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Ilze Vilka

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“If you ever need someone to turn a simple chat into an in-depth investigation, I'm your person!” | Economist. Curious about economic security, development and the incentives behind everyday decisions. #VilksVēro

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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 15h
Mācos dzīvi Igaunijā. Nejauši TV atklāju Laululahing 2026. Igauņu koru kari. Ievilka 😂, interesanti. Pagaidām mans favorīts ir Rakvere . #VilksLūrāsTV
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From Tallinn, with a vote 🇱🇻.
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Preparedness matters. It reduces vulnerabilities and leaves less space to exploit the grey zone between peace and war. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/p...
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Польша готовит закон о переводе страны в режим войны - Русская служба The Moscow Times
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pēc premjera amata kandidātu diskusijas palika sajūta, ka lielajiem valodas modeļiem tomēr nav monopola uz halucinācijām. Un ļoti jau gribētos, ka dažas no šovakar LTV redzētajām bija pēdējo reizi uz ilgāku laiku. #VilksBažīgs
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oho
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Kaut kā neiet… nevedas pēdējā laikā. Jūtu, ka deguns sāk vilkties pa zemi. Spītēju šīm sajūtām. Jāliek kastītē “rudens melanholija”. 🍂 Lielajam bērnam apsolīju, ka rīt iešu vēlēt. Noskaidroju, ka vēstniecībā iecirknis strādās no 8.00 līdz 20.00. #VilksPiekusa
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good. www.reuters.com/world/estoni...
reuters.com
Estonia bans transit of Russian, Belarusian grain through its territory
Estonia ‌has banned the transit of Russian and Belarusian grain ​through its territory, ​Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna ⁠said on Thursday.
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📌izgāju cauri visu jomu jautājumiem partiju šķirotavā. Paldies. Tomēr no savas jomas varu godīgi atzīt, ka līdz kādiem 10 jautājumiem no tautsaimniecības viedokļa, tie nav atbildami piekrītu/nepiekrītu formātā. Būtu nepieciešama padziļināta cost/benefit analīze, nevis apgalvojums 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kāds zina, kādēļ partiju šķirotavā pie rezultātiem Progresīvajiem ir visu ministru amatu potenciālie kandidāti, bet Vienotībai tikai premjera kandidāts? Tas no sērijas: “Man visi radi dzīvo ārzemēs?” 🫠 #VilksVēlēšanuDrāmā
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Noskatījos Domburšovu. Palika iespaids, ka patriarhālā sabiedrība, kungi, noveco. NVO ir aizdomīgi, sieviešu tiesības par daudz, Zaļais kurss par zaļu. Kaut kā sanāk, ka 2026. gadā jācepas par lietām, kurām vajadzētu būt politikas saturam, nevis kultūrkara pagalèm. #VilksVēro
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Russia’s weekly oil export revenue hit $2.75bn, the highest since the full scale invasion. We don’t know Trump’s intentions. We do see the numbers. Middle East escalation helps keep oil above $100, and Putin’s war machine gets the windfall. #VilksVēro kviekroovldieqyt.p4j7w9z2.xyz/2026/09/29/r...
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Россия получила рекордную нефтяную выручку c начала войны с Украиной в результате скачка цен на свои баррели до $110-120 - Русская служба The Moscow Times
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kur lai jem naudu? Jāskolo lielie bērni, bet politiķi pabalstus sola tik jaundzimušiem 🤷🏼‍♀️ #VilksRēķina
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion roubles on its military in 2027, 32% more than budgeted for 2026. Follow the money. Putin’s regime is preparing for years of aggression. Europe should prepare accordingly. Source: jxxotxympzxifdwz.p6x1t9r2.monster/2026/09/28/r... #VilksVēro
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Россия увеличит расходы на войну в 2027 году еще на треть — более 17 триллионов рублей - Русская служба The Moscow Times
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Priekšvēlēšanu kampaņa finiša taisnē. Satraucoši, ka 18,7% nezin, par ko balsot, un 14,9% apsver vēlēšanās nepiedalīties. Balsis izkaisītas starp daudzām partijām. JV rezultāts uzprasās uz jautājumu, vai viņi vispār savā priekšvēlēšanu kampaņā piepūlas mērķēti uzrunāt savu vēlētāju? #VilksVēro
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today I learned that scientists studied 103 bat species from all 21 bat families. Somehow this makes me happy. The world is so much more than wars and struggles for power. It is also full of entirely different ways of being alive. 🦇 #VilksVēro phys.org/news/2026-09...
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Bat genomes and fossils point to a European origin 65 million years ago
New research from the University of St Andrews has created the largest combined study of bat genomes and fossils ever undertaken, finding that bats most likely originated in Europe around 65 million y...
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No comments youtu.be/iWO-mW8Vos4?...
