Latvia and L Guide - Resources and Review

Basic reference information about Latvia, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co
ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
 
Describes various types of Latvian organ, gives biographical information on organists such as Larisa Bulava and Aigars Reinis, and offers information about composers and organ builders.
 
Links to a range of information about Latvia, including government and official information, academic institutions, news and media resources.
 
Official information about Latvia and its government, in English and Latviski.
 
Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Latvia. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
 
Collection of resources relating to life in Russia and its former republics, covering the Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Checnya, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Topics include the economy, human rights, education, media, politics, art, language, libraries, and geography.
 
Alphabetical list of academic and other libraries in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
 
Set of over 80 maps produced by the CIA of the political and ethnic boundaries and major defence industries in Russia and the former Soviet Union.
 
Listing of political resources relevant to Latvia, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
 
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Latvia, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
 
Basic reference information about Latvia, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
 
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