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	Sandra Kalniete - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sandra Kalniete (born December 22, 1952) is a Latvian politician.
		Kalniete was born in Togur, Tomsk Oblast, Russia where her family was deported from Latvia during Stalin's era.
		After Latvia declaring independence, Kalniete worked in Latvia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as Latvia's ambassador to UN (from 1993 to 1997), France (from 1997 to 2000) and UNESCO (from 2000 to 2002).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandra_Kalniete (253 words)

	The European Commission Office in Wales - Press Release - European Commissioner visits Royal Welsh Show
		Mrs Kalniete is the first European Commissioner from the new members states of the EU to visit Wales.
		Commissioner Kalniete is one of 10 Commissioners appointed following the enlargement of the European Union in May of this year.
		Sandra Kalniete was born in 1952 in Togur, Russia, during her family's deportation to Siberia.
	www.cec.org.uk /wales/press/pr/0415.htm (780 words)

	News Report : 13-04-2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sandra Kalniete, an experienced diplomat who has been Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs since November 2002, will be shadowing Franz Fischler, the Commissioner responsible for agriculture and fisheries.
		Ms Kalniete stressed that she would not have any political responsibility in her new post at the European Commission, so her aim will instead be to learn about all agriculture and fisheries issues across the board, and to enhance the Commission's efforts at communicating with all EU citizens from both new and existing Member States.
		Izjautāšanas sākumā Sandra Kalniete uzrunāja Eiropas Parlamenta deputātus un norādīja uz to, ka Latvijas komisāra stāšanās deputātu priekšā pati par sevi ir simbolisks brīdis, godinot tos cilvēkus Latvijā, kas grūti un pašaizliedzīgi strādājuši, lai veicinātu Eiropas atkalapvienošanos.
	www2.europarl.eu.int /omk/sipade2?PUBREF=-//EP//TEXT+PRESS+NR-20040413-1+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&L=EN&LEVEL=2&NAV=X&LSTDOC=N#SECTION1 (1885 words)

	The Jamestown Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kalniete not only possesses unrivaled professional qualifications for the Commission seat, but she is in many ways symbolic of the reborn Latvia on the international scene.
		Kalniete is the author of a widely cited Gulag memoir, In Ballet Shoes to Siberia (the title alludes to the practice of snatching middle-class families with children for instant deportation to the camps).
		Kalniete assumed the post of European Commissioner in May (with Latvia's official accession to the EU), and was confirmed by the European Parliament, in what witnesses described as an "impressive hearing" in Strasbourg (BNS, August 3).
	www.jamestown.org /email-to-friend.php?article_id=2368364 (752 words)

	EUPolitix.com - Sandra Kalniete, Latvia's European Commissioner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sandra Kalniete: There is unhappiness due to the feeling that acceding countries are not treated as equal partners.
		Sandra Kalniete: I already indicated today in my intervention [at the CEPS conference] on the conflict of a two-speed Europe.
		Sandra Kalniete: First of all speaking about our new concept of foreign relations, I would not say that it is a switch from east to west, because we made the switch on the next morning after we became independent.
	www.eupolitix.com /EN/Interviews/200402/fe864ae2-8eda-4ff3-963b-6ee5151afbf7.htm (1515 words)

	02.04.04 / Sandra Kalniete / Frau der klaren Worte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Was Lettlands Ex-Außenministerin Sandra Kalniete während ihres Vortrags aus Anlaß der Leipziger Buchmesse sagte, gehört in den baltischen Staaten zu den Binsenwahrheiten: daß nämlich Nationalsozialismus und Kommunismus in gleicher (oder sehr ähnlicher Weise) totalitäre und damit verbrecherische Regime gewesen sind, die das Schicksal der ihnen unterworfenen Völker im 20.
		Der Vorfall entbehrt nicht einer gewissen Pikanterie, denn Frau Kalniete weiß, wovon sie spricht.
		Sandra Kalniete sah ihre lettische Heimat erst nach dem Tode Josef Stalins wieder.
	www.jf-archiv.de /archiv04/154yy10.htm (390 words)

