Latvia elects first Green Party head of state in the EU

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Latvia's parliament elected on Wednesday defence minister Raimonds Vejonis as new president. "I would like to improve relations with Russia... but while Russian rockets and heavy weapons remain in Ukraine, that's not really possible," he told reporters. Vejonis is the first ever Green Party head of state in the EU.

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