Latvian lawmakers to vote for successor to President Vike-Freiberga
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Latvian lawmakers will Thursday vote for a successor to President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, who has stamped her personality and vision for the Baltic country on the largely figurehead presidency.
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Latvia's president on Friday named outgoing interior minister Ivars Godmanis as his candidate to become prime minister, asking the Latvian politician veteran to form a new government.
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The governing coalition in the former Soviet republic of Latvia was poised to retain power in Saturday's parliamentary election, nearly complete results showed.
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Latvia's Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis said Wednesday that he would step down on Dec. 5 and that the four-party ruling coalition would immediately begin searching for a new head of government, his spokesman said.
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Latvia's minority center-right coalition  government extended its lead in the opinion polls on Friday,  enhancing its chances of a return to power in Saturday's  general election.
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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 supports the opening of European Union membership talks with Turkey, the Foreign Ministry press office in Riga reported after a meeting of its minister Artis Pabriks with Turkish counterpart Abdullah ...
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Latvia's parliament is set to vote the  previous four-party, centre-right coalition back into power on  Thursday after a key opposition party declined to join,  officials said.
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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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Today, European Parliament (EP) political groups will decide on all the new European commissioner candidates, including Latvia's designate for energy, Andris Piebalgs.
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"I don't think the remaining votes will change anything."  A conservative former prime minister won the most votes in Slovenia's tight presidential elections Sunday, but fell far short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff.Lojze Peterle, who campaigned as an independent but has the backing of Prime Minister Janez Jansa's center-right government, had about 28 percent of the vote with 95 percent of the ballots counted, according to the Electoral Commission. Fifty percent was needed to avoid a runoff.Although the president's powers are largely ceremonial, the job carries some influence in foreign and defense matters. Read more
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Latvia's 1.4 million voters, undaunted by bleak weather, continued streaming into voting booths across the tiny Baltic state on Saturday afternoon in an election expected to return the pro-EU centre-right government.
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Hungary s Socialists said they will name a new candidate for prime minister today as they sought to keep a coalition with the Free Democrats after Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy quit amid a dispute between the ...
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Latvia's centre-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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Russia&#39;s parliament is expected to vote  overwhelmingly on Friday to approve President Vladimir Putin&#39;s  nominee for prime minister, political unknown Viktor Zubkov.
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Latvians head to the polls, but low turnout is expected amid a lack of issues and series of corruption scandals.
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Latvians voted at the weekend to return to power the centre-right parties who guided the country into the European Union, partial results showed.