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  Latvia - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
The resignation in May of the defence minister Andrejs Krastins prompted a further investigation into corruption allegations that culminated in the collapse of Skele’s government in July.
Guntars Krasts, economy minister in the outgoing administration, was invited to form a government by President Ulmanis.
The prime minister in the outgoing administration, Guntars Krasts, was appointed deputy prime minister.
uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761577313___6/Latvia.html   (1353 words)

  
 National Conference on Soviet Jewry - Riga Bombing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
President Guntis Ulmanis Prime Minister Guntars Krasts and the Foreign Minister condemned the act, and pulled together a meeting with security officials to discuss action.
Krasts visited the synagogue that day and promised that the building would be restored.
Krasts also sent a request to the U.S. Embassy in Riga, asking for assistance from the FBI in the investigation.
www.ncsj.org /AuxPages/Rigabomb.shtml   (579 words)

  
 East European Constitutional Review
Already on July 28, the president invited Minister of Economics Guntars Krasts (FFP) to form the new government.
Subsequently, DPS announced that it was going to introduce “state nationalism” (without specifying the meaning of this vague term) and in October submitted several draft laws to Parliament designed to protect local entrepreneurs and manufactures.
Krasts criticized the proposals, claiming that such legislation would hamper Latvia’s chances of joining the EU and violate the free trade agreement between Latvia and the EU.
www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol6num4/constitutionwatch/latvia.html   (2104 words)

  
 A Speech by Latvian Prime Minister Guntars Krasts
A Speech by Latvian Prime Minister Guntars Krasts
hen Guntars Krasts took over as prime minister in the summer of 1997, no one knew quite what to expect of the young Latvian politician.
But Krasts, like virtually every Latvian prime minister since independence, has demonstrated a striking commitment to implementing free-market policies.
www.balticsworldwide.com /latvian_pm.htm   (1402 words)

  
 NATO Press Release (97)110   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Guntars Krasts, will visit NATO Headquarters on Wednesday, 24 September.
Prime Minister Krasts' departure is expected at 16:10.
Introductory remarks by the Secretary General, followed by reply by Prime Minister Krasts.
www.nato.int /docu/pr/1997/p97-110e.htm   (142 words)

  
 Balts back war, pledge non-combat troops (Lithuania and Latvia)
Guntars Krasts, head of the Saeima's European Affairs Committee, said the Latvian government would maintain its support of the United States despite growing opposition to the war inside Latvia and elsewhere in Europe.
Krasts rejected charges that Latvia's overt support of the United States could damage relations with European countries, particularly France and Germany, whichoppose the war.
But Krasts did not rule out a backlash from supporting the United States, nor did Mari-Ann Kelam, an MP with Estonia's Pro Patria Union.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/878890/posts   (1045 words)

  
 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
Latvian Prime Minister Guntars Krasts on 14 August signed a petition in support of holding a referendum on amendments to the citizenship law, BNS and Reuters reported.
Krasts had said earlier that the amendments were passed without a broad public debate and that the best way to judge public opinion would be through a referendum.
The driving force behind the initiative is Krasts's Father and Freedom party, which is opposed to the amendment whereby all children born after August 1991 will be granted citizenship without having to demonstrate proficiency in the Latvian language.
www.rferl.org /newsline/1998/08/3-CEE/cee-170898.asp   (1428 words)

  
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Latvian treatment of its Russians has received top billing in Russian media in the last month." "Trumpeting the idea of protecting beleaguered Russians suffering at foreign hands is usually a sure-fire way of arousing nationalist sympathies in Moscow.
Krasts said he would not back down." LONDON GUARDIAN: Relationship plunges to a new low "Russia's troubled relationship with its Baltic neighbor Latvia plunged to a new low yesterday," writes Moscow correspondent Tom Whitehouse in London's The Guardian.
Hoffman writes: "A simmering dispute over the treatment of ethnic Russians in Latvia intensified (yesterday) as President Boris Yeltsin threatened to take economic reprisals against Riga, such as rerouting Russian oil exports away from the Baltic state.
www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/98-04/apr09c.rfe   (584 words)

