Times Higher Education (THE) is a weekly British magazine based in London reporting specifically on news and other issues related to higher education. Times Higher Education has been known for publishing the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, which first appeared in November 2004.

Comparative table «The Global Competitiveness Index 2009-2010»

Exports and imports by countries and territories

Doing business in different countries, comparison table

Useful links with scientific papers, researches

Eugene Eteris, Baltic Course, European Studies Faculty
Commission has launched a ? 35 mln tender for projects that „unite“ environmental challenges with the business opportunities to be funded under the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (Brussels, 13 April 2010). Under the 2010 CIP Eco-innovation call for proposals, funds are available for new projects in the area of materials recycling, sustainable building products, the food and drink sector and green business practices.

Eugene Eteris, BC Scandinavian Office
Ways and means to strengthen tourism sector in Europe were discussed at the European Tourism Stakeholders Conference in Madrid recently. Main efforts seem to be devoted to verify the optimal actions to promote competitiveness and sustainable growth of European tourism.

Eugene Eteris, European Studies Faculty, RSU
At the G-20 meting of industrialised nations in September 2009, a firm support was voiced for a single set of high quality accounting standards to improve capital flows and cut down on cross-border arbitrage in response to the financial crisis. However, achieving consensus is proving increasingly difficult. The EU internal market commissioner Michel Barnier proposed reforms to the European and international accounting rules.

Eugene Eteris, RSU, European Studies Faculty
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) is part of the ICT programme of the European Commission. FET aims at promoting long-term research and laying the scientific foundations of radically new next generation technologies. FET helps identify and develop future research in ICT and in the interdisciplinary field of quantum information science often inspired by other scientific disciplines.

Latvian Ministry of Finance in January 2010, published a country’s macroeconomic development scenario for the next three years.

On the eve of the round table dedicated to the banking crisis lessons in Baltic states BC met with Janos Rekasi, DEC vice-president, Counsellor, Embassy of Hungary in Estonia and Latvia. The conversation was about the lessons learnt by Hungary after the financial crisis, as both Latvia and Hungary had to turn for intenational organization assistance.

Eugene Eteris, European Integration Institute, Denmark, LLD, prof.
The economic and financial crisis in the EU has had a negative effect on both public and private sectors: the latter being affected, generally, through banks. It is generally recognised that the bankers’ practice brought national economies to the brink of ruin.