Usakovs to be Riga mayor

Jun 18, 2009
By Kate McIntosh

RIGA - Political style rather than a major policy shift are expected to be a stand-out feature of the new-look Riga City Council headed by Harmony Center’s Nils Usakovs, say analysts. Usakovs is set to be sworn in as Riga’s mayor, following a dramatic voter swing at the June 6 elections. Ainars Slesers of Latvia’s First Party/Latvia’s Way (LPP/LC) is nominated as the sole candidate for the deputy mayor’s position which will be voted on by the newly-elected city council members at their first ...

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