  
 Isamaaliit - PAREMA ELU NIMEL!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
By Jerzy Buzek, Guntars Krasts, Mart Laar and Vytautas Landsbergis
From Mr Mart Laar, Guntars Krasts MEP, Vytautas Landsbergis MEP and Jerzy Buzek MEP.
Mart Laar, former prime minister of Estonia; Guntars Krasts, former PM of Latvia; Vytautas Landsbergis, former president of Lithuania; Jerzy Buzek, former PM of Poland
www.isamaaliit.ee /?id=32944   (675 words)

  
 PDS Russian Religion News April 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Latvian president Guntis Ulmanis, Prime Minister Guntars Krasts, and the chief of the Latvian foreign ministry distributed a statement in which they sharply condemned the indicent.
Prime minister Guntars Krasts, who visited the place of the incident, promised personally to follow the course of the investigation.
Prime Minister Guntars Krasts visited the synagogue, in Riga's Old Town, and pledged that all damage -- notably to stained-glass windows and a wooden door -- would be repaired.
www.stetson.edu /~psteeves/relnews/9804a.html   (6290 words)

  
 MINELREL-L Archive (03101998-23:05:23-2324)
Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin on 6 March slammed his Latvian counterpart, Guntars Krasts, for suggesting that Russia may have helped stage the rally.
Chernomyrdin said it is a "big shame" that Latvia has a premier such as Krasts, adding that it is "impermissible to live like this in Europe at the end of the 20th century with the humiliation of entire nations," Reuters reported.
Following a special cabinet session on 7 March, Latvian Premier Krasts told journalists that the police had acted "properly" and there had been no violation of human rights at the 3 March demonstration, BNS and Interfax reported.
www.minelres.lv /minelres/archive/03101998-23:05:23-2324.html   (1116 words)

  
 Munich Economic Summit 2004 - John Peet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Guntars Krasts is Former Prime Minister, Republic of Latvia
Read his keynote speech at the Munich Economic Summit 2003-->
Read his speech at the Munich Economic Summit 2004
www.munich-economic-summit.com /Krasts04_L.htm   (28 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Latvians counter that they are meant to help integrate minorities, adding that those who don't learn Latvian will find it hard to secure good jobs.
"The reforms will enable more of these students to get more involved in all the affairs of the Latvian state - to become civil servants, get elected to the parliament, and to participate in all aspects of Latvian political life," argued parliamentarian Guntars Krasts.
But Boris Cilevics, a legislator of Russian descent, said the government has pressed relentlessly on with the reform, paying complaints no heed.
www.asu.edu /educ/epsl/LPRU/newsarchive/Art3622.txt   (503 words)

  
 CNN - Latvians favor easier citizenship for ethnic Russians, early returns show - October 3, 1998
Early results from the parliamentary election showed the new center-right Peoples Party garnering the most votes at 26 percent.
The conservative Latvia's Way had 23 percent, the Social Democrats 14 percent and the right-wing Fatherland and Freedom Party of Prime Minister Guntars Krasts 13 percent.
In all, 21 parties and alliances were seeking seats in Latvia's parliament, the Saeima.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9810/03/latvia.elex/index.html   (415 words)

  
 CNN.com - Latvian government to step down after coalition falls apart - Feb. 5, 2004
Repse's government was thrown into turmoil last week when one of the parties making up his center-right government, Latvia's First, resigned, leaving it without a legislative majority with just 45 out of 100 seats in parliament.
"The prime minister chose now to resign because he doesn't think it possible to work in a minority government," said Guntars Gute, a spokesman for Repse's New Era party.
"The reforms will enable more of these students to get more involved in all the affairs of the Latvian state -- to become civil servants, get elected to the parliament, and to participate in all aspects of Latvian political life," argued parliamentarian Guntars Krasts.
edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/02/05/bc.latvia.government.ap   (727 words)

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