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Government allows beached ship to depart
RIGA - In an unusual display of grit, government ministers first threatened to bar the Mona Lisa cruise ship, which ran aground off Latvia’s northwestern coast earlier this month, from leaving the dock in Ventspils and then permitted it to do so. Both Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis and Defense Minister Vinets Veldre had said that they would not allow the ship to leave Ventspils port until the owner paid the hefty rescue bill that the state had incurred. Godmanis said the port would hold the s ...| The article you requested can be accessed only by subscribing to the online version of The Baltic Times. If you are already subscribed to The Baltic Times, please log on using the form on the top of the page. If you don't have a membership yet - please subscribe. |
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