Subject: Welcome to Savienibas Street!<br/>
Date: Jun 14, 2001 @ 19:39<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1986751111">That little street in Valga/Valka is really a special case! The <br/>
Estonians that live on this street in Latvia, 35 in all, must be one <br/>
of the smallest ethnical groups for which a special arrangement is <br/>
made (in this case on crossing the border). I got the following from <br/>
the Estonian Review, May 31 - June 6, 1998 ( <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.vm.ee/eng/review/1998/98053106.html">http://www.vm.ee/eng/review/1998/98053106.html</a> ):<br/>
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Border Crossing Eased For Estonians In Valka<br/>
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June 3 - Estonian and Latvian border officials agreed Tuesday to ease <br/>
border crossing regulations for Estonians living on the Latvian side <br/>
of the Valga-Valka border town, and would issue them the relevant <br/>
passes.<br/>
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The thirty-five Estonian citizens residing in Valka on Savienibas <br/>
Street will get special passes allowing them to cross the border with <br/>
fewer formalities.<br/>
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Uno Kaskpeit, an Estonian border official in Valga, said that, <br/>
although the passes were a temporary solution, credit must be given <br/>
to the Latvian officials&#39; for working out a compromise.<br/>
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Peter S.</div>