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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After two weeks of fervent political debate, Saeima passed a bill today in support of President Vaira Vike-Freiberga's efforts to explain Latvia's complex modern history.
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President Vaira Vike-Freiberga reiterates that she wants an effective government to be formed in Latvia, and that this is the specific responsibility of the elected political parties in Saeima, the president's ...
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A trauma surgeon with no prior political experience and widely publicized tax problems was sworn in Sunday as Latvia's third president since the Baltic state gained independence in 1991.Valdis Zatlers, who once practiced medicine in the United States, was politically unknown until his candidacy was announced by the center-right government just days before the May 31 parliament vote. The government proposed the doctor, who is not a member of any political party, as a compromise candidate. The 52-year-old replaces Vaira Vike-Freiberga. Read more
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Latvian Prime Minister Indulis Emsis&#39;s seven-month-old government collapsed after one member of the three-party minority coalition voted against the draft 2005 budget in parliament on concern the planned deficit was too big.
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Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga announced that she will run for the post of United Nations Secretary General, becoming the first woman and sole European candidate in the race to replace Kofi Annan.
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New Era, Latvia's most popular political party, lost two deputies on Oct. 1 when former Interior Minister Maris Gulbis (photo above) and Inara Ostrovska left the center-right party over dissatisfaction with its ...
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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan has concluded his three-day official visit to Sweden, where he paid a courtesy visit to PM Goran Persson and met with Deputy PM Bosse Ringholm and other senior officials of the ...
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Latvia&#39;s government resigned Thursday after lawmakers refused to pass the 2005 budget that had been proposed by Prime Minister Indulis Emsis.
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Latvia should clarify the ownership of Ventspils Nafta, the country's Baltic Sea oil terminal, and a related shipping company before admitting any new Russian investor, Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga ...
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Sweden's new Prime Minister ended 12 years of social democratic rule in Sunday's elections and now looks set to cut short an even older tradition.
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Latvia's center-right government appeared headed for a return to power in a parliamentary election on Saturday, according to an early exit poll.
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After hesitating for almost five months, President Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia broke ranks this week to say she would go.
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The President of Bulgaria, Georgi Parvanov, arrived in Helsinki on Monday afternoon for an official two-day visit.
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President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, in concluding her visit to the Netherlands yesterday, addressed members of her delegation, primarily business-persons. She expressed hope that contacts made with Dutch ...
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RIGA, Latvia  - Latvian Finance Minister Oskars Spurdzins is optimistic the European Union will give the Baltic country financial help after it was hit by the worst storm in 40 years.
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The Latvian parliament elects a leading medical doctor, Valdis Zatlers, as the Baltic state's next president.