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	Latvia Election Report [Complete Document] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE monitored the elections in Latvia at the invitation of the Latvian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
		During the pre-independence elections to the Supreme Soviet in 1990, the political monopoly of the Communist Party was successfully challenged by opposition forces united in the Popular Front of Latvia.
		In the elections to the Saeima on 5-6 June 1993, the status of the Soviet-era immigrants was one of the main issues, along with Soviet troop withdrawal and economic reforms.
	www.hri.org /docs/inter/95-10-25.doc.html (5509 words)

	Latvia Update - European Forum
		But in spite of the popularity of the current president and her general public approval, most Latvians share the idea that future Presidents of the Republic should be elected by direct universal suffrage instead of the present parliamentary election.
		The voter turnout on the election day was 41,3 %, which is higher than the average of the ten new member states (26.4%), but considerably lower than the turnout during the referendum on the accession to the EU in April 2003 (72,5%).
		The “term” corruption is defined in Latvian anti-corruption law as illegal obtainment of property or other goods and benefits by persons in public office or of similar status, by way of using their status or opportunities related to this status.
	www.europeanforum.net /country/latvia (5324 words)

	Latvia Human Rights Practices, 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Elections for the 100-seat Parliament (Saeima) held in the fall were free and fair, but the election law barred some citizens from competing as candidates due to prior activity in pro-Soviet organizations or lack of fluency in the state language.
		Although international observers deemed the parliamentary elections to be free and fair, the elections law passed in May barred the candidacy of any citizen who remained "active" in the Communist Party or various other pro-Soviet organizations after January 13, 1991.
		Local elections commissions took inadequate steps in some locations to insure that voters could make their choices in private booths, but there were no allegations that voters were subject to improper pressure or influence.
	www.usemb.se /human/human95/latvia.htm (4697 words)

	East European Constitutional Review
		Latvians remain content to “think left but vote right,” and the country is still one of the few in the postcommunist world never to have had a left-wing government.
		Latvian political parties used many innovative techniques to attract voters, including organizing beer festivals and hiring television celebrities to tour the country with politicians in order to attract an audience.This is not cheap.
		This means that Latvian parties spent a total of 2.8 lats ($4.70) per voter on this campaign, compared to 1.7 ($2.80) in the US and 0.4 ($0.70) in the UK.8 The wealthiest party is the People’s Party, having spent over 1.2 million lats ($2 million) on the campaign, more than double its nearest rivals.
	www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol11_12num4_1/focus/auers.html (2198 words)

	A Short History of Russian Elections' Short Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Russia's second experiment with general elections, launched at the close of the 20th century, has lasted for nearly 15 years, but it, too, is coming to an end.
		The restrictive election law allowed for candidates to be vetted by district electoral nominating conferences whose delegates the party tried to appoint in secret.
		The 1993 parliamentary election, held after the "democratic" dissolution of all representative government bodies, revealed a number of dangerous trends.
	www.gwu.edu /~ieresgwu/AShortHistoryofRussianElectionsShortLife.htm (1853 words)

	History of Latvia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The onset of WWI brought German occupation of the western coastal province of Kurzeme, and Latvians heroically countered the invasion with the establishment of several regiments of riflemen commanded by Czarist generals.
		The sagging military campaign generally increased Latvian and LSDU support for the Bolsheviks' successful October Revolution in 1917, in the hopes of a "free Latvia within free Russia." These circumstances led to the formation of the Soviet "Iskolat Republic" in the unoccupied section of Latvia.
		It recognized Latvian as the official language, granted cultural autonomy to the country's sizeable minorities, and introduced an electoral system into the Latvian constitution, which was adopted in 1922.
	www.historyofnations.net /europe/latvia.html (1906 words)

