baltics: estonia, latvia, lithuania zaneta savickiene september 25, 2008
DESCRIPTION
LOCATION North – east part of Europe On eastern coast of the Baltic Sea Borders with Russia, Belarus, Poland EU since 2004 Local time – GMT+ 2 hoursTRANSCRIPT
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BALTICS: Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania
Zaneta SAVICKIENESeptember 25, 2008
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LOCATION North – east part of Europe On eastern coast of the Baltic Sea Borders with Russia, Belarus, Poland
EU since 2004
Local time – GMT+ 2 hours
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Climatic Conditions Transitional between maritime and
continental Average temperature in July + 17, in
January - 5, There is four clearly distinguished seasons
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GENERAL FACTS and NUMBERS
Country Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Capital Tallinn Riga Vilnius
Population, mln.
1,3 2,3 3,4
State language
Estonian Latvian Lithuanian
Currency1 Euro =
15,65 Kroon 0,70 Lat 3,45 Litas
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RIGA
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TALLINN
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VILNIUS
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LanguagesEstonian - Finno - Ugric family, related to
Finnish Lithuanian and Latvian, belongs to the Baltic
group of Indo-European languages.
Oldest of IE is Lithuanian. Has retained ancient sound system.
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Foreign languages
Most common foreign language in Baltics is English,
second in respect of popularity is Russian.
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International students
Person with foreign secondary education diploma
who is applying for studies in Baltic countries
is considered to be an international applicant
Different conditions for EU and non- EU
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1st group.
EU Apply on same
conditions as citizens
Residence permit
2nd group. non EU
Early applicationBigger fees
Student visas +Residence permit
International students
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State Institutions
Non-State institutions
HE establishments
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Academic calendar Academic year is divided into two
semesters Autumn semester beginning in September Spring semester beginning in February Each semester covers 20 weeks of studies + 3- 4 weeks for exams
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Credit systemo National credit system in all three
countries o ECTS – introduced later o National credit – 1 study week (40
hours of student workload)o One National credit = 1,5 ECTSo Estonia will fully introduce ECTS since
September 2009
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INFORMATION www.eesti.ee/eng/ www.latvia.lv www.li.lv/li_eng.htm www.lithuania.lt www.tourism.lt www.travel.lt