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Task of the science is to serve
people.

– Tolstoy –

Science is the captain, and
practice the soldiers.

– Leonardo da Vinci –

Frontiers of science are like the
horizon: the more we approach
it, the more it moves away.

– Boiste –

The fantasy is more important
than knowing.

– Albert Einstein –

Science – it means organized
knowledge.

– Spencer –

Freedom for the science the
same as the air for a living soul.

– Poincaré –

Research area of all sciences is
endless.

– Pascal –

System of science must be
looked at as the system of
nature: all in it is endless and
necessary.

– Cuvier –

Scientific plan without working
hypothesis is a skeleton without
living body.

– Hirschfeld-

The main research subject of
mankind is the human.

– Goethe –

All is important in science.

– Heine –

Books must be results of
sciences, but sciences not results
of books.

– Bacon –

Scientist is not the one, who
gives the right answers, but the
one, who asks the right
questions.

– Claude Lévi-Strauss –

The more we will seek for the
truth outside us, the more we
will move away of it. The more
we will be able to understand
who we are, the more the truth
will assert us in ourselves.

– Antonio Meneghetti –

Before being dictated the nature
needs to be obeyed.

– Bacon –

A true scientist is not one who
has more acquired, but one who
has more understood.

– Leibniz –

Science – to know how the
being acts. To know the action
of the being.

– Antonio Meneghetti –

Science is benefactor of
mankind.

– Berthelot –

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Projekts “Inovāciju granti studentiem mākslas, kultūras, ekonomikas un IT starpdisciplinārajās jomās jeb MaKE IT”

December 2021 | News | By Ance Petrovica

Inovāciju granti studentiem mākslas, kultūras, ekonomikas un IT starpdisciplinārajās jomās jeb MaKE IT (Nr. 1.1.1.3/21/A/003) ir unikāls projekts, kurā visu līmeņu un programmu studējošiem būs pieejams atbalsts, t.sk. stipendijas, savas vai komandas inovatīvas idejas īstenošanai. Projekta vadošais partneris ir SIA “EKONOMIKAS UN KULTŪRAS AUGSTSKOLA” Projektu realizēs vēl šādi projekta sadarbības partneri: Latvijas Zinātņu Akadēmijas Ekonomikas institūtsBanku augstskolaAlberta koledžaVentspils Augsto Tehnoloģiju parksEkonomikas un kultūras augstskolas fondsSIA „EUROLCDS” Projekta mērķis ir palielināt studējošo uzņēmējdarbības spējas, kā arī pateicoties augstskolu, studentu un komersantu sadarbībai...
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Latvia Social Briefing: Found Compromise for Cancelling Educators’ Strike – an Acute Solution

September 2022 | News | By Renārs Raubišķis, China-CEE Institute

Summary Expressing dissatisfaction with the unbalanced workload in their workplaces and demanding compliance with pre-defined teachers’ salary principles, it was planned to start an educators’ strike on September 19, 2022. About 23,000 education workers planned to participate in it. On September 16, 2022, a compromise was agreed on regarding the salary and workload of educators and on the cancellation of the planned strike, which, in turn, does not satisfy the goals previously set by the educators. The reached compromise will...
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Latvia Economy Briefing: Inflation in Latvia Among Highest Inflation Rates in the European Union

September 2022 | News | By Renārs Raubišķis, China-CEE Institute

Summary Latvia has one of the highest rates of inflation in the European Union – 21.3% – which was facilitated by the increase in the prices of energy resources and natural gas, which consistently raised the prices of other goods and products as well. Natural gas prices have increased almost 3 times compared to last year. Housing prices also continue to rise. The peak of inflation could be reached in the coming months, next year the prices of gas and...
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Latvia Political Briefing: Parliamentary Elections Coming Soon: How Ready Are Latvian Voters?

