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	Q-Seattle Events: Tacky Tourist Clubs: Pride and hatred: History is politics in Latvia
		One of the religious leaders that Hutcherson met with in Latvia on March 10 was Cardinal Pujats, who believes gay folk -- the folks who were pelted with eggs or worse as they tried to march in 2005 or meet together in a hotel in 2006 -- there don't encounter any problems.
		The purpose of these "calendar" demonstrations was to publicly commemorate the events of June 13-14, 1941 (the mass deportations of Latvians to the Soviet Union); August 23, 1939 (the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact); and November 18, 1918 (the proclamation of Latvian independence).
		He has allied himself in Latvia with Alexei Ledyaev, a Russian-speaking preacher from Khazakhstan who has, according to this Latvian blogger [via Slog], called for the abandonment, not only of EU tolerance policies, but also of the constitution adopted after the November 18 proclamation of independence.
	www.ttca.org /cruisenews/2007/03/pride-and-hatred-history-is-politics-in.shtml (1366 words)

	Latvian Language Facts
		The Latvian language is spoken by 1.5 million people primarily by the Latvian population in Latvia, where it is the official language, and secondarily by the non-Latvian population in the same country.
		Latvia is a country with long historic ties with Germany, Poland, Sweden and Russia.
		Both during tsarist times (when Latvia was a part of the Russian Empire) and during Soviet occupation in the latter half of the 20th century, many Russians have immigrated into the country without learning Latvian.
	www.languagehelpers.com /languagefacts/latvian.html (323 words)

	Politics of Latvia
		The Saeima[?], a unicameral legislative body, now is the highest organ of state authority in Latvia.
		In autumn 1991 Latvia reimplemented significant portions of its 1922 constitution and in spring 1993 the government took a census to determine eligibility for citizenship.
		Latvia's flag consists of two horizontal, maroon bands of equal width, divided by a white stripe one-half the width.
	www.fastload.org /po/Politics_of_Latvia.html (1200 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Latvia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Known originally as Livonia, the area that now constitutes Latvia was under the influence of the German Sword Brethren (SchwertbrÃ¼der) from the 13th century onward until the 16th century, when the institution of Livonia was terminated and sold by the local aristocracy to Poland.
		Latvia has no territorial claims towards Russia, but demands an acknowledgement from Russia of the annexation of the small part of Abrene region, since this land was previously part of Latvia and was detached from it by the Soviet Union.
		Latvia is historically and culturally divided in four or five distinct regions, see regions of Latvia.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/latvia (2384 words)

	The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Latvia
		Courland Jewish culture differs significantly from that of the rest of Latvia, due to the province’s proximity to Germany, though it was slightly influenced by the neighboring Lithuanian Jewish community.
		The government of Latvia was void of Jews and, between the wars, the economic situation of the Jews nose-dived.
		Those investigated included the Reich commissioner for Ostland, the commissioner general for Latvia, the chief of police for Ostland, the chief of the Gestapo, and the chief of the Riga concentration camp.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Latvia.html (3056 words)

	Latvia - Gurupedia
		Baltic Sea, Latvia is known as one of the Baltic States, together with Estonia and Lithuania, which border the nation in the north and south, respectively.
		Russian financial crisis, largely due to the previous government's budget stringency and a gradual reorientation of exports toward EU countries, lessening Latvia's trade dependency on Russia.
		Latvia officially joined the World Trade Organisation in February 1999 and the European Union in May 2004.
	www.gurupedia.com /l/la/latvia.htm (511 words)

	Latvia - Government and Politics
		The Supreme Council declared the Soviet annexation of Latvia illegal and restored certain articles of the constitution of February 15, 1922, pertaining to the election of the Saeima and to Latvia's status as an independent and democratic state whose sovereign power rests with the Latvian people.
		Their reluctance to tamper with the 1922 constitution and the basics of the 1918 republic extended to a refusal to change Latvia's electoral law, which technically was not even part of the constitution.
		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)

	ipedia.com: Latvia Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Republic of Latvia, or Latvia, is a republic in Northeastern Europe.
		The Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Republika), or Latvia (Latvian: Latvija), is a republic in Northeastern Europe.
		Latvia became the member state of NATO on March 29 2004.
	www.ipedia.com /latvia_1.html (712 words)

	Redrawing the Boundaries:
		Latvia’s 1994 citizenship legislation set naturalization limits for Soviet-era immigrants and their children, who account for nearly 700,000 in a total Latvian population of 2.7 million.
		The underlying aim of this restrictive citizenship law was to politically delegitimize the minority Russophone population by assigning it a legal category: illegal immigrant.
		Latvia’s security has in part depended on the country’s political élites adapting to new norms of security policy and Western democratic expectations.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~innovate/issues/99final.htm (6046 words)

