NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- A year ago, a sell-off in the currency of Iceland, a North Atlantic island nation with a population of less than half a million, triggered a meltdown in emerging markets ...

The European Commission says Latvia's government wants to maintain its exchange-rate peg, as market fears of a currency devaluation in the crisis-hit Baltic state have mounted in recent days.

Latvian currency and economy face meltdown For many years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Latvia was regarded as one of the leading “Baltic Tiger” states, repeatedly notching up ...

Latvia Kills Emerging Market Rally with Currency and Funding Crisis Jun. 04, 2009 9:32 AM ET iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) EEM 18 Comments Tyler Durden 3.32K Follower s ...

Latvia Adopts the Euro As National Currency 1 minute read Latvia's Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis poses for the media with the euro banknote during an official event in Riga on Jan. 1, 2014.