	The European Commission Office in Wales - Press Release - Barry project to receive European thumbs up this afternoon
		Speaking ahead of her visit, Commissioner Kalniete, who is from Latvia, said: "I am delighted to be able to visit Wales and see for myself how European funding is helping to enhance the lives of local people.
		Commissioner Sandra Kalniete is the first European Commissioner from the new members states of the EU to visit Wales.
		Mrs Kalniete is one of 10 Commissioners appointed following the enlargement of the European Union in May of this year.
	www.cec.org.uk /wales/press/pr/0416.htm (797 words)

	Sandra Kalniete (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sandra Kalniete (born December 22, 1952) is Latvia's EU commisionner.
		After Latvia declaring independence, Kalniete worked in Latvia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as Latvia's embassador to UN (from 1993 to 1997), France (from 1997 to 2000) and UNESCO (from 2000 to 2002).
		She became the Foreign Minister of Latvia in November 2002 and served in this position until being nominated for Latvia's EU Commisionner in 2004.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/sandra_kalniete (288 words)

	Latvija - Eiropa / The candidate for the post of the Commissioner – Sandra Kalniete (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Yesterday, on January 7, during a phone conversation Einars Repše, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia, reached an agreement with Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, on the potential Latvia's candidate for the post of Commissioner of the European Commission.
		"Romano Prodi confirmed his consent to support the nominated candidate and expressed willingness upon approval of the candidature of Sandra Kalniete by the government to meet her in near future in order to discuss further cooperation," confirmed Prime Minister E.Repše.
		"We are going to consider a new candidate for the post of the Minister for Foreign Affairs only upon the government sitting approves the candidature of Sandra Kalniete for the post of the Commissioner of the European Commission," noted Einars Repše.
	www.eib.gov.lv /en/news/news/2004-01-08 (332 words)

	Latvian Foreign Minister / Sandra Kalniete
		Foreign Minister Sandra Kalniete is the newer arrival on the political stage and, after just a matter of months in power, she was already pegged as a rising force.
		Before assuming Latvia’s top foreign affair’s job, Kalniete was ambassador to France; in the early 1990s, she was active in the country’s drive to restore independence.
		Kalniete was born in Siberia, where her parents and grandparents had been deported by invading Soviet forces in 1941; her grandparents later died in the harsh conditions.
	www.balticsww.com /latvian%20_%20foreign%20_%20minister.htm (997 words)

	Bauskas Dzīve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sandra Kalniete atklājās kā Latvijas bijusī ārlietu ministre, kurai jāaizstāv savas valsts intereses.
		Sandra Kalniete uzskata, ka lauksaimniecības lietu risināšanā liela loma ir bijusi un ir Latvijas lauksaimnieku organizācijām un tās varētu darīt vēl vairāk, precīzi definējot savas intereses.
		Kalniete apņēmusies reizi mēnesī iekārtot vienu reģionālu braucienu pie Latvijas zemkopjiem.
	www.bauskasdzive.lv /zina.print.php3?zina=461 (530 words)

	Slovenia Business Week
		Slovenian President Janez Drnovsek received the Latvian Foreign Minister Sandra Kalniete at Brdo pri Kranju for a meeting that saw the two officials hand out mutual compliments for the progress made by their countries, both of whom are scheduled to join the EU in May, since independence.
		Kalniete explained that Slovenia is viewed by Latvia as a friendly state, which can be counted on in crucial moments.
		Kalniete stressed that she would like to see prompt progress in the deadlock over the European constitution.
	www.gzs.si /SBW/head.asp?idc=15035 (755 words)

	Art - The Baltic Times- NEWS FROM ESTONIA,LATVIA AND LITHUANIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In the meantime, the People's Party was steadfast about Kalniete's nomination, since she would have belonged to the same party, the European People's Party, in the European Parliament.
		Still, despite the dissatisfaction, it was rumored that the People's Party's actually stood to gain from Udre's departure and might be awarded with her seat as speaker of the Parliament, the second most powerful post in the country.
		Kalniete was a career diplomat, a leader of the independence movement and a woman with a biography to accompany her political beliefs.
	www.baltictimes.com /art.php?art_id=10598&PHPSESSID=b8ef729aee7712639d457294f111dcb1 (616 words)

