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 Latvians reject Russian in vote Latvians have resoundingly rejected the option of making Russian the country's second official language, results from a referendum indicate
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Pro-Russia party wins most votes Latvia: The Harmony Centre won 31% of the vote. The new Zatlers Reform Party won 19% while the Unity bloc of PM Valdis Dombrovskis took 17%
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Latvia government 'set for win'| Centre-right government, led by Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, will be returned to power for a third term, exit polls and early results suggest | |
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Latvians vote in crisis elections Latvians have begun voting in elections that are expected to reflect anger at the government's tough austerity measures in the Baltic state
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EU official claims Lithuania win European Union budget commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite with 68% backing has claimed victory in presidential election
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TV stars' party comes second in vote Lithuania: A conservative opposition party won the 1st round of is national election
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 NATO dismisses Afghanistan crisis Lithuania: Defence ministers have dismissed talk of a crisis over its operation in Afghanistan, saying the alliance was making progress in the country
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Surgeon elected as president Latvia: Valdis Zatlers, 52, criticized for taking undeclared cash presents from patients, had the backing of the four-party government coalition
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Estonia shuts consulate Moscow: Pro-Kremlin youth groups attacked diplomats in protest at the relocation of a Soviet war memorial
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Estonia blames Russia for unrest Estonia has accused Russia of provoking 2 nights of rioting over the removal of a Soviet war memorial in Tallinn
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Fresh clashes over statue  Estonia: Police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets after clashes erupted following the removal of a Soviet war memorial in Tallinn
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Estonia removes Soviet memorial  Map of Tallinn Estonia The authorities have removed a contentious war memorial in Tallinn, despite overnight protests that left one person dead
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Estonians see memorial as a reminder of decades of Soviet rule.
Russia says it should not be removed.
The move provoked a condemnation from Russian officials and lawmakers.
40 people were injured and 300 arrested during clashes as police used tear gas to disperse ethnic Russian demonstrators
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NATO signals Afghan reinforcements| Latvia: NATO leaders meeting in Riga have agreed to step up operations in Afghanistan with more troops on the ground | |
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  NATO eyes Afghan handover in 2008| Latvia: At a 2-day summit, Secretary-General de Hoop Scheffer insisted the alliance will prevail in its first mission outside Europe | |
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  Bush denies civil war is engulfing Iraq Estonia: President Bush is calling the violence there part of an al Qaeda plot to spark divisions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims
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Government collapses Lithuania: Prime Minister Brazauskas' coalition government were stepping down after Labor withdrew from the minority coalition
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Bush: Baltics 'should move on from war' Latvia: President says the US will never forget the suffering of the Baltic states under Soviet occupation
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 Bush to meet Baltic leaders Latvia: President is at the start of a tour marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe
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NATO meets in ex-Soviet republic Lithuania: Foreign ministers are meeting in the Lithuanian capital, the alliance's first major gathering in a former Soviet republic
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 Rice calls for change in Belarus| Lithuania: US Secretary of State has described Belarus as the 'last true dictatorship' | |
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 Lawmakers sack president Lithuania: Rolandas Paksas illegally granted citizenship to a Russian businessman who contributed to his campaign
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President faces the axe Lithuania: A parliament is due to decide whether to impeach Rolandas Paksas on three charges of violating the constitution
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Government to step down. Latvia
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Right-winger Paksas wins elections Lithuania: Rolandas Paksas scored an upset victory in presidential runoff election, unseating the incumbent by a wide margin
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