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...course, things could be worse—Latvia??€™s economy is projected to shrink by as much as 12 percent over the next fiscal year. But, more importantly for us undergraduates, the financial crisis has the potential to force Harvard students into reconsidering their postgraduate plans. For the Class of 2009, it may already be too late. For those of us who still have a little time left at the College, however, it is high time to reconsider the trade-school mentality that has characterized our campus in recent decades...
Martin M. Wallner ’11, a student from Austria, said “it is an interesting contrast between [Latvia??€™s] first wanting to leave the USSR and then wanting to join...
...fact, when asked whether Latvia??€™s geopolitical interests align more with Western Europe or Russia in the post-Putin era, Vike-Freiberga said that “there is not even a question...
Vike-Freiberga added that Latvia should join with Estonia and Lithuania, its fellow Baltic nations, to find a common energy policy in order to reduce Latvia??€™s severe dependency on Russia for oil and natural gas, and that potential solutions may involve nuclear power and other alternatives to fossil fuels...
Describing her tenure in office, which lasted from 1999 to 2007, Vike-Freiberga said that increasing Latvia??€™s international recognition and removing Russian troops from Latvian territory were her two greatest challenges...