	Codex-Politics, europeen and international news and information
		Summary: Speaking at the Libramont Agriculture Fair today, EU Commissioner Sandra Kalniete highlighted the opportunities the enlarged European Union (EU) of 25 brings to farmers and rural areas.
		Kalniete made clear that the status quo was not tenable.
		Commissioner Kalniete also drew attention to the European Commission's recent proposal to bring all existing rural development measures under a single instrument: the European Rural Development Fund.
	www.codex-politics.com /pcodex/contents.nsf/vWebAccessDocuments/00D1FC4CD2FE61DDC1256EDF00353C90?OpenDocument (661 words)

	EU Commissioner outlines benefits and challenges of enlargement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kalniete pointed out that trade between the EU-15 and the new Member States has already significantly increased during the period preceding enlargement, and is likely to further increase in the years ahead.
		Kalniete contends that by gradually reducing the quota system, sustainable sugar production in Europe will be maintained sugarbeet growers given a fair chance and the industry made to become more competitive.
		Commissioner Kalniete concluded by drawing attention to the European Commission’s recent proposal to bring all existing rural development measures under a single instrument: the European Rural Development Fund.
	www.drugresearcher.com /news/printNewsBis.asp?id=53768 (634 words)

	BAFL.com - BAFL News
		Kalniete said: "We were ordered to start working on possible support scenarios by Latvia".
		Kristovskis and Kalniete were ordered to follow developments each in their own sphere "so Latvia has a precisely prepared position and all the possible probabilities if the crisis is aggravating".
		Defense and foreign ministers have to prepare all the possible models of actions by Latvia and opinions for consideration at the National Security Council Jan. 29.
	www.bafl.com /newsDetail.asp?idNews=8 (238 words)

	Bauskas Dzīve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Bauskas rajonā S. Kalniete vēlējās tuvāk iepazīt dārzeņu audzēšanas saimniecības darbu.
		Kalniete izteica izbrīnu, ka ekonomikas maģistrs Egīls Druviņš nodarbojas ar dārzeņu audzēšanu.
		Kalniete ieteica gaidīt līdz rudenim, kad nozares perspektīvas iegūs konkrētākas aprises.
	www.bauskasdzive.lv /zina.print.php3?zina=733 (371 words)

	W-Akten Specials
		Sandra Kalniete ist die Tochter nach Sibirien deportierter Eltern.
		Sandra Kalniete Lettland wurde später lettische Botschafterin und im November 2002 Außenministerin Lettlands.
		Sandra Kalniete wird nun mit dem österreichischen EU-Agrarkommissar Franz Fischler zusammenarbeiten.
	www.w-akten.de /themaderwoche/lettland.phtml (709 words)

	American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia
		Sandra Kalniete, Latvia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and recently-appointed EU Commissioner, addressed the Chamber's first luncheon of 2004.
		She spoke of Latvia's new role as a new member state of the European Union, and also its new relationship as a member of the EU and an ally of the US.
		Kalniete also touched upon the subject of Latvia's largest neighbor, Russia, and the dynamics of that relationship with Latvia as a member of NATO and the EU.
	www.amcham.lv /page.php?cat=291&id=980 (232 words)

	EUPolitix.com - Interview: Time for EU-Russia 'realism' - Kalniete (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kalniete, who grew up in a gulag in Siberia, called upon Brussels to make use of Baltic “expertise” in dealings with Moscow which she compared to “a person coming back from alienation, a child with difficulties”.
		According to Kalniete, Europe now has its own agenda covering subjects like the Kyoto protocol, energy and maritime security which it should be looking to pursue.
		A full transcript of Sandra Kalniete's interview with EUpolitix.com is available by clicking on the link under Further Reading.
	www.eupolitix.com /EN/News/200402/fd6a5cc1-8ce5-48c5-bc1d-e6daa4993c41.htm (379 words)

	Pravda.RU:Latvia to reshape its foreign policies ahead of accession to NATO, EU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kalniete, gaining EU and NATO membership has been a key priority with Latvia's authorities ever since the country restored its independence from Russia.
		Kalniete believes that Latvian-Russian relations will now be developing primarily along the lines of the Russia-NATO dialogue.
		She expects Latvia to be an object for discussion within this dialogue and also one of its participants, especially after the nation becomes a full-fledged member of the Russia-NATO Council.
	english.pravda.ru /cis/2003/01/06/41681_.html (170 words)

