Latvia

13 October 2011
Serbia Gets One Foot in the EU Door, Latvian Russians Shut Out of Parliament Premium

Plus, even more gas in Turkmenistan and Slovakia ties euro rescue to early elections.

By Jeremy Druker, Ioana Caloianu, and Margareta Retsnik
 
20 September 2011
A Baltic Case Study? Premium

Latvia has provided a laboratory for ways to deal with the economic crisis in Europe.

By Martin Ehl
 
19 September 2011
Latvia Says 'Da' to Pro-Russia Group, Minsk Bombing Suspects Enter the Dock Premium

Plus, Russian investigators say navigator in June plane crash was drunk and Serbian mom says metal objects stick to her son. 

By Barbara Frye and Ioana Caloianu
 
16 September 2011
Russian Boxer Goes Yeti Hunting, Mongolia Mines Its Economic Potential Premium

Plus, 2012 Eurovision could test Azeri homophobia and Kosovo sends police to its northern border.

By S. Adam Cardais and Barbara Frye
 
15 September 2011
Macedonia’s Moment of Hoops Euphoria, Latvian Oligarchs’ Moment of Truth Premium

Plus, the Slovak premier barely survives a showdown and Hungary’s red sludge company is ordered to pay up.

By Jeremy Druker and Ioana Caloianu
 
9 August 2011
Punch-drunk Latvia Keeps on Fighting Premium

Still licking its financial wounds, the Baltic country may yet emerge from the crisis with a more robust economy.

By Martin Ehl
 
25 July 2011
Time for Radical Surgery Premium

Latvia's former president lost his post after trying to break the political class of the corruption habit. But his legacy was this weekend's referendum.

By Daunis Auers
 
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1 October 2010
A Different Kind of Ugly Premium

The election campaign in Latvia has been surprisingly free of race-baiting, but that doesn’t mean it’s been civilized.

By Aleks Tapinsh
 
6 September 2010
Hostile Takeover Premium
Latvia’s crusading newspaper is sold for the second time in a year, this time into possibly unfriendly hands.
By Aleks Tapinsh
 
27 July 2010
The Other Side of the Latvian Coin Premium

Latvian politicians who misinterpret the Soviet past risk falling into the same trap as Ukraine’s Yushchenko, a Russian-Latvian commentary argues.

By BBC Monitoring
 

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