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November 2000


Update: Latvia

During 2000 the launching of portals are going on in Latvia. Mainly them are the news portals:

The first one of them was created by an ISP Delfi - www.delfi.lv and now it is the most popular one and is also the richest concerning contents. It offers news including weather forecast, e-shop, free place for homepages etc. The information is offered in Latvian and Russian languages. Another ISP company – Apollo also has the news portal www.portal.lv with additional services.

The portal of the newspaper Diena - www.diena.lv contains only news and information concerning the newspaper. The newest portal was created by National Television – www.tvnet.lv. It offers text information and also allows to watch TV fragments.

The portal of portals – www.kasjauns.lv comprises the contents of the four above-mentioned portals.

There exist also other specialized portals, for example, the portal www.jums.lv, that offers all information concerning real estate market in Latvia, but they are not universal enough to be considered as the real portals.

 

Total number of "population"

Total number of Web sites

% of website/ total number of "population"

Primary and secondary schools

1074

132

12.3

High schools and universitites

33

22

66.6

National ministries

12

12

100

Regional and local authorities (regions, departments/ counties, municipalities)

532

54

9.0

Hospitals/clinics

150

9

6.0

Museums

124

96

77.4

Libraries

980

20

2.0

Sources:

For total number of "population" - Statistical yearbook of Latvia 1999.

For statistics of websites – Statistics of the academic computer network LATNET. June 2000. See also: http://www.mk.gov.lv/ for ministries and http://freepages.bigassweb.com/freepages/skola/skolah4.htm for schools


Please note that this report has been prepared under the sole responsibility of the
ESIS II contractors.
It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, nor does the Commission accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information contained herein.
The ESIS Team of contractors welcomes any additional information or corrections.

 

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