	Latvia seeks to conclude NATO talks by April: FM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Latvia was among seven ex-communist countries invited to join NATO last week at the military alliance's summit in Prague.
		Kalniete declined to specify further reforms which may be required before the country is ready to formally join NATO, possibly in 2004.
		However a diplomat from a current NATO member state said Latvia will have to make its armed forces' procurement and pay roll systems more transparent and build a force which is less reliant on conscripts and volunteer reservists.
	www.spacedaily.com /2002/021125164842.guc4j79o.html (255 words)

	Europe, femmes : mode d'emploi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sandra Kalniete, la future commissaire européenne lettonne, est née dans un camp en Sibérie et y a vécu les cinq premières années de sa vie.
		Le livre de Sandra Kalniete, Escarpins dans les neiges de Sibérie, publié aux Edtions des Syrtes, en 2003.
		Sandra Kalniete est née et a vécu les cinq premières années de sa vie dans un camp en Sibérie.
	www.europeplusnet.info /impart.php3?id_article=104 (907 words)

	RUSNET :: Latvia sees EU, US backing on oil port Russia spat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sandra Kalniete told Reuters EU Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Chris Patten had promised to bring up Ventspils during the EU-Russia energy dialogue in late March.
		Some traders see the move as part of Transneft's attempts to pressurise Latvia into selling it a cheap stake in the Ventspils Nafta oil terminal which is due for privatisation at the end of the year.
		But Kalniete said the oil market was wrong in regarding the sale of the government's stake to Transneft as a done deal, adding that the government might call off the sale if it found it impossible to sell the stake under open market conditions.
	www.rusnet.nl /news/2003/02/20/print/currentaffairs01.shtml (468 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sandra Kalniete meets with Chairman of Committee on ...
		On 16 December 2003 Latvia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sandra Kalniete met with Mr Mikhail Margelov, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.
		Ms Kalniete pointed out that when Latvia becomes a full-fledged member of NATO, a range of issues that have been heretofore addressed in a bilateral framework, will be dealt with as part of the NATO-Russia dialogue.
		Both Ms Kalniete and Mr Margelov agreed on the necessity of reforms in such international organisations as the UN and the OSCE.
	www.mfa.gov.lv /en/news/press-releases/2003/dec/3298?print=on (431 words)

	LATO receives an official recognition from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
		Sandra Kalniete delivered an official recognition to LATO for its significant contribution in strengthening Latvian independence and promoting integration in NATO.
		More than 100 guests, among them President G. Ulmanis, Commander of National Armed Forces R. Graube, former Minster of Foreign Affairs I. Berzins and other diplomats, NGO activists and journalists participated at the formal ceremony dedicated to the 82nd Anniversary of recognition de iure of the Republic of Latvia.
		She emphasized that everybody is the winner after receiving invitations to join NATO and EU.
	www.lato.lv /html/en/activities/archives/26187.html?create=1&doc_print=1 (127 words)

	LNAK - Latviešu Nacionālā Apvienība Kanādā - Latvian National Federation in Canada
		Latvia's representatives to the Convention are Minister of Foreign Affairs Sandra Kalniete, Minister of Transport Roberts Zile, and Saeima Deputies Liene Liepina, Rihards Piks and Guntars Krasts.
		In her speech, government representative Sandra Kalniete noted that as member states of the EU hand over a portion of their sovereignty to the EU, citizens of these countries need to be sure that they can receive it back.
		Ms Kalniete stressed that the articles of the Constitutional Treaty giving each member state the right to voluntarily withdraw from the European Union are not only legally significant, but also send a very important political message.
	www.lnak.org /viewarticle.php?id=351 (344 words)

	Sandra Goudie - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Sandra Goudie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sandra Goudie - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Sandra Goudie.
		Here you will find more informations about Sandra Goudie.
		She was first elected to Parliament in the 2002 elections, narrowly winning the seat of Coromandel by defeating Labour candidate Max Purnell and pushing incumbent Green MP Jeanette Fitzsimons into third place.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Sandra-Goudie.html (116 words)

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