	Latvia (04/06)
		Latvians occasionally refer to themselves by the ancient name of "Latvji," which may have originated from a "Latve" river that presumably flowed through what is now eastern Latvia.
		Latvians and Lithuanians are the only directly surviving members of the Baltic peoples and languages of the Indo-European family.
		In an attempt to preserve the Latvian language and avoid ethnic Latvians becoming a minority in their own country, Latvia's language law, education law, and citizenship law have caused many noncitizen resident Russians concern over their ability to assimilate, despite Latvian legal guarantees of universal human and civil rights regardless of citizenship.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5378.htm (4597 words)

	Latvia: it's out with the old and in with 'New Era' - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Latvian voters have reaffirmed a trend since independence by voting into office an entirely new political party.
		He told his colleagues and supporters during the election night there would be no corruption in his government: "Our government should not only be open and honest, it should be efficient, that is, professional.
		Experts say the emergence of new parties in each of the last three elections shows that Latvian voters are constantly becoming dissatisfied with parties in power.
	www.eubusiness.com /Homepage_Other_News/92564 (779 words)

	CER \| Latvia prosecutes National Bolshevics
		Latvian diplomats tried to keep a low profile on the issue and to "disconnect" the Kaliningrad nuclear news from NATO enlargement rationale.
		In the meantime, the most significant probe of forces before the 2002 parliamentary election will be municipal elections in March.
		The Latvian securities commission expects a 17 percent jump in total securities market volumes in 2001, to over LVL four billion (USD 6.5 billion) from 2000, with foreign securities to see the highest increase.
	www.ce-review.org /01/1/latvianews1.html (1147 words)

	Results of the 9th Saeima elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Latvian Social Democratic Workers Party (3.50%), left-wing bloc "Motherland Union" (2.09%), nationalist party "Everything For Latvia" (1.49%) and New Democrats (1.26%) failed to overcome the 5 percent vote threshold set for winning seats in the parliament.
		The rest of the 19 political parties taking part in Latvia's parliamentary elections received less than 1 percent of votes.
		A total of 19 political parties fielding 1,024 candidates competed for 100 seats in the parliament to be elected for a four-year term in proportional elections.
	www.latvia-usa.org /resof9thsaei.html (254 words)

	1996 Human Rights Report: Latvia
		Elections for the 100-seat Parliament (Saeima) held in the fall of 1995 were free and fair, but the election law barred some citizens from competing due to prior activity in pro-Soviet organizations or lack of fluency in the state language.
		A parliamentary effort to restrict the pool of presidential candidates on the basis of language ability or past Communist activities was returned by the President for reconsideration and did not enter into force.
		At the request of the parliamentary human rights committee, the NHRO undertook a major study of all differences between the status of citizens and noncitizens to determine whether they may be inconsistent with constitutional provisions or international obligations and to recommend revisions in legislation if necessary.
	www.ucsj.org /frames/DOSreports/latvia.html (5901 words)

	Latvian parliamentary election, 1993 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elections for 5th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on June 5 and June 6, 1993.
		This was the first parliamentary elections in Latvia after its independence was restored in 1991.
		Latvijas Tautas Fronte (The Popular Front of Latvia), which was the ruling party before elections, received 2.6% of vote and did not win any seats in the parliament.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Latvian_parliamentary_election,_1993 (199 words)

	DV USA - Latvian Parliament elections
		Information about the elections, relevant laws, candidate lists and other information may be viewed at the Latvian government Central Election Commission site: www.cvk.lv.
		There is also information about the elections in Latvian and English in the latest ALA Infogram.
		The Latvian newspaper Diena has compiled its reportage, analyses, party programs, candidate lists and other information about the elections onto a separate web site www.vdiena.lv on which the entire content is available for free.
	www.daugavasvanagi.org /e9saeima.htm (502 words)

	Baltic American Freedom League
		On December 1, Latvian political parties ended a two-month deadlock by concluding a broad-based coalition agreement and programmatic declaration for the new government.
		First, it commands an overwhelming parliamentary majority; and, secondly, it has the support of all Latvian parliamentary parties, thereby isolating the Russian left-wing parties.
		Such a broad basis reflects Latvian political forces' shared goal that the new government continue in office until the 2006 parliamentary elections.
	www.bafl.com /newsDetail.asp?idNews=75 (605 words)