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Рассерженные латыши. Кремлевская пропаганда захватывает Telegram в Латвии
YouTube video by The Insider
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
China is increasingly competing with Europe in the industries that have long powered European exports. Machinery, cars and other high value manufacturing. Germany is particularly exposed. Europe can no longer take its industrial advantage for granted. #VilksVēro www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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China's industrial rise hits German manufacturers hard, ECB finds
The industrial transformation of China is squeezing European firms out of global markets, particularly in ​machinery and transport equipment, with German companies taking ‌some of the biggest hits, th...
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Peļbriedis 😍
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sveiciens akadēmiskajai videi. Pārāk daudz izglītības acīmredzot ir šķērslis, lai sasniegtu pat vidusslāni. 😏 www.delfi.lv/bizness/3729...
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Summa pieaug. Cik lieliem ienākumiem jābūt, lai iedzīvotāji pieskaitītu sevi vidusslānim?
Daudzu mājsaimniecību finanšu drošības spilvens joprojām ir salīdzinoši trausls.
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Interesanti, cik latvju vīriešu LPV piedāvājumā saskatīs demogrāfiskās uzņēmējdarbības nišu. Moulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty rekorda pārbaudes aprēķins 888 bērni 32 gados. Produktivitāte 27,75 gadā. Miljonāru kluba statusam pie €5000 par jaundzimušo jārada 200 bērni. Moulay Ismael tempā 7,2 gadi. 😏
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There’s is something of childhood magic in getting a parcel. Even when you know what’s inside because you ordered it yourself. 🤭📚 This week’s little gift to myself. #VilksReads
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Geopolitical irony. Putin tried to make Russia less vulnerable to the West. Instead, he made Russia more dependent on China while helping China become less vulnerable to global energy shocks. #VilksVēro #Geopolitics #China #Russia #EnergySecurity trib.al/I4belu6
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China Stockpiled Oil, and Now It Could Dominate the Energy Landscape
The war with Iran revealed just how much influence the world’s biggest oil importer has over prices and other countries’ supplies of jet fuel, gasoline and diesel.
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Love flying and reading old news. #VilksOnLeave
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“EU is not investing enough to achieve its aims of fully replacing Russian energy with diversified fossil fuel supplies, and by expanding renewable energy and grid infrastructure to increase energy ​flows between EU members over the next few years.” www.reuters.com/business/ene... #VilksVēro
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EU's Russian energy exit faltering, auditors say
EU efforts to become independent from Russian oil and gas are faltering, just as the 27-country bloc heads into winter with unusually low gas ​stocks, its auditors said on Wednesday.
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CNN @cnn.com · 08/09/2026
Russia bombarded Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with missiles and drones Tuesday morning, killing two people. The attack came just one day after US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited the region in an attempt to kickstart stalled peace talks. cnn.it/4A5XuO4
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Clearly where Russia is heading. A bridge to North Korea, Witkoff and Kushner coming to Moscow to talk peace. Everyone seems to be working on connectivity. #VilksVēro www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
reuters.com
North Korea and Russia open their first road bridge, a symbol of expanding ties
North Korea and Russia opened their first road bridge on Monday in a ‌carefully choreographed display of friendship, a structure which spans the Tumen river and which both sides cast as an important m...
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The Insider @theins.press · 07/09/2026
Chinese state company secretly supplied Russia’s Rosatom with raw materials for producing Shahed-type Geran drones Jilin Chemical Fiber Group supplied Russia with enough raw material for roughly 1,300 drones, @politico.com and @telegraph.co.uk report.
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Chinese state company secretly supplied Russia’s Rosatom with raw materials for producing Shahed-type Geran drones
Chinese state-owned company Jilin Chemical Fiber Group supplied Russia with 46 metric tons of raw material for producing carbon fiber — enough to produce…
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The world should look at Mariupol and learn what Russian occupation actually means. People had homes there. People died there. Now Russians build and sell new properties on that land, while former residents are offered a fraction of their value. As if nothing happened. #VilksVēro #VilksObserves
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Day five of soul diarrhoea. Still no capacity to gather my shit. #VilksSēro
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#SenāsUgunsNakts #VilksVēro
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Amid some concern in Latvia’s information space, I wonder whether the American president even remembers that the Baltic states are not the Balkans. 🫠 #VilksVēro #VilksObserves
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Gustavs Strenga @strenga.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Zinātne ir starptautiska. Ilgi nebija jāgaida uz mūsu tuvāko kaimiņu interesi par to kā Latvijas parlamenta deputāti vēlas ietekmēt pētniecību. Igauņu izglītības laikrakstā Opetaja leht ir publicēts raksts par notikumiem Latvijā. www.opleht.ee/2026/08/lati...
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Lätis räägitakse ohust akadeemilisele vabadusele - Õpetajate Leht
Poliitikute kriitika teadlaste aadressil pole Lätis uus. Eriti on kirgi kütnud vastuolulised, näiteks sooküsimustega seotud teemad. Lisaks on varemgi üles tõstetud küsimus, kas teadlased kasutavad rii...
