Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis of Latvia

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On December 14, 2007, Godmanis was nominated as Prime Minister by President Valdis Zatlers.

In 1995 Godmanis was awarded with the Order of the Three Stars.

Godmanis was interior minister in the previous Cabinet.

Godmanis has said that his Cabinet's urgent goals will be regaining society's trust and preventing Latvia's economy _ the fastest growing in the European Union _ from falling drastically after years of dizzying expansion.

Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis has issued a decree ordering the Justice Ministry to set up a new workgroup to consider compensations to Latvia's Jewish community for losses it suffered during the.

Latvia rejected Wednesday claims Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis had flouted European Union sanctions against Belarus by hosting its premier at a secret meeting, saying the EU had known about the talks.

The day after the riots, Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis said that the government would not step down over the affair, nor would he.

Ivars Godmanis was taken to hospital following a car accident.

Furious rehearal time and scheduling was arranged and Mr Godmanis eventually ended up joining the band on drums as part of the encore playing on All Right Now!Mr Godmanis has also agreed that he track he played on can feature as one of the Live Downloads that are soon to be made available through the QOL Store.

Ivars Godmanis is here to attend the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, scheduled for Sunday night, and other relevant activities.

Godmanis said it is not his first time to attend Olympic Games, but I have to say the organization and everything that has been done (at the Beijing Games) are on the highest level, He said he once visited China in 1995 with then Latvian president and he found that amazing change has taken place in Beijing since then.

In this unsettled atmosphere, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers made it his goal to nominate a new prime minister who could steer the ship of state through what Godmanis took to calling the coming time of turbulence.

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RIGA, Latvia - Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis was seriously injured Wednesday in a road accident in downtown Riga, when his car and a minibus collided, his office said.

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RIGA (Reuters) - Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis was injured in a car crash on Wednesday and taken to hospital, a spokesman said.

Veteran politician Ivars Godmanis was nominated as Latvia's prime minister on Friday and will try to form a centre-right government in the Baltic state.

RIGA (Reuters) - Veteran politician Ivars Godmanis was nominated as Latvia's prime minister on Friday and will try to form a centre-right government in the Baltic state.

Godmanis was prime minister in 1990-1993 during Latvia's drive for independence from the Soviet Union.

Godmanis said after the last Saeima meeting that people who support the referendum are destroying stability in the country.

What is more, I believe that Ivars Godmanis is the best possible prime minister at this time, and I wish his government a long life.

Godmanis was diagnosed with a concussion and a skull fracture in the temple area, press adviser Krists Leiskalns said.

Press spokesman Edgars Vaikulis said Godmanis was in stable condition and conscious, capable of speaking, and signing documents.

Before the vote on the new government, Godmanis said he did not see a single minister in his government whose experience and qualifications could not be described as professional.

Latvia takes control of country's second-largest bankAFPNovember 8, 2008RIGA (AFP) — The Latvian government has effectively nationalised the country's second-largest bank, Parex Banka - acquiring a controlling 51 percent stake for the symbolic sum of just a few dollars, Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis said Saturday.

RIGA (AFP) The Latvian government has effectively nationalised the country's second-largest bank, Parex Banka -- acquiring a controlling 51 percent stake for the symbolic sum of just a few dollars, Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis said Saturday.

Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis said Wednesday.

Godmanis said that the so-called security agencies mafia case had been successfully investigated: already 10 persons were detained, 7 more participants of the group were established, three persons were checked on participation in the criminal group.

Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis was injured in a car crash on Wednesday and taken to hospital, a spokesman said.

Godmanis was also prime minister after Latvia won its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991, but lost the job in 1993 during an economic crisis.

Godmanis has confirmed Latvia's intention to promote bilateral economic cooperation in the economy sectors that are state's priority.

Godmanis was taken to a hospital where he is expected to spend at least a week and he is not expected to attend a European Council summit in Brussels later this week, local media reported.