Failed State Latvia?

Occasional rants by a Latvian-American journalist (still) living in Riga on the dismal state of politics, the economy and much of society in Latvia

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Heavy metal in Liepaja - catching up with the story

To those of you who have been following the Latvian media, the saga of the rolled steel products company Liepajas metal...

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Anti-euro crusader gets stiffed, now what?

And so it has come to naught. That is how Saeima deputy Iveta Grigule’s efforts to stop the euro implementation law ended...

Sunday, February 03, 2013

Will weird deeds follow fighting words on the euro?

This coming week will get interesting as the anti-euro “Dragon Lady” and Saeima deputy Iveta Grigule asks those who pledge...

Saturday, February 02, 2013

The Green Dragon Lady claims a posse or a platoon

So now the monkey wrench flies toward the gears of Latvia’s movement toward the Eurozone. Whether it hits and stops the wheels,...

Friday, February 01, 2013

The euro implementation vote is only the start

Latvia’s parliament, the Saeima, passed a law setting out the technical procedures for switching from its national currency the...

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Juris Kaža: I am a Latvian American journalist living in Latvia. I specialize in IT and telecommunications.

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