The emotional revolutionary When Latvia joins the EU on 1 May, it will not be the first time Sandra Kalniete – the country’s foreign minister and candidate for European commissioner – has made a ...

By Sandra Kalniete. May 08, 2003. Mr. Vice President, Mr. Prime Minister, Senator Frist, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is true that I was born in Siberia six time zones away from my home in Latvia.

Sandra Kalniete is one of the 10 new commissioners representing Latvia at the European Commission following the enlargement of the European Union. Like all incoming commissioners, she is shadowing an ...

For most of 14 hours that Latvian MEP Sandra Kalniete spent in the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, it was unclear whether Russian authorities would allow her to leave. Kalniete, a ...

Two European officials planning to attend the funeral of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov said they were blacklisted from entering Russia, amid increasing animosity between the Kremlin and the ...

The EU's next budget should concentrate on what offers added value for competition and integration between old and new Member States says Sandra Kalniete, Latvian Commissioner nominee, in an ...

With attention squarely focused on the Muslim world, problems in Eastern Europe are being ignored. SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke with former EU Commissioner and ex-Latvian Foreign Minister Sandra Kalniete ...

All About Latvia writes about Sandra Kalniete, the newest candidate for president: “Kalniete’s biography represents Latvian history before and after the fall of the Soviet Union.” Global Voices stands ...

RIGA, Latvia -- The nomination of the new European Commission last week was greeted by yawns across the Continent. But if you're worried about Euro-apathy, take heart in little Latvia, where a ...

A European Parliament member from Latvia who was prevented from attending the funeral of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov says such actions by Moscow are illegal and unify the EU's view of ...

With Dance Shoes in Siberian Snows By Sandra Kalniete Translated by Margita Gailitis Dalkey Archive Press £18.99, 368 pages FT Bookshop price: £15.19. Born in Siberia to exiled Latvian parents ...

One by one, thousands of mourners filed past the white-lined coffin of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov yesterday, many offering flowers as they paid their last respects to one of the most ...