Latvia&#39;s President Vike-Freiberga spends last day in office
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Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga is due to leave office Saturday after two terms as leader of the Baltic state during which she stamped her personality and vision on the largely figurehead post.
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Latvia's Parliament elected a surgeon with no political background as the Baltic country's next president Thursday.
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Latvia's parliament approves a new centre-right government with veteran leader Ivars Godmanis at its helm.
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Latvia's president is to name outgoing  interior minister Ivars Godmanis as new prime minister, news  agency LETA said on Friday.
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President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko reveled Monday in the results of a constitutional referendum that would allow him to remain in power indefinitely after an election
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The political parties forming the new Latvian government reached agreement last night during talks that lasted over three-and-a-half hours.
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MINSK, Belarus -- President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus said yesterday that he won a mandate from voters to stay in power in a weekend referendum scrapping presidential term limits, but foreign observers said the vote was marred by violations and thousands of people protested the outcome.
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Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis declared victory in a parliamentary election on Saturday after a second exit poll gave his center-right coalition a commanding lead in the vote.
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After a quick stop Monday in Estonia, Bush is to arrive in Riga, Latvia, for a two-day North American Treaty Organization meeting that will focus on the 26-nation alliance's struggle to secure Afghanistan ...Comment
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Expressions of grief and sympathy for the sudden loss of Latvian hockey star Sergejs Zoltoks are pouring out since the news broke yesterday morning.
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Meeting with visiting Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kostiantyn Hryschenko, President Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia said that Ukraine may count on Latvia's support and experience in the former's bid for ...
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Latvia&#39;s government has resigned after the leading party in the minority coalition sided with the opposition to reject the 2005 budget, but officials insisted the country would keep on the road to euro entry.
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In the case of Sweden, that person is G&ouml;ran Persson, the Social Democratic prime minister for more than 10 years and finance minister before that.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed regret in relation to what it called untactful public statements made by Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga about the upcoming May 9 celebrations to mark the 60th ...
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Talks between Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his Latvian counterpart Vaira Vike-Freiberga, who arrived in Kazakhstan for a state visit on Thursday, ended in Astana on Friday.
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Georgians bid farewell Sunday to late Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who died three days earlier in a friend's apartment, amid worries for the future of their struggling country and doubts about the official explanation of his death.
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The Latvian parliament elects a leading medical doctor, Valdis Zatlers, as the Baltic state's next president.