Stories about Latvia from April, 2008
Soviet History: Samizdat Anniversary
Window on Eurasia writes about the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Soviet samizdat publication, the Chronicle of Current Events.
Estonia: Interview With Blogger Flasher T
Itching for Eestimaa interviews “Estonian blogger Flasher T, author of the lively Antyx.”
Latvia: Referendum
Peteris Cedrins of Marginalia is one of the 213,000 people who “signed in favor of amendments to […] Latvia's Constitution, that would make it possible for the people to initiate the dissolution of Parliament”: “Still, I signed… because I trust our people — our nation — a lot more than...
The Baltics: “The State of the Nation”
Marginalia muses about “the state of the nation.”
Latvia: Southern Bridge in Riga
Baltic writes about Riga's Southern Bridge, which could “bring Latvia into the Guinness book of records for the greatest amount of misspent public funds.”
