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RIGA- An elementary school in western Latvia has been shut down and quarantined after more than 20 teachers suffered food poisoning on the first day of school. The Baltic News Service reports that the teachers probably fell ill with salmonella after eating a cake to mark the first day of

TALLINN- The Estonian social affairs and finance ministers have shot down a proposal by the security police to reshuffle how they are paid, Postimees reported on Sept. 3. According to a draft law set out by the security police, official wages would increase by as much as 15 percent next yea

VILNIUS- The senior prosecutor of the Vilnius Country Prosecutor’s office has been attacked and beaten on the street outside his home, the Lithuanian-language daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Wednesday. Ramutis Jancevicius was reportedly attacked in the early hours of the morning in a reside

TALLINN - The Estonian foreign minister has called on the EU to halt talks with Russiaover a visa waver program in light of the continuing crisis in Georgia. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet told reporters on Thursday that Estoniawould push for a cessation of talks over abolishing the visa requirement

VILNIUS - A woman selling Soviet-themed souvenirs in Vilnius’ Old Town has been slapped with a fine in the first ruling based on the new law. A Vilnius court ruled that Galina Lavrenchik would have to pay the minimum fine – totaling 500 litas (145 euros) – for selling souvenirs that had Sovi ...

A hard commercial logic dictates that the only way to get good fruit today is to grow your own.

Who brought down the cooling towers in South Yorkshire?

A new wave of food colonialism is snatching food from the mouths of the poor.

Do you want to save the biosphere or boost your own brand of politics? You can’t do both.

A cunning new loophole has wrecked the government’s Climate Change Bill.

The Arctic region has long been considered international territory. Five countries—Canada, Denmark (via Greenland), Norway, Russia, and the United States—share a border with the frozen Arctic Ocean. Some of these nations have claimed parts of the region to be their territory. Underlying the inte ...

An index called the Responsible Competitiveness Index attempts to rank most countries according to how responsible their business practices are. As expected, advanced economies rank highest (Nordic countries are at the very top). Corporate Social Responsibility is a bit of a buzz word and some feel ...

A few video clips on structural adjustment, debt and free trade issues have been posted.

The 2007 G8 Summit has gained some media attention in its buildup, but issues around climate change, similar to the efforts seen in 2005 to water down draft texts, have surfaced again. Protesters are gathering, and while mostly peaceful a handful have clashed with police. Issues such as the excessiv ...

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