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Analyses |
| Jakub Groszkowski
The elections to the European Parliament have weakened the Christian Democrats (EPP) and Social Democrats (S&D) in Central Europe; but although they have won fewer seats than five years ago, they still have an advantage over the other…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
The parliamentary elections in Latvia (6 October) were won by the Social Democratic Party Harmony, which mainly represents an electorate of the country’s Russian-speaking inhabitants. Harmony was chosen by 19.8% of the electorate, which…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
The governments of the Baltic states initially voluntarily declared they would accept refugees.
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
Taking over shares of the Latvian carrier marks the beginning of an expansion for Russian Railways on the market of railway transport to Latvian ports.
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
There were no radical changes in the makeup of Latvia’s Saeima following the parliamentary election on 4 October.
Analyses |
On 9 May the Latvian parliament adopted amendments to the citizenship law following two years of work. The amendments concern above all the possibility of dual citizenship. The amended law enters into force in October 2013 and lays out…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
On 31 January, the Latvian parliament passed a governmental plan setting the rules for the introduction of the euro (the government coalition cast 52 of the 100 votes). According to this plan, the euro will replace the lats on 1 January…
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…