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Latvia applies for Eurozone entry
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaLatvia has formally applied to join the Eurozone. At a ceremony in Riga on 4 March, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, Finance Minister Andris Vilk, and central bank...
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Belarus urged to normalise relations with EU
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaLatvia has urged Belarus to normalise its relations with the European Union (EU) and find a solution to the issue of political prisoners. The Latvian position was...
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Reforming the Latvian system
Author(s): Peter Taberner Latvia has been a radical reformer of its pension system, after wrestling control away from the Soviet Union to regain its independence in 1991, being one of the first...
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2012 a controversial year for the death penalty
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaThe year 2012 saw 682 confirmed executions in 21 countries around the world, according to a newly released report by Amnesty International. There were 2 executions...
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Bulgaria loses distinction in 112 awards
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaIn a purely symbolic ceremony on 17 April in Riga (Latvia) Bulgaria lost from Finland a distinction in this year’s 112 awards. The awards ceremony is organised annually...
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Latvia eyes German vocational path
On 7 May, during a meeting between the Latvian Prime Ministe,r Valdis Dombrovskis, and the Prime Minister of the Schleswig-Holstein state in Germany, Torsten Albig, discussed various areas of...
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Russia stresses minority rights during Jagland’s visit
Author(s): Stanislava GaydazhievaIt seems that as part of the issues “of mutual interest” which the Council of Europe’s (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland intends to discuss during his visit to...
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Walk like a Latvian
Author(s): Martin BanksThey are known in Latvia as ´non-citizens´ - people who live, work and pay taxes in the country but enjoy few rights, including the right to vote. There are 360,000 people living...
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Locking Latvia into austerity
Author(s): David CroninOver the next few days Europe will become a little more undemocratic than it already is. Latvia’s application to join the euro is about to be formally approved by the Brussels...
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Know your Latvia
Author(s): Dillon Clancy Following its return to democracy in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Latvia reinstates much of its 1922 constitution. This document, officially known as the...
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Latvia given green light for euro membership
Author(s): Cillian DonnellyLatvia has officially being allowed to join the Euro. This is not necessarily a surprise; the country has been singled-out by Brussels as something of a success story, with...
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Latvia’s growing GDP, reflection of future financial stability?
Author(s): Nicole Murdoch Despite the prevalent concerns over the large amount of foreign deposits in Latvia’s financial sector, Latvia receives the green light from the European Central Bank and the...
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Latvia PM: euro membership will bring stability
Author(s): NEOnline Joining the Eurozone will bring economic stability to Latvia, the prime minister has said. Speaking after the country was given the go ahead to become the 18th EU member state to...
View ArticleCentral Asian states eye Latvian ports
by Kulpash KonyrovaASTANA - Latvia’s President Andris Berzins paid a visit to Kazakhstan in early June this year. It was the fourth official visit of a Latvian president to Kazakhstan since 2003. The...
View ArticleBail-ins on Ecofin agenda
by NEOnline The EU's Council of Economic and Finance Ministers will meet in Luxembourg on Friday June 21 to discuss issues relating the the financial crisis affecting the 27-nation bloc as well as...
View ArticleIt's official: Latvia will become a Eurozone state in 1 Jan 2014
by Karafillis GiannoulisThe Economic and Financial Affairs Council adopted the decision of Eurogroup to allow Latvia to become the 18th Eurozone state on 1 January 2014.Latvia will have about six...
View ArticleRussian MFA takes on Estonia over language education
by Stanislava GaydazhievaThe Russian foreign ministry released a statement Monday, accusing the authorities in Tallinn of reluctance to “take into account the rights of the Russian-speaking population...
View ArticleLatvian trade deficit widens as exports drop
A drop in exports at a rate much faster than imports saw a significant widening of Latvia’s merchandise trade deficit figure in April, the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia reported last week. In...
View ArticleLatvia seeks support from Kalfin for EU funds
by Stanislava Gaydazhieva The Latvian minister of finance, Andris Vilks, has met the Bulgarian MEP Ivailo Kalfin, in his capacity of co-rapporteur of the European Parliament on the European Union (EU)...
View ArticleBaltic states lag behind in hepatitis care
by Stanislava Gaydazhieva According to the Euro Hepatitis Care Index published today, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia lag behind in hepatitis care performance. The Euro Hepatitis Care Index is an...
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