08/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - As it previously announced (EUROPE 9810), the European Commission formally proposed on Thursday 8 January, to financially support the Latvian economy, which has been hard hit by the economic crisis. It is therefore inviting EU finance ministers to ratify, during the Ecofin Council on 20 January, the granting of financial aid in the form of a €3.1bn loan. This loan will be made in six instalments over the next two years and comes under the Community support...