- Take two – another cliffhanger in Latvia’s political melodrama
It seems like Latvians have taken the old political advice “vote early and vote often” to a new level. On Sept. 17 they will go to the polls to choose the 11th Saeima, less than a year after the previous elections.
- Latvia - a society squabbling with itself
She may be one angry voter, but no one can accuse Parsla Mezciema of sitting on the sidelines. The 50-year-old employee of a large Riga publishing house was a card-carrying member of the ruling Unity party before quitting in disgust.
- Fingers crossed
I can’t help it. I’m an eternal optimist. One of my late mother’s favorite sayings was “Everything’s going to be OK,” and she was usually right when, for instance, I woke up feeling sniffly in the morning and didn’t want to go to school.
- It’s party time
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