Riga–Tartu–Tallinn train to launch in May
Latvia to invest a billion in transport infrastructure
We’ll ride like hell on Latvia’s former gravel roads and even cycle to Estonia!
Tourist groups may cross the border without queuing
That means the borders with Russia and Belarus. It doesn’t say, though, how large the groups have to be.
Survey: 79% of court users trust the judicial system
And you say everything here is bad. The people who use the courts don’t seem to think it’s all that bad. On the other hand, perhaps they’re happy with the corruption.
Deaths per terawatt-hour from different sources of electricity
Energy Source Death Rate (deaths per TWh) Coal – world average 161 (26% of world energy, 50% of electricity) Coal – China 278 Coal – USA 15 Oil 36 (36% of world energy) Natural Gas 4 (21% of world energy) Biofuel/Biomass 12 Peat 12 Solar (rooftop) 0.44 (less than 0.1% of world energy) Wind 0.15 (less than 1% of world energy) Hydro 0.10 (europe death rate, 2.2% of world energy) Hydro - world including Banqiao) 1.4 (about 2500 TWh/yr and 171,000 Banqiao dead) Nuclear 0.04 (5.9% of world energy)
Down with unhealthy sensationalism and panic—nuclear power for the masses.
And one more thing, regarding recent events. Nikita Mikhalkov, as it turns out, is a moral degenerate of the rarest kind.