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Tractors blocked roads in Latvia in the second such protest in a week (Photo: EUobserver)

Latvian government could fall as crisis bites

As unrest spreads in Latvia as a result of the worsening economic crisis, the government faces a no confidence vote in the parliament on Wednesday (4 February).

The vote could see the first European Union government - and the second in Europe after Iceland - felled by the financial and economic turmoil that has hit Latvia harder than most other states in the 27-member bloc.

On Tuesday, the country's agriculture minister resigned in the wake of farmer protests that blocked the main...

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Tractors blocked roads in Latvia in the second such protest in a week (Photo: EUobserver)

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