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Combination photo shows undated portraits of politicians often named by European media as potential candidates to become European Union President.

The European Union may have inched out of its sharpest recession since the global slump of the 1930s, but green shoots are not emerging uniformly across the 27-nation bloc's eastern member states.

Nov. 16: Latvia's Former President Vaira Vike-Freiberga attends a news conference in Riga, Latvia.

Nowhere is the anger at the secretive selection process for Europe's president more keenly felt than in the new member states that recently threw off communism.

The European Union's 27 leaders were facing an all-nighter Thursday as a bruising battle loomed over naming the bloc's first full-time president and new foreign policy chief.

Former Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga, a candidate to be the EU's first president, stepped up Wednesday her attack on the selection process and challenged her male rivals to a open contest.

17, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev sent a letter of congratulation to his Latvian counterpart Valdis Zatlers on the country`s national holiday, Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia.

Via T he Baltic Times : H1N1 cases skyrocket . Excerpt: The number of cases of the AH1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu, in Latvia have skyrocketed over the past week, increasing from about 80 last week to more than 380 on Nov.

London, Nov. 17 : Former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, known as the "Iron Lady of the North", has become the first woman contender for the post of EU's first president.

November 16, 2009, 7:07 AM / The Alks family arrived in East Aurora in May 1949 after having been forced to flee Russian-controlled Latvia until Stalin's brutal rule.

People walk on the illuminated square of the city hall in Riga, Latvia, Nov. 14, 2009.

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, a Latvian candidate to be the European Union's first President, claimed the appointment is being conducted with Soviet-style secrecy and contempt for the public.

Latvia's Regionala Investiciju Banka entered the Bulgarian market by opening a branch in the Black Sea city of Varna , Bulgarian-language daily Dnevnik quoted Bulgarian National Bank on November 13 2009 as saying.

SANDWICHED between British media colleagues inside the tiny Latvian court room, we made up our minds as to the innocence of Matthew Neale and David Birkinshaw within the first hour.

New democracies that embraced the free market are facing their deepest crisis after years of rapid growth Firefighters demonstrate in Budapest for better pay and against austerity measures.

A deadly fire in the Latvian capital of Riga has claimed seven lives, the State Fire and Rescue Service reported Sunday.

FREIBERGA: Latvia's Iron Lady, the former president has acolourful life story, but at 71, diplomats rate her chances as slim even ifthe symbolic value of appointing a woman will tempt some.

Electronics and clothing stores at the Galerijas Centrs in Rigaa s old town fly banners offering discounts of as much as 50 percent.

State Joint Stock Company Latvian Railway , one of the largest employers in the country, plays an important role in diminishing road traffic by facilitating inter-city mobility as well as constituting a growing and dynamic freight transport market.

RIGA - Signs that Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia may be emerging from recession have brought little comfort in the Baltic states, as the public braces for the worst economic winter in years.