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21/11/2008

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Daukste, Anita

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze - Latvia | 07/07/2008

President Zatlers after a year in office

After a year in office, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers is nowhere near as popular as his predecessor Vaira Vike-Freiberga was. The latter was revered like a queen in Latvia. The Latvian newspaper examines the Latvian people's yearning for a monarch: "Does our society need a king or a queen? From a moral and patriotic perspective the answer is yes, but given the dangers of idolisation and cult the answer has to be no. Unfortunately, in a post-totalitarian society like Latvia's so recently after the restoration of its independence, the second variation predominates. It arises from the crisis in values that has taken grip of our society and the resulting economic and political processes and lack of orientation. All this creates a desire for simple beliefs and faith, if not in an idol then at least in a king whose craving for extravagance is also easier to forgive."

Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze - Latvia | 28/03/2007

Latvia signs border treaty with Russia

The border treaty is a success for the government led by Aigars Kalvitis, writes Anita Daukste. Nonetheless, the fact that the town of Pytalovo (Latvian: Abrene) will now pass into Russian hands, she sees as a problem. Latvia's first attempt to reach a border treaty with Russia in 1997 failed because the country refused to cede the town to Russia. "Now we can breathe a sigh of relief because the border treaty problem has been solved. For years several governments tried to reach an agreement, and it took a lot of compromises to do it but now the step has been irrevocably taken. The loss of Abrene is a symbolic rather than a practical or physical issue. But symbolic issues often generate the most emotion, and here, too, this the case."

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