Riga - Latvia's former president Vaira Vike-Freiberga on Monday
expressed frustration over the perceived delay in the European Union's
response to the conflict between Russia and Georgia.
"I'm
surprised and frustrated that the European Union will gather on
Wednesday for an extraordinary summit of foreign ministers, and that
the European Union was unable to come up with a united, coordinated,
and condemning reaction as we have heard from the presidents of the
three Baltic States and Poland," Vike-Freiberga told diena. lv news
portal.
Riga - Latvia's ex-president Vaira Vike-Freiberga, nicknamed the "Baltic Iron Lady" during her eight-year term, has released a music album, local media reported on Wednesday.
Vike-Freiberga, the country's first woman president, served from 1999 to 2007.
The CD entitled Vaira's Songs features songs by folk duo Ruta and Valdis Muktupavelis, Vike-Freiberga's husband, Imants, and son, Karlis, as well as her former presidential press secretary Aiva Rozenberga.
Riga - Latvia's former president Vaira Vike-Freiberga on Monday
Riga - Latvia's ex-president Vaira Vike-Freiberga, nicknamed the "Baltic Iron Lady" during her eight-year term, has released a music album, local media reported on Wednesday.
