Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Students' Magazine

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As popularity and quality of debating in the Baltics grows every year, participating in Estonian Open 2010 at the beginning of May was out of question for SSE Riga Debate Society members.

Every year, spring at SSE Riga arrives along with a list of lucky students that are granted an opportunity to go on exchange. Since this moment brings along both joy and disappointment, we seek to enlighten the issues that arouse confusion (such as selection criteria) by providing answers to the most popular questions.

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French students:

Pierre Louis Kieffer:

I did not expect that Latvians  drink milk during the lunchtime! For French people milk is associated with breakfast and with sweet food, so this practice seems strange for us.

It’s not a global generalization, but on the whole I think that Latvian people are less polite than French.Read more >>

I am sure that there will be other stories about many parties that you can experience during an exchange or all the travelling that you can do. During my stay in Madrid, I also did my share of crazy partying Spanish-style as well as explored the country and beyond. There is basically no academic side in an exchange semester, at least not in the Mediterranean region (although I have to admit that, as I’m writing this, my mind is preoccupied with 5 rather difficult exams that I have to take in a very short period of time).Read more >>

Aikanysh Atakanova, Kyrgyzstan 

Country

I am from Kyrgyzstan (KG) which is a very mountainous country with  a population of over 5 million. The capital is Bishkek city (used to be called Frunze in Soviet times in the honor of the commander). Kyrgyz people are very hospitable. These are some of the most interesting facts about KG:Read more >>

Motivation

Many people ask me, out of all the places I could have chosen, why did I choose Kazakhstan to go on exchange? Good question indeed, I guess I wanted something exotic, far away, and still get a scholarship. Recommendations from Kestutis, Kristina, Janis and Aliya inspired me as well.Read more >>