RIGA - The European Commission (EC) plans to approve a second loan installment for Latvia totaling 1.2 billion euros as part of an international bailout package agreed in December
The next tranche of funds from international donors is expected to total 1.4 billion euros, with an additional 0.2 bill…
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Latvia likely to win 1.2 billion euro loan payment
The Eastern European interest in EU agricultural subsidy reform
At the end of the Czech EU presidency, Eastern European governments have tried to gain traction in the tug of war over agricultural subsidies from Brussels. The price justifies the effort – 55 billion euros annually are at stake. And the inequality in the distribution of subsidies is indeed striking…
...Learning diplomacy
Solveiga Silkalna left Australia in 1993 for a new life in her parent’s homeland – Latvia – and has never looked back. She has since worked as translator for a former president and served as Latvia’s UN ambassador in New York. She is currently on maternity leave and is due to start a position as spo…
...A FRAGILE FREEDOM NEEDS POLITICAL COURAGE
Estonia quietly celebrated its independence last week. This celebration was symbolized by the unveiling of a controversial monument to commemorate its War of Independence in 1918.
Estonia was brisling with confidence some two years ago when a series of events reminded the country how fragile freedo…
