Latvia

  • Mar 1, 2011
  • 6 min read

LATVIA: Budget dominates government's first 100 days

The government is agreed in principle on additional measures to narrow the 2011 budget deficit,...

Latvia
  • Feb 18, 2011
  • 2 min read

LATVIA: Police scandals force out hapless minister

Interior Minister Linda Murniece yesterday tendered her resignation after revelations of more...

Latvia
  • Feb 16, 2011
  • 7 min read

BALTIC STATES: Holocaust 'blindness' easily offends

A petty anti-Semitism is apparent in the Baltic states. An inability openly to face local...

Baltic States
  • Jan 24, 2011
  • 7 min read

BALTIC STATES: Gender ratio hurts men and women alike

In Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the male/female imbalance and life expectancy differential are...

Baltic States
  • Jan 18, 2011
  • 2 min read

LATVIA/RUSSIA: Riga bans pro-Russophone Luzhkov

Former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov will not receive the residency permit he has applied for now...

Latvia
  • Jan 7, 2011
  • 7 min read

LATVIA/RUSSIA: Business trumps historical tensions

Relations between Latvia and Russia have been tense since the collapse of the Soviet Union. ...

Latvia
  • Dec 29, 2010
  • 2 min read

EU-10: Estonian euro sets example for some

Estonia's adoption of the euro on January 1 will help development in the Baltic region, Latvian...

  • Dec 6, 2010
  • 7 min read

BALTIC STATES: Baltic deflation too tough for others

Latvia's current account remained in surplus in the third quarter, although the expanding economy...

Baltic States