15 Years after the "Barricade Days"

Fifteen years have passed since the "Barricade Days" during which Latvia's roads and bridges were prepared to fend off a Soviet invasion following the country's declaration of independence. Ansis Dobelis takes stock. "Since those times, Latvia has suffered great economic hardship, but thanks to our hard work we can claim to have become competitive both within Europe and at an international level. Latvians, Russians, Lithuanians, Poles and Roma have all contributed to this progress... Thanks to an attitude of mutual tolerance, up to now we've managed to avoid major conflicts and there is no ethnically-motivated violence in everyday life."

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