Valdis Zatlers has Enough Votes to be Elected as Latvian President
The time for submitting candidatures to the presidential post in Latvia has expired. The election is scheduled for May 31.
Popularity: 2% [?]
May 24, 2007Latvia
2 Dead as Blast Hits School in Latvian Capital
A gas explosion in a cafe in a school building in the Latvian capital Riga killed two people and injured one on Monday, the DPA press agency reported on Monday quoting rescue officials.
Popularity: 4% [?]
March 26, 2007Jewish Group May Sue Russia Over Seized Writings
Members of a Hasidic Jewish movement may sue the Russian government in an effort to recover 18th-century religious writings and prayers seized by the Nazi and Soviet armies, the Associated Press reports.
Popularity: 5% [?]
December 6, 2006NATO Leaders to Gather in Latvia to Discuss Energy Relations With Russia
NATO leaders will study at a summit starting on Tuesday whether the alliance should take more action to avert potential threats to energy supplies, the Reuters news agency reports.
Popularity: 1% [?]
November 28, 2006U.S., UK Backed Soviet Entrance into Baltics in 1940s
The United States and the United Kingdom treated the entrance of Soviet troops into the Baltic states in the 1940s with understanding and viewed this step as an unpleasant but necessary measure to oppose Nazi Germany’s aggression.
Popularity: 3% [?]
November 23, 2006Russian Couple Arrested for Buying House in Cyprus
The Russian couple, crossing from the Ledra Palace border gate located north of the U.N.-controlled buffer zone on the divided island, was stopped by Greek Cypriot police on Sunday. They were detained since they were in possession of a property deed showing that they bought a villa and flyers about real estate.
Popularity: 8% [?]
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