Soviet Occupation of Latvia in 1940: Soviet Occupation of Latvia in 1940. Invasion of Poland (1939), Soviet invasion of Poland, Winter War, Occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Riga- By putting her name forward for the new position of European Council President, Vaira Vike-Freiberga is aiming to add another first to a notable pair she has already achieved. The flame-haired Latvian was her country's and Eastern Europe's firs...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Riga/Brussels- The Latvian government has formally nominated the country's former president, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, as a candidate for the first president of the European Union, officials in Brussels confirmed Monday. Analysts say Vike-Freiberga will ...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Latvia's economy continued to contract in the third quarter, as the Baltic country suffers the consequences of a full-blown financial and economic crisis.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Riga - Parliamentarians in Latvia on Thursday backed Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis' call to approve a crisis budget for 2010, which moves the recession-hit Baltic state one step closer to its next bail-out payment from international lenders. MP...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Riga - Parliamentarians in Latvia on Thursday debated Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis' call to approve a crisis budget for 2010, which would move the recession-hit Baltic state one step closer to its next bail-out payment from international lende...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Latvia is to hold large-scale military exercises next summer, in response to the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Riga - Latvian Finance Minister Einars Repse delivered a make-or-break 2010 budget to the national parliament, or Saeima, Monday, ahead of its first reading on Thursday and a later second reading. Failure to approve the budget would have serious cons...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Riga- Latvian Finance Minister Einars Repse delivered a make-or-break 2010 budget to the national parliament, or Saeima, Monday, ahead of an expected vote on its acceptance on Thursday. Failure to approve the budget would have serious consequences, i...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Latvia is to hold large-scale military exercises in summer, in response to the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises, held in September, the Latvian TV3 channel reported.
Edward Lucas (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Baltic economies The Estonian exception Oct 29th 2009 | RIGA AND TALLINN From The Economist print edition Estonia gets a boost, but worries persist about its Baltic neighbours SMUGNESS is Estonians’ least attractive feature, at least in the eyes of their Baltic neighbours, Latvia and Lithuania. A surprise endorsement by the International Monetary Fund of Estonia’s plans to join the euro...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
SIR – As someone who sought to defend Romano Prodi in his unhappy five years as the European Commission’s president, I thought his dig in your letters page (October 24th) at Britain’s policy towards the European Union was petty. Tony Blair could have risked a referendum on the euro after he became prime minister, but the result would have been the same as in Sweden—a resounding...
The Local (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Swedish-owned telecoms company Tele2 admitted on Monday it was responsible for staging a meteorite crash near a small village in the Latvian countryside.
Sify (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Experts have said that the claims by a group of students that a meteorite landed in Latvia on October 25, are false, and is an elaborate hoax set up by the students.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
A fire burns in a crater 20 meters in diameter and 10 meters deep created when a meteorite crashed to Earth in Latvia. Eyewitnesses managed to video record the burning celestial body just minutes after it hit the ground.
CNN (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
A meteorite-like object has created a crater after landing near a farm in northern Latvia, the nation's official news agency reported.
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