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LATVIA: Speculation mounts against lat stability
The government sold 15 million lats (30 million dollars) in one-month Treasury bills yesterday....
LatviaEU/LATVIA/SWEDEN: Authorities move to prop up lat
The head of the People's Party, the largest in Latvia's five-party governing coalition, said...
EuEUROPEAN UNION: Right leads more fractious chamber
The centre-right remained the largest group following the European parliamentary elections which...
LATVIA: Crisis requires economic policy reorientation
The crisis in Latvia is deeper than in the rest of the world, Economics Minister Artis Kampars...
LatviaLATVIA: Devaluation scare spoils T-bill auctions
The Saeima (parliament) held the first reading today of the supplementary budget, with the...
LatviaBALTIC STATES: Pressure builds on Riga to devalue
The views of a Latvian government adviser that devaluation is inevitable are not government...
LATVIA: CBS says economy contracted by 29% in Q1
Real GDP contracted in the first quarter of 2009 by 18% year-on-year, according to a Central...
LatviaLATVIA: IMF withholds SBA tranche pending budget cuts
Latvia has "very large" liquidity reserves of 500 million lats (950 million dollars) and there is...
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