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 ...

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Latvian European Parliament member Sandra Kalniete’s attempt to enter Moscow to attend Boris Nemtsov’s funeral was planned to provoke an international ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Parliamentary rapporteur Sandra Kalniete said the deal struck a good balance between the needs to stand by Ukraine and to preserve EU farmers' interests.

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 ...

RFE/RL spoke with a former Latvian foreign minister and European commissioner who has taken a hard line on Greece in the current crisis and rejects the idea that Athens simply can't "reform Greece ...

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 ...

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 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 ...