<unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>  Passage: Saeima, the Latvian parliament, was again elected in 1993. Russia ended its military presence by completing its troop withdrawal in 1994 and closing down the Skrunda-1 radar station in 1998. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2006 NATO Summit was held in Riga.<unk> Language and citizenship laws have been opposed by many Russophones.<unk> The 2006 NATO Summit was held in Riga.<unk> Language and citizenship laws have been opposed by many Russophones. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 72% of Latvian citizens are Latvian, while 20% are Russian; less than 1% of non-citizens are Latvian, while 71% are Russian. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Although having experienced a difficult transition to a liberal economy and its reorientation towards Western Europe, Latvia is one of the fastest growing economies in the European Union. Although having experienced a difficult transition to a liberal economy and its reorientation towards Western Europe, Latvia is one of the fastest growing economies in the European Union. In 2014, Riga was the European Capital of Culture, the euro was introduced as the currency of the country and a Latvian was named vice-president of the European Commission. In 2014, Riga was the European Capital of Culture, the euro was introduced as the currency of the country and a Latvian was named vice-president of the European Commission. In 2015 Latvia held the presidency of the Council of the European Union. 🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk>🇪<unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
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