	RIA Novosti - Russia - Neo-fascism on the rise in Latvia
		Among the guests were the chairman of the Latvian parliamentary fraction of the New Time Party Karlis Shadurskis, parliament members from the Fatherland and Freedom party Yuris Dobelis and Peteris Tabuns, and the former head of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Alexander Kirchsteins.
		Latvian Defense Minister and leader of the New Time party Einars Repse proposed establishing a monthly allowance beginning September 1 of this year taken from the defense budget for former 'Forest Brothers', who took up arms against the Soviet Union in World War II.
		As the parliamentary elections loom, far-right nationalists, making World War II revisionism and the lionization of Nazi helpers, one of their main ideological standpoints, are striving to mobilize the ultra-nationalist part of the electorate as much as possible," the press service said.
	en.rian.ru /russia/20050817/41171385.html (347 words)

	Latvian election upheld, Supreme Court challenge fails
		RIGA - The outcome of the recent Latvian parliamentary elections has been upheld after the Supreme Court rejected a claim for annulment which was presented by four losing parties.
		The Supreme Court found that there had been violations during the election campaign but they were not as serious as to warrant an annulment of the elections results.
		The Central Election Commission legal representative, Janis Jonass, said that the complaining parties failed to give specific reasons as to why the results should be found unlawful, and failed to give adequate explanations to the court.
	www.baltictimes.com /news/articles/16750 (327 words)

	Latvia - Government and Politics
		The decision of the Latvian Supreme Soviet in December 1989 to end the communist party's monopoly on political power in Latvia cleared the way for the rise of independent political parties and for the country's first free parliamentary elections since 1940.
		To pass this declaration, according to Soviet Latvian law, it was necessary to have at least a two-thirds majority of the total number of deputies--134 out of 201.
		The elections in 1990, critics said, were still held in occupied Latvia in accordance with the rules agreed upon by the communist-led Supreme Soviet of Latvia.
	countrystudies.us /latvia/20.htm (623 words)

	Latvian PM congratulated on his appointment - Russian News - REGNUM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis (People’s Party) continues to receive congratulations on his appointment head of government in recent parliamentary elections, REGNUM correspondent reported November 14 referring to Latvian official sources.
		Barroso stressed that elections to the ninth Saema took place at a remarkable time when Latvia is preparing to derive a maximum benefit from its EU membership.
		As REGNUM informed earlier, Latvian president commissioned Aigars Kalvitis who headed previous minority government to form a new Latvian cabinet after the Latvian parliamentary elections held on November 7.
	www.regnum.ru /english/739080.html (702 words)

	LATVIA: parliamentary elections Saeima, 1998
		Elections were held for all the seats in Parliament following the premature dissolution of the legislature.
		The 1998 poll was held at the same time as a popular referendum on facilitating Latvian naturalization requirements for some 700,000 stateless Russian-speaking inhabitants.
		On polling day, the referendum was approved by 53% of the voters and the pro-business TP topped all other parties with 24 seats as the total number of groups gaining parliamentary representation dropped from nine to six.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2177_98.htm (316 words)

	BHHRG
		Public prosecutor’s office of Balva district brought criminal proceedings in connection with possible falsification of election documents in Kubul volost (Sub-district) of the Balva district during voting to the ninth Latvian Saeima (parliament) on October 7, 2006.
		On October 9, one of the polling station’s employees was quoted by Latvian First TV-Channel as informing that one of election committees’ members entered names of five persons, who had not voted, into lists of voted persons.
		In his turn, Latvian Central Election Committee Chairman Arnis Cimdars commented to the TV-Channel that the case in Kubul volost would not influence upon general outcomes of Saeima elections.
	www.bhhrg.org /mediaDetails.asp?ArticleID=1426 (201 words)

