Latvia

Adrian Nastase
31 January 2012
Former Romanian Premier Guilty of Corruption, EU Cuts Latvian Funding

Plus, Czechs follow through on threat to boycott EU fiscal treaty and an Azeri dream to pierce the sky.

By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, and Kelly Klein
 
18 January 2012
Language Referendum Looms in Latvia, Bulgaria Restricts Fracking Premium

Plus, Kosovans look to visa-free European travel and an Albanian politician escapes bribery charge.

By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, Joshua Boissevain, and Kelly Klein
 
13 December 2011
Tymoshenko Refuses Medical Care, Latvian Bank Survives Depositor Panic Premium

Plus, another “liberal” party born in Russia and Kyrgyz language lovers set their sights on Google.

By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, and Joshua Boissevain
 
8 December 2011
Hounded Uzbek Woman Maybe Singled Out for Facebook Activity, Slovak Doctors Head Back to Work Premium

Plus, a drive to make Russian an official language in Latvia picks up steam and Serbia opens the way to restitution.

By Jeremy Druker, Ioana Caloianu, and Joshua Boissevain
 
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5 December 2011
Russia’s Manipulated Elections, Croatia and Slovenia’s Turns to the Left Premium

Plus, a tale of one Russian, one Lithuanian, two failed banks, and a bailed-out airline.

By Barbara Frye and Ioana Caloianu
 
29 November 2011
Baltic Sheriffs Premium

Latvia’s anti-corruption office should serve as an inspiration for other countries in the region – and beyond.

By Martin Ehl
 

15 November 2011
Athens on the Danube Premium

Politicians in Hungary and Slovenia are reacting to the crisis in a way that resembles lawmakers in a certain Mediterranean country.

By Martin Ehl
 
3 November 2011
Chernobyl's 'Liquidators' Rise Up, Screws Tighten on Some Faiths in Russia Premium
Plus, Latvia's banking whistleblower resurfaces, and Serbia tries again to sell its ailing national carrier.
By Barbara Frye, Ioana Caloianu, and Joshua Boissevain
 
1 November 2011
In Search of True Leaders, and Brave Followers Premium

Recent examples show that in hard times, leaders need a backbone – and voters need to be not so easily led.

By Martin Ehl
 
20 October 2011
Latvian Politics Returns to Form, Moscow Shrugs at WTO Impasse Premium

Plus, the dominoes fall in Sukhumi, and what’s a hapless Uzbek cotton farm manager to do?

By Barbara Frye, Ioana Caloianu, and Natasha Kirshina
 

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