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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...
...Vike-Freiberga noted that while Latvia has shared history with its other Baltic states, they are not necessarily the same in all respects...
...greatest accomplishments, Vike-Freiberga noted that Latvia entered the EU and NATO under her leadership. Contrary to what she thinks historians will say, she said that these were very difficult tasks...
...Anna Shabalov ’10, a native of Latvia who is ethnically Russian, said it was “very interesting how [Vike-Freiberga] lived in Canada her whole life and then became the president of Latvia...
Vike-Freiberga was born in Latvia but escaped with her family following the Soviet occupation in 1944, fleeing to Germany, Morocco, and eventually Canada...