Stories about Latvia from February, 2008
Latvia: Kārlis Ulmanis
Marginalia writes about “every Latvian's favorite dictator, Kārlis Ulmanis.”
Latvia, Russia: Ambassador Veshnyakov
Latvian Abroad is pleasantly surprised with Russia's new ambassador to Latvia – Aleksandr Veshnyakov, former head of the Central Election Committee: “He was interviewed by Echo of Moscow radio station before leaving for Latvia and he declared that he will learn Latvian because he considers that as a measure of...
Europe: BarCamp Baltics
Daily EM reports on BarCamp Baltics.
Latvia: “The Idiot's Day”
All About Latvia writes about “a criminal investigation over the allegations of distributing child pornography by the Latvian National Opera” – and about a fine imposed on a Latvian supermarket by “the language police” for advertising “in non-understandable and mutilated state language.”
Europe, Russia: “The New Cold War” by Edward Lucas
Marginalia reviews Edward Lucas’ The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces both Russia and the West.
