International Internet Magazine. Baltic States news & analyticsWednesday, 10.03.2010, 19:15
A Confucius Institute was established at Tallinn University
10.03.2010The Tallinn University concluded an agreement with the headquarters of the Chinese Confucius Institute to create the institute’s branch in Estonia and on Tuesday the rector of the University Rein Raud concluded a co-operation agreement with the new partner university, writes LETA referring to National Broadcasting.
Keyword tags: China, Education and Science, Estonia, Legislation
President Ilves: Baltic Sea States should join forces in research and innovation
10.03.2010Estonia’s President Toomas Hendrik Ilves stated in his speech at the Baltic Sea Strategy conference that the Baltic Sea countries should join forces as research and innovation region, not compete between themselves, writes LETA/National Broadcasting.
Higher education reforms in the EU: facing global challenges
09.03.2010European Commission presented a report showing that the EU-27 still face challenges in modernising higher education. The report acknowledges that after a decade since the launch of a blueprint for educational reform known as the “Bologna Process” countries achieved great success. The report will be discussed on 11-12 March in Budapest and Vienna.
Nine schools will be closed in Estonia in autumn 2010
08.03.2010Nine schools will be closed in Estonia in autumn 2010 as the number of pupils in schools keeps decreasing, LETA/Eesti Päevaleht writes.
Stockholm School of Economics rector: Latvian higher education is in chaos
05.03.2010Latvian higher education is in chaos, said Anders Paalzow, rector of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, in an interview with the magazine Lietiska Diena. According to Paalzow, the catastrophe in Latvian higher education is that it is directed at quantity, rather than quality. Universities need as many fee-paying students as possible, and would rather have 100 paying students than only 50 clever ones.
The anatomy of exceptional growth: managing unlimited success
It sounds optimistic to remind decision-makers in the Baltics about some business success stories at a time of crisis. The positive examples for entrepreneurs and corporate entities rotate about numerous important –though forgotten- issues: delivering better value to customers, originating new sources of growth, constant customer-driven innovations, offering innovative value to the marketplace, propelling sustainable performance in organisations and mobilisation of marketing excellence.
"PQ Magazine" recognizes Latvian OpenTuition.com as best accountancy Website
The Latvian company OpenTuition.com has received the "PQ Magazine" award for "Best Accountancy Website 2010", the business portal Nozare.lv was informed by the company.
SSE Riga offers to apply for scholarship of Mini MBA – Strategic Management Program
Small companies and NGOs’ have an opportunity to apply for Teeter scholarship which fully covers tuition fee of Mini MBA – Strategic Management Program at SSE Riga. Registration deadline for the Teeter scholarship is March 15.
Meteorology and Hydrology Institute: spring will bring floods to Estonia
Estonian Meteorology and Hydrology Institute’s chief specialist-climatologist Ain Kallis warns that Estonia will have to prepare herself for floods this spring as rivers will rise above their banks, LETA/National Broadcasting reports.
Lithuanian foreign minister Azubalis thanks Nordic Council of Ministers for supporting European Humanities University
During his visit to the European Humanities University (EHU) in Vilnius together with representatives of the Nordic Council of Ministers on 18 February, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis thanked the European Commission and the Nordic Council of Ministers for continuous support to the university, informs BC Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
8,300 school children take part in Shadow Day in Latvia
"Junior Achievement-Latvija" reported yesterday at a press conference that 8,300 school children had signed up this year for Shadow Day, but that the actual number today was closer to 10,000. The most popular professionals that youngsters had wanted to "shadow" were pilots, stewardesses, the president, MPs, doctors, hotel employees, lawyers.
airBaltic opens Training centre in Riga
The Latvian national airline airBaltic has established airBaltic Training at Riga International Airport, Latvia, to provide commercial aviation training for flight crews, reported BC Janis Vanags, Vice President Corporate Communications of airBaltic.
Auditor General: salaries of sports organizations’ employees in Latvia exceed average salaries in the public and private salaries by two or three times
The Ministry of Education and Science (MES) of Latvia does not ensure transparent and effective use of state budget resources in sports, concludes Auditor General Inguna Sudraba in her audit on the use of state funding in sport. The audit establishes that the ministry does not allocate state resources in a transparent way, and there are no regulations which ensure systematic and goal-oriented activity; neither is there a unitary system of state funding allocation which would ensure supervision of the use of resources. The salaries of sports organizations’ employees considerably exceed average salaries in the public and private salaries, sometimes by two or three times.
Estonian students ask the parliament to continue compensating study loans
The Estonian Student Bodies Association sent a public letter to the Riigikogu finance, culture and social committees, asking to continue compensating study loans, LETA/Postimees Online reports.
Sale of alcoholic beverages in Latvia will be permitted on September 1
Saeima Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee today approved a bill that sale of alcoholic beverages will be permitted on September 1, the first school day; the bill is to be reviewed by Saeima in the final reading.
Closer cooperation model for the Baltics and the EU 