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
1/2 “at worst as lies put about by global warming fanatics, austerity ideo-logues, or other enemies of humanity. The insistence on reality rather than fairytale is one reason why economics is often called "the dismal science."” #TheBeautyOfEconomics
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
1/1 “When populist parties on both the right and the left promote the vision of an economy free of difficult choices,anything that questions this sugarcoated fairytale is perceived at best as scaremongering, [..]” tbc. #TheBeautyOfEconomics
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“[..] the way we form and revise our beliefs serves to confirm the image we want to have,both of ourselves and of the world around us. When these beliefs are aggregated, they determine a country's economic, social,scientific,and geopolitical policies.” J.Tirole #TheBeautyOfEconomics
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I spy with my little eye… could that be a spy chief flying home from Moscow? 👀✈️ Spotted over Carnikava at 19:45. #VilksVēro #VilksObserves
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Stanimir Dobrev @delfoo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Russian journalists tried an experiment to check the accuracy of 3 apps used to find gas stations with gasoline in Moscow. These were the apps by 2GIS, Gde Benzin and Yandex. All three were very much inaccurate and showed there being gasoline where non was on offer.
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Neizdodas atrast sakarīgi nolasāmus datus, info vienuviet, ->Ko valsts apmaksā,pakalpojumi →Cik valsts maksā,cena € →Kāds ir faktiskais pieprasījums, vidēji gadā →Cik no tā valsts plāno apmaksāt 2027, % →Cik faktiski apmaksāts/sniegts 2026 →Cik ilgi jāgaida →Cik jāmaksā pašam,ja nevar sagaidīt rindu
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Kāds zina, kur var redzēt, kādas kvotas budžetā paredzētas valsts apmaksātajiem medicīnas pakalpojumiem? Kur atrast datus,lai salīdzinātu,cik par vienu un to pašu pakalpojumu maksā valsts (piesakot kvotas),cik jāmaksā pašam, ja nevar sagaidīt valsts apmaksāto rindu? #ValstsBudžets #SaeimasVēlēšanas
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Worth reading. Vulnerability lies not only in external pressure, but in the internal divisions that external actors can understand, amplify and exploit. #VilksVēro #SocietalResilience
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Toms Zariņš @zarinstoms.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Tātad pašreizējā un būtībā arī nākamā koalīcija vēlas atkal pavērt durvis autoritāru režīmu naudai, vienlaicīgi apgalvojot, ka tāda nodoma nav. Melo un nesarkst."
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Māris Zanders | Latvija pēc 3. oktobra
Vai mēs pamanīsim, kad, fonā skanot pareizām, patriotiskām varas pārstāvju runām, Latvijā sāksies orbānizācija? Varbūt ir jau sākusies.
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Take russian info ops seriously, unless we want the kremlin helping choose our political leaders. moscow interferes in elections and shapes public opinion through agents operating inside EU and NATO countries. this is not new, but worth a read carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
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Russian Interference: Coming Soon to an Election Near You
Russia pursues a systematic strategy of undermining elections and influencing public opinion in the West. EU and NATO countries must recognize that Moscow often acts through agents within their own bo...
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Šorīt ierasto trimmeru un zāles pļāvēju skaņu vietā motorzāģu dūkoņa. #VilksVēro
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Vai vēl kāds saskata līdzības?
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Russia invades Ukraine. Only 10% of Russians blame Russia for the continuing war. Most blame Europe, the US or Ukraine itself. And 56% support escalating attacks. Refuse responsibility. Blame everyone else. Demand more violence. #VilksObserves www.levada.ru/2026/08/06/k...
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Dimko Zhluktenko @dim0kq.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Russians still deeply sympathize with their war against Ukraine. Over 50% of their population think that the war is good and it's going well. Super fucked up nation, and we still have a long way to persuade them.
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The silence of Western Europe in the face of the inhumane crimes that the russians are committing is deafening,and it will come back to haunt us all. Four people were murdered by russians yesterday, including three children in Mykolaiv, two of the children were 11 years old, while the third was 12.
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
❤️PLEASE SHARE: Bad Baltic Takes' has done an amazing job of sharing the history of the Baltic States, highlighting the importance of defending freedom against russian terror, all with a typically Baltic feistiness. Due to popular demand, it has also become an online magazine. 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 www.badbaltic.com
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BAD BALTIC
We help celebrate the Baltic countries in a world where it's still ok to laugh at nonsense too.
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Ilze Vilka @vilcene.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Palīdzēju krupītim šķērsot taciņu. Sajūta to turot plaukstā, atgriež atmiņā bērnības sajūtas.
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andrejsjudins.bsky.social @andrejsjudins.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Skatoties uz A. Kulberga reakciju par vakar publicēto ziņu saistībā ar prokuratūras atbildi — šķiet, viņš tiešām nesaprot, ka ne @jaunavienotiba.bsky.social , ne citu partiju ministri nedrīkst izpaust informāciju ar ierobežotas pieejamības statusu.
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