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Latvian MPs oppose nomination of Kremlin business partner for Nobel Peace Prize

June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 Igor Chalenko Latvia, Russia

Twenty-one members of Latvia’s Parliament, the Saeima, have joined the international call for the Nobel Committee to reject the nomination

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Business 

Latvian airline airBaltic to start direct flights from Sofia Airport to Riga in May 2024

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Latvia, Sofia Airport, tourism

Latvian airline Air Baltic Corporation AS (airBaltic) will start direct flights from Sofia Airport to Riga in May 2024, Sofia

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Europe 

Nato’s Vershbow on alliance troops in Eastern Europe: ‘We had no choice’

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 Deutsche Welle Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Nato, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Nato had hoped for cooperation with Russia, but Moscow changed the paradigm by annexing Crimea, the alliance’s Deputy Secretary General,

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Europe 

Nato to deploy battalions in Poland and the Baltics in early 2017

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Nato, Poland

As of the beginning of 2017 year four groups of combat battalions will be stationed on a rotating basis in

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Europe 

Latvian prime minister resigns

December 7, 2015 VOANews Latvia

Latvia’s prime minister has handed in her resignation. Laimdota Straujuma said Monday she is stepping down after only two years

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Europe 

Centre-right government returned in Latvia

October 5, 2014 Deutsche Welle Latvia

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma’s three-party coalition looked set on Sunday to be returned as the Baltic nation’s next government.

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Europe 

Russia in mind, Latvia votes in parliamentary elections

October 4, 2014October 4, 2014 Deutsche Welle Latvia

Polling stations opened in Latvia on Saturday for parliamentary elections from which the current ruling center-right coalition under Prime Minister

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Europe 

European elections 2014: results across Central and Eastern Europe

May 26, 2014May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, European elections 2014, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Twelve European Union member states in Central and Eastern Europe voted in European Parliament elections between May 23 and May

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s economic growth improves, but slower than other new EU states – World Bank

December 19, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, World Bank

Strong exports supported growth in Bulgaria but still weak domestic demand is likely to keep Bulgaria’s economic growth rate below

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