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OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Kłysiński
For years now Belarus has been a key economic partner for Lithuania and Latvia. These two Baltic states have well-developed port infrastructure and thus provide what are the geographically closest and also the cheapest exit to…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
On 18 February approximately 75% of those who took part in the referendum rejected the proposals of the amendments to the constitution which would establish Russian as the second state language along with Latvian and the second official…
Analyses |
| Paweł Siarkiewicz
The government has been formed by three parties: the centre-right Unity, the Reform Party led by the former president, Valdis Zatlers, and the nationalist All for Latvia. The new government is also supported by six independent MPs. The…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein, Paweł Siarkiewicz
The Harmony Centre, a left-wing grouping which represents the interests of the Russian minority, gained 31 of the 100 seats in the Saeima, Latvia’s parliament. The second best result (22 seats) was achieved by the newly created Reform…
Analyses |
On 23 July Latvia's inhabitants voted in a referendum for the dissolution of parliament. On 17 September early parliamentary elections will be held. Latvian society is disappointed with the political elite, perceived as corrupt and caring…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein, Paweł Siarkiewicz
Political intrigue accompanying the election of a new president foreshadows an increasing rivalry on the Latvian political scene before the expected early parliamentary elections.
Analyses |
Valdis Zatlers, the president of Latvia, who is seeking re-election in parliamentary voting scheduled for 2 June, accused MPs of failing to counteract the appropriation of the state by oligarchs and has ordered a referendum be held on the…
Analyses |
The Latvian government on 18 January rejected the application for permanent residence lodged by the former mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov. Although Luzhkov has made significant investments in Latvia, he has been deemed an undesirable alien…
Analyses |
On 3 November, the Latvian parliament, which was elected at the beginning of October, approved the new government to be led by the previous prime minister, Valdis Dombrovskis.
Analyses |
The centre-right Unity party, which won the parliamentary elections in Latvia, invited the Harmony Centre, a party supported by the Russian-speaking minority (approximately 35% of the population) to talk on the formation of a new…