Latvia

Latvian parliament rejects changes to constitution, forcing a poll

Riga  - The Latvian parliament on Thursday rejected constitutional amendments, giving voters a right to call for snap elections, forcing the small Baltic EU nation to hold a referendum on the issue

Lithuania, Latvia ratify EU reform treaty

Riga/Vilnius - The parliaments of Lithuania and Latvia on Thursday ratified the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, bringing to 13 the number of member states signed off on the document.

Passengers from stranded cruise ship start to head home

Riga  - More than 650 passengers, mostly elderly Germans, who were evacuated from a cruise ship stranded off Latvia were beginning to head home, LNT TV reported Tuesday.

Eastern Europe's migrant workers weigh return home

Rezekne, Latvia - Sergejs Cakss swerves his 2002 Volkswagen Golf around potholes in one of the poorest parts of the European Union, near the Russian border.

Energy debate rages on in Latvia as atomic plant prepares to close

Energy debate rages on in Latvia as atomic plant prepares to close

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