detailed analysis on the future path of the Latvian economy faced with the incoming financial crisis and potential global recession. Their conclusion is rather dire with respect to the potential
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discussed issue in Latvia today. This type of works have not been common‚ therefore‚ it is necessary to explore how vulnerary tourism has developed and what the current offer in the territory of Latvia is. The Aim of the Project Paper is to find out the development of the vulnerary tourism in Latvia and the progress during the years. Latvia has always been known for its health resorts but during the changes of the political system the splendour of vulnerary tourism in Latvia has disappeared. The
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