Latvia’s 13th government takes a seat

Nov 08, 2006
By Elizabeth Celms

RIGA - President Vaira Vike-Freiberga set history on Nov. 7, officially nominating outgoing Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis to return to the helm and lead the nation’s government into a second term. A day later, Parliament backed her nomination with a vote of 58 to 41. In his address before the new government, Kalvitis noted that, for the first time in Latvia’s post-Soviet history, Parliament has “not only maintained, but also increased its authority in the eyes of society.”The prime minister sai ...

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