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Progresīvie and Gen Z: A leftward shift for Latvia?

Last December, three Latvian political parties came together to form a new government. The coalition negotiations had dragged on for more than two months. During the elections in October, incumbent Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš’s center-right New Unity party came out on top with 19 percent of the vote. Analysts argued …

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Bracing for impact As Russia continues to pummel Ukraine’s power grid, Kyiv plans to move substations to underground bunkers

In October 2022, Russia, hoping to regain the upper hand after Kyiv’s successful counteroffensive in Kharkiv, began systematically shelling energy infrastructure targets throughout Ukraine. The attacks have left millions without power, sometimes for days at a time, and almost five months later, they show no sign of letting up. In …

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How did the extreme right-wing gathering at Sretenje differ from other protests?

Several hundred extreme right-wing people who gathered in front of the Presidency building, joined on Wednesday evening by members of right-wing parties and citizens who oppose the signing of the Franco-German plan, raised the president and the heads of all security services, as well as the police, to their feet. …

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