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Latvia and the EU

• Europe Agreement (1998)
• European Commission Opinion on Latvia (1997)
• Regular Report on Latvia's Progress Towards Accession 1998 (MS word)
• Regular Report on Latvia's Progress Towards Accession 1999 (MS word)
• Accession Partnership (2000) [pdf]
• NPAA - National Programme for Adoption of the Acquis, 1999 [zip, plus annexes here, here, and financial document] on the Estonian European Integration Bureau website.
• Latvian Phare contacts 
• EC Delegation to Latvia:
Tornu st, 4 block 1c, Jacob's Barracks, 1050 RIGA
Tel: (+371) 732 5270 Fax: (+371) 732 5279   E-Mail: eudellat@lat.eudel.com
Mr Gunter WEISS, Head of Delegation
• EU-Latvia Relations: MEMO/99/20, Brussels, 22 April 1999 - Press and Communication Service, European Commission

• Information on the implementation of the Copenhagen Political Criteria
• Strategy of the Republic of Latvia for the Integration into the European Union (pdf)
• National Progress Report 1999 - Latvia’s Contribution to the Regular Report from the Commission on Latvia’s Progress Towards Accession, plus Annex - Statistical Data
• National Progress Report (1998)
• Documents on Latvia's EU integration
• Latvia’s Integration Into the European Union
• Latvia’s progress in 6 main problem areas reflected in the Commission’s Avis
• Action Plan for Solving of Shortcomings Outlined in the Regular Report of the European Commission

• Memorandum of the Government of Latvia on ‘’Agenda 2000 - EC Opinion on Latvia’s application for membership of the EU’’ (1997)
• The Action plan of the Government for intensifying Integration into EU in response to the EC document ‘’Agenda 2000" 
• Public Awareness Strategy on EU (MS Word 97 file format) 

Institutions dealing with accession (incl. Bertelsmann/ World Bank accession project)

• Centre for the Study of Public Policy
• Latvian Institute of International Affairs (contact: Raita Karnite)
• European Movement in Latvia
• Stockholm school of Economics in Riga
• Riga Graduate School of Law

Law 

• Constitution In English from Virtual Latvia. Also here at the ICL, and here at the Constitutional Court.
• Constitutional Court
• Legislation listings at Latnet 
• Language law

Government 

• Government
• Prime Minister
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Justice
• President
• Citizenship and Migration Issues Board

Parliament 

• Parliament (Saeima)
• Parliamentary European Affairs Committee

Media 

• Portals: All Latvia, Latnet, Virtual Latvia
• Full media listings at All Latvia
• LETA (Latvian News Agency)
• The Baltic Times
• The Baltic Review
• Central European Review - Latvia
• RFE/RL 
• IJNet Media listings in Latvia

General Information

• Cornell Legal links - Latvia
• Gonzaga Law resources - Latvia
• hvg Latvian regional linx
• Political Resources in Latvia
• CIA factbook - Latvia

Other Institutes

• The Latvian Institute
• Latvian Central Statistics Bureau
• Translation and Terminology Centre