Latvia
BALTIC STATES: Ratings agency drops ratings one notch
Deteriorating international financial conditions and the likelihood of a euro-area recession have...
Baltic StatesBALTIC STATES: Rhetoric harms relations with Russia
As neighbours of Russia, the three Baltic states have identical, historically conditioned fears...
Baltic StatesLATVIA: Economic growth slows rapidly to 0.2%
The economy grew by just 0.2% year-on-year in the second quarter, according to preliminary...
LatviaLATVIA: Zalters takes up failed dissolution proposal
President Valdis Zalters said yesterday he would call an extraordinary sitting of parliament on...
LatviaEASTERN EUROPE: Gays and lesbians suffer persecution
Attacks on 'Gay Pride' marches and discrimination against gays and lesbians demonstrate a lack of...
Eastern EuropeCEE: Slovakia's euro adoption has knock-on effect
The final approval this month for Slovakia to adopt the single currency has put euro adoption...
SlovakiaLATVIA: Central bank halves growth forecast
The economy is cooling rapidly, Bank of Latvia Governor Ilmars Rimsevics said yesterday,...
LatviaBALTIC STATES: Boom economies may avoid hard landing
In the Baltic states, economic growth is decelerating after protracted booms. Higher...
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