	Voting begins in Latvian parliamentary elections
		Voting began in Latvia Saturday for the first parliamentary elections since the Baltic state joined the European Union (EU), and only the ninth since the republic was founded in 1918.
		Nineteen parties fielding a total of 1,024 candidates are contesting the election.
		Latvia has enjoyed an economic boom since joining the EU and NATO in 2004, with GDP growth in the first half of this year hitting 12 percent.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/World/20061007/472333.html (178 words)

	Latvian parliamentary elections: Misrepresentations found at a polling station - Russian News - REGNUM
		Public prosecutor’s office of Balva district brought criminal proceedings in connection with possible falsification of election documents in Kubul volost (Sub-district) of the Balva district during voting to the ninth Latvian Saema (parliament) on October 7, 2006.
		In his turn, Latvian Central Election Committee Chairman Arnis Cimdars commented to the TV-Channel that the case in Kubul volost would not influence upon general outcomes of Saema elections.
		Presidential election in Russia to be held on March 9, 2008
	www.regnum.ru /english/718936.html (687 words)

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		The 55-year-old Prokhorov previously served as the election campaign manager of Governor Viktor Maslov, a former local FSB chief who was elected in a controversial vote in May (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 20 May 2002).
		Georgievski is trailing badly in the opinion polls for the 15 September parliamentary elections.
		The latter is working with Kuchma to ensure stage-managed presidential elections that would lead to a victory by Kuchma's hand-picked successor and his immunity from prosecution.
	www.hri.org /news/balkans/rferl/2002/02-08-07.rferl (8814 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Latvian coalition retains power
		Final results from the general election give the coalition, led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis, just enough seats to form a parliamentary majority.
		Saturday's election was the first since Latvia joined the European Union and Nato two years ago.
		The Latvian President, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, said the result was a positive change: "The centre and moderacy seem to be the order of the day in these elections."
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/5416778.stm (361 words)

	New York Latvian Calendar (Home) English - NYLatvian.Org
		This calendar and information about the Latvian community in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are maintained by the Council of American-Latvian Organizations of New York, Inc. (CALONY).
		Saturday, Dec. 16, - Latvian grade school Christmas Tree celebrations at 11:00 at the Yonkers Church, and at 12:30 in Summit, at the St. John's Lutheran Church, 587 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ.
		Saturday, Dec. 16, at 15:00 - Christmas tree celebration by the New York Latvian society and the New York Daugavas Vanagi, at the DV House.
	www.nylatvian.org /eindex.htm (1475 words)

	Central Europe Review - Latvian News Review
		As the President remained in Latvia, Prime Minister Andris Skele led the Latvian delegation to the OSCE summit in Istanbul, Turkey.
		Before the referendum, Prime Minister Andris Skele, a vehement opponent of the referendum, told people to "not vote." The changes to the pensions law concerned the raising of the retirement age gradually to 62 and the restriction of payments to working pensioners (see this week's Amber Coast for more on this controversial and critical story).
		Additionally, 2001 is the 800th anniversary of Riga and tenth anniversary of the restoration of Latvian independence.
	www.ce-review.org /99/22/latvianews22.html (809 words)

	Latvian Mailer - November 28, 1999
		Latvian Saeima votes to continue (as is) the current requirement of a 200 person minimum to form a new political party
		MOSCOW, November 18 (Itar-Tass)—Organisation and holding of the parliamentary elections abroad is an important political task for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Sergeyev, who heads the ministry's committee for the elections, told Itar-Tass on Thursday.
		It is 2.3 times more than in the 1995 parliamentary elections, he said.
	www.latvians.com /en/Mailer/envelope.php?1999_11_28.htm (695 words)

	Latvia Bans Former KGB Officer From Elections - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Constitutional Court sources said Monday the suit was launched by Juris Bojars, a leader of the Latvian Social-Democratic Workers Party, who served in the KGB before 1972 and quit its ranks voluntarily.
		Apart from a ban on their participation in parliamentary elections, they cannot occupy a number of government positions.
		Latvia is expected to hold parliamentary elections in October.
	mosnews.com /news/2006/01/10/latvianskgb.shtml (779 words)

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