	Latvia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		Latvia borders Estonia on the north, Lithuania in the south, the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of Riga in the west, Russia in the east, and Belarus in the southeast.
		Latvia is largely a fertile lowland with numerous lakes and hills to the east.
		Latvia was one of the most economically well-off and industrialized parts of the Soviet Union.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107706.html (744 words)

	East European Constitutional Review
		Proposed changes to the Law on Citizenship continue to dominate politics in Latvia.
		Though the amendments passed the first two readings, they were derailed when a group of deputies asked President Guntars Ulmanis to suspend their publication and hold a referendum on the questions.
		Latvia's Way (LW), the People's Party (PP), Democratic Party Saimnieks (DPS), the Social Democratic Union (SDU), the New Party (NP), and the People's Harmony Party (PHP) favored amending the law to relax citizenship requirements.
	www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol7num4/30.html (403 words)

	Central Europe Review - Latvia: Stability Still Not in Style
		The aforementioned rainbow coalition of 1995-97 was led by then-apolitical businessman Skele, whose style of managing the government was described as either commanding or authoritarian, depending on whose comment one sought.
		With the People's Party pushing for Skele and Latvia's Way insistent on former Minister of Transportation Vilis Kristopans to be the prime minister, the latter managed to link up with two other parties and gain the nomination from President Guntis Ulmanis.
		Most politics watchers, including noted analyst and human rights campaigner Nils Muiznieks, believe that the three parties have very similar platforms over key issues, for example citizenship, privatisation, foreign relations, language and budgetary matters.
	www.ce-review.org /authorarchives/amber_archive/amber17old.html (714 words)

	Politics of Latvia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Latvia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		Latvia allows dual citizenship for those who were forced to leave Latvia during the Soviet or Nazi occupation and adopted another citizenship while away from Latvia.
		Locally, Latvia elects municipal councils, consisting of 7 to 60 members, depending on the size of the municipality, also by proportional representation for a four year term.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Latvia (1721 words)

	Latvian Nazis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Her term began with a baptism by fire when she vetoed a controversial change to the language law that was overwhelmingly approved by parliament but condemned by international organisations.
		Though born in Latvia, the future president spent part of her childhood in German refugee camps and was later educated in then-French-occupied Morocco, hence her being a Francophone.
		Her frequent and unrepentant use of the veto has saved Latvia many times from falling into international criticism, giving politicians a second chance to examine their work without the emotional rhetoric that comes with politics in Latvia.
	www.aeronautics.ru /archive/wwii/baltic_nazis/latvia/bio_001.htm (614 words)

	Amazon.com: Latvia in Transition: Books: Juris Dreifelds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Latvia is a small country, one of the three Baltic republics that were independent in the inter-war period but where taken over by Soviet forces in June of 1940, after Hitler and Stalin secretly devided Eastern Europe between themselves.
		Latvia in Transition, by Juris Dreifelds, is an even-handed and readable treatment of the post-Soviet period in Latvia.
		Of greatest concern, according to Dreifelds, is the need for Latvia to be constantly vigilant against its large neighbor to the east, and to develop a strong support network in the West of economic, and if necessary, military backing should Russia become aggressive and once again seek to encompass its former Baltic holdings.
	www.amazon.com /Latvia-Transition-Juris-Dreifelds/dp/052155537X (1891 words)

	RIA Novosti - Opinion & analysis - Russia and Latvia: friends and partners or foes?
		The Latvian political elite is so anti-Russian that it will view Russia's attempts to solve the problem of Russian speakers in Latvia as a resurgence of imperial ambitions and a move towards reconstructing the Soviet Union.
		Latvia's non-citizens should be encouraged to become naturalized and given help, including financial assistance, to adjust to new realities, in particular by learning the Latvian language.
		Latvia could respond by granting the Russian language official status, which would give Russian speakers additional rights and opportunities and promote the use of Russian.
	en.rian.ru /analysis/20060828/53212175.html (857 words)

	Latvia - Politics
		More than twenty political parties or coalitions contended for seats in the June 1993 general elections, including Latvia's Way (Latvijas Cels), the Popular Front of Latvia, the Latvian National Independence Movement, Harmony for Latvia, the Latvian Democratic Labor Party, the Latvian Farmers Union, the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party, the Green Party, and Ravnopraviye.
		The Latvian National Independence Movement, which was further to the right on the political spectrum, won fifteen seats; the moderate-left Harmony for Latvia, which took a liberal stance toward the issue of citizenship, won thirteen seats; and the center-right Latvian Farmers Union won twelve seats.
		Then Maris Gailis of Latvia's Way engineered a coalition with two groups that emerged from a split in the Harmony for Latvia movement--the National Union of Economists, which advocates an expanded economic role for the state and greater concessions on citizenship rights for the Russians and other ethnic minorities, and Harmony for the People.
	countrystudies.us /latvia/22.htm (627 words)

