In an interview with TOL, Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga disputes Latvians’ supposed “Euroskepticism” and downplays the claim that the recent referendum further alienated ethnic Russians. NEW YORK–While others fretted that Latvia might become the lone EU candidate country to turn down its entry invitation, President Vaira Vike-Freiberga stayed the course. She knew all along, she says, that the low pre-referendum […]

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