September 2022 | News | By Renārs Raubišķis, China-CEE Institute

Summary The 14th Parliament (Saeima) Elections will take place on October 1, 2022, and the latest survey data show voter sympathies are very widely distributed among the 19 political parties and associations. Forecasts show that there are 7 to 12 lists with a chance of entering the Saeima, but the prime minister’s party – “New Unity” is in first place. In second place is also the ruling party – “National Alliance”. The third and fourth are the opposition parties “Union of Greens and...
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MaKE IT jauniešu komanda “LaMaKu” prezentē sava projekta rezultātus starptautiskai auditorijai Kiprā

August 2022 | News

Š.g. jūlijā Kiprā, Limassol pilsētā norisinājās ERASMUS+ projekta “STREAMpreneur” jaunatnes darbā iesaistīto pārstāvju no Itālijas, Vācijas, Kipras un Latvijas apmācības par STREAM (S-science, T-technology, E-engineering, A-art, M–math) pieejas ieviešanu darbā ar jauniem un uz uzņēmējdarbību orientētiem cilvēkiem.  Lielu atsaucību starptautiskajā auditorijā guva MaKE IT komandas “LaMaKu” prezentētā ideja “Interaktīvas mācību metodes pēc-Covid jauniešiem”, īpaši izceļot matemātikas nozīmību ikviena cilvēka dzīvē. Realizētā ideja ir viens no uzskatāmiem un inovatīviem STREAM koncepcijas ieviešanas piemēriem. Ar labo praksi un ERAF projektu “Inovāciju granti...
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Latvia external relations briefing: Latvia Actively Participates in the UN Agenda

July 2022 | News | By Renārs Raubišķis

At the beginning of July 2022, the annual high-level political forum on sustainable development was held at the UN in New York, where the Minister of Education and Science, Anita Muizniece, presented to the UN member states the achievements in the implementation of the sustainable development goals. On July 20, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edgars Rinkevics, met with the Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Rebecca Grynspan, who visited Riga to discuss global...
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Latvia social briefing: How Resilient is the Latvian Society to the Coming Recession?

July 2022 | News | By Renārs Raubišķis

According to the latest data, 25.1% of Latvia’s population is below the poverty risk threshold, which is one of the worst indicators in the European Union. In addition, more than one third of the population of Latvia do not have any savings that would allow them to maintain their usual standard of living during a recession. This creates a very serious social risk at a time when the prices of energy resources are rapidly increasing, inflation is growing and geopolitical...
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Latvia economy briefing: Latvia’s Economic Indicators During the Rise in Prices

June 2022 | News | By Renārs Raubišķis, China-CEE Institute

In Latvia, the largest impact on the changes in the average consumer price level in May 2022, compared to May 2021, was the rise in prices for housing-related goods and services, food and non-alcoholic beverages, and transport-related goods and services. Inflation is rising and although Latvia had the lowest average annual inflation among the Baltic States in May, the inflation forecast for this year has been raised by about 5 percent. In the first quarter, Latvia’s GDP grew faster than...
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Latvia political briefing: Compulsory Military Service to be Introduced in Latvia

July 2022 | News | By Renārs Raubišķis

From 2023, the Ministry of Defence is proposing to gradually introduce mandatory National Defence Service in Latvia within five years. From January 1, 2023, the first phase of implementation will take place, for which it will be possible to apply voluntarily. It is planned that after a five-year transition period, the service will be compulsory for men aged 18 to 27, while it will be voluntary for women in this age group. The Ministry’s offer provides that it will be...
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Latvia social briefing: Transition to Studies in the Latvian Language

June 2022 | News | By Renārs Raubišķis, China-CEE Institute

Amendments to the Education Law prepared by the Ministry of Education and Science provide for a gradual transition to teaching in the state language over three years at all levels of education. The current approach to the language of instruction in minority education programs has not fully ensured the acquisition of a high-quality state language at all stages of education, as well as divided society. In the public debate on the bill, most views were opposed to a complete transition...
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Latvia Political Weekly Briefing: Changes in Latvian Government: New Minister of the Interior and Minister of Economics

June 2022 | News | By Renārs Raubišķis, China-CEE Institute

After the events of the unlawful celebration of Victory day on May 9 at the Victory Park in Riga, where the state police failed to fulfil their obligation to prohibit the celebrations, the “National Union” demanded the resignation of Minister Marija Golubeva, threatening to leave the coalition. On May 16, Marija Golubeva resigned as Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Latvia. However, the Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins in return insisted on replacing one “National Union” minister if...
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