	Global Voices Online » Latvia
		All About Latvia writes about election results and Latvia’s minority voters: “As if speaking to Latvia’s MEP Tatjana Zdanoka, one woman exemplified a sentiment of most minority voters, when she said ‘Tatjana, people are simply tired of fighting and barricades.
		Latgale is a region of Latvia that has long fascinated me; it is considered by many to be the most rural part of Latvia, and it shares a long border to the east with Russia.
		All About Latvia exposes nopride.lv, a homophobic Latvian group that claims to be not responsible for Saturday’s attacks.
	www.globalvoicesonline.org /-/world/eastern-central-europe/latvia/?cl=f (1780 words)

	Alibris: Latvia
		It describes a sailing cruise in Latvia with his new wife Evgenia (formerly Trotsky’ s secretary) up the Aa River, from Riga to Mitau and back. A classic Ransome story, it is illustrated with his own photos.
		The Jewish community of Latvia lived at the crossroads of East and West and was the home of such distinguished people as Isaiah Berlin and Sergey Eisenstein.
		Jack Ratz was a boy of fourteen when his hometown in Latvia fell to the Nazi forces, only a few years after the Russians had brought communism to the peaceful country.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Latvia (802 words)

	Cultural Identity Predissertation Fellows, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99
		Walker suggests that the case study of Riga can shed light on the current interplay of ethnicity and politics in Latvia and on the role of ethnic identity in the process of institutional design.
		In cities where ethnic groups are polarized, representatives of interest groups with an ethnic base are likely to value only the benefits of public goods that accrue to their groups, and discount benefits for other groups.
		The goal of this research project is to systematically study the relationship between ethnic fractionalization and level of provision of public goods in cities.
	globetrotter.berkeley.edu /fellowship/fellows/idpre96-98.html (904 words)

	Political Forum - US & World Political Discussion Forums
		Welcome to the internet's political forum for civil discussion of politics.
		This is a forum for discussion and debate of the issues, and not for personal remarks aimed at other discussants.
		This forum has no political affiliation and welcomes your perspective on the issues.
	www.politicsforumpoliticalworld.com (383 words)

	Fulbright New Century Scholars Program: Mihails Rodins
		His research work has focused on political culture and participation; national identity, ethnic conflicts and national integration; political elite in the Russian Federation; and comparative methodology.
		This research is oriented towards the analysis of democratic integration and political stability in Latvia, Estonia and the South Ukraine through the achievement of national identity and equal conditions of cultural pluralism.
		The regime changes in the region of the research are examined through the national political elites and mass actor's approaches in a comparative perspective with the political elites in the Russian Federation.
	www.cies.org /NCS/ncs_mrodins.htm (347 words)

	The history of modern fascism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Last year SS veterans freely marched in Latvia, while a similar march by Russian W.W.II veterans was brutally suppressed by Latvian police, who used tear gas and sticks on 80-year-old men and women.
		This is not even about Russians living in the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, who are being treated like second-rate residents and are being denied the most basic human rights by the governments which want to become an integrated part of European society.
		Gaining political and military influence in the Baltics was always the most sacred desire of the Cold Warriors on the Capitol Hill.
	www.aeronautics.ru /nws001/bbc003.htm (1688 words)

	The Latvian Institute - Home
		Government and Politics Satversme (The Constitution) Latvian Political System Saeima (The Parliament) President of Latvia Chairman of the Saeima of Latvia Prime Minister of Latvia The Cabinet of Ministers Government Links
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	www.latvia.lv (592 words)

	LATVIANS.COM Mailer - 1999 Archive
		Latvia votes against Russian anti-U.S. ABM resolution at the U.N.; Yeltsin threatens U.S. Domu Baznica (Church) Square by night
		Latvia is perceived as the most corrupt of the Baltic States in which to do business
		Latvia is reported as the country with the highest incidence of drug-resistant tuberculosis
	www.latvians.com /en/Mailer/mailer.php?1999 (662 words)

	Latvia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Latvia -- the transit hub.(a review of current economic and political conditions)(Statistical Data Included)
		Latvia on the Way to the European Union.
		Latvia: potential and opportunity at the centre of the Baltic.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107706.html (804 words)

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