Book Description
This digital document is an article from World Policy Journal, published by World Policy Institute on March 22, 2004. The length of the article is 3734 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Rock pool on the Baltic: a Latvian journal.(Reportage)
Author: Benjamin Pauker
Publication: World Policy Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2004
Publisher: World Policy Institute
Volume: 21 Issue: 1 Page: 96(6)Distributed by Thompson Gale
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
RIGA--The winter sun casts long shadows over medieval Doma Square, where mud-speckled new Audis and BMWs traverse the icy cobblestones. Here, where Latvia was reborn as a sovereign democracy 13 years ago, one senses a spirit of change. On April 2, Latvia--along with its Baltic sisters, Estonia and Lithuania--became members of NATO. And, on May 1, they will formally join the European Union. No less important psychologically, six weeks later Latvia will also claim an unlikely and unprecedented spot in the final tournament of the quadrennial European soccer championships in Portugal, a prime showcase for the continent's largest sporting and economic powers.
Home
