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Latvia: Ecliptic Referendum

Written byVilhelm Konnander
Posted 3 August 2008 22:08 GMT

Marginalia comments on Latvia's failed referendum, on changing the constitution to enable the people to initiate the dissolution of Parliament, which coincided with a solar eclipse on the hottest day of the year. Baltic presents a background to the referendum.

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