World English News » Latvia http://worldenglishnews.com International English Language News Articles and Blog Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:33:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Swedish banks warned on Latvian economy http://worldenglishnews.com/2009/10/05/swedish-banks-warned-on-latvian-economy/ http://worldenglishnews.com/2009/10/05/swedish-banks-warned-on-latvian-economy/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:01:23 +0000 admin http://worldenglishnews.com/?p=1004 [The Local]–  Sweden’s finance minister Anders Borg is reported to have held secret talks with Swedbank and SEB, expressing his concern over Latvia’s struggling financial situation.

The two banks have interests in the Baltic country and a financial collapse could lead to a ’nightmare scenario’ writes newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.

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“These people… boarded the Arctic Sea and, using the threat of arms, demanded that the crew follow all of their orders without condition,” news agencies quoted Serdyukov as telling President Dmitry Medvedev.

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