No help for farmers before elections

Oct 01, 1998
Anastasia Styopina

RIGA - For Latvian farmers, two events have proven disastrous - heavy rain and national elections.As of mid-September, the agriculture sector incurred a 36 million lat ($62 million) loss because of bad weather conditions, but the government still can't decide whether to give farmers compensation.Instead, politicians have been firm in maintaining the status quo until the Oct. 3 parliamentary elections."I will do everything not to allow any changes to the 1998 budget before the elections," procla ...

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