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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
RIGA, Latvia - A meteorite-like object crashed into a meadow in northern Latvia, creating a crater 27 feet wide and 9 feet deep, a geologist who visited the site said Monday. Uldis...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
RIGA, Latvia -- Latvian emergency officials say a fiery object has fallen from the sky and created a large crater in a town close to the Estonian border.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
A monkey born to elderly parents surprises zoo staff in Latvia.
Sify (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
RIGA (Reuters) - Latvia's foreign minister criticised "historical illiteracy" in Britain on Thursday after the ruling Labour Party accused the opposition Conservatives of links to extremists, including a Latvian party.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Riga- European Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia arrived in the troubled Baltic state of Latvia Tuesday to push for the country's adherence to a 7.5-billion-euro (11-billion dollar) aid package. It is a painful path but there is no alter...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Riga - European Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia arrived in the troubled Baltic state of Latvia Tuesday for a series of meetings to resolve wrangles over the country's adherence to a 7.5-billion-euro (11-billion dollar) aid package. Almu...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
There are some events in history about which there can be no ifs or buts. The Latvian volunteer militias in 1941 were so zealous in murdering Jews that by 1943 they had not only killed nearly all of Latvia's 70,000 Jewish community, they had also slaughtered 20,000 Jews from central Europe who had been deported to Riga, and tens of thousands of Jews in Belarus. The veterans of these volunteer units...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Sweden hit out yesterday at proposals by Latvia to limit the amount lenders can claim from mortgage holders amid renewed concern over the risk posed to Nordic banks by...
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