Sunday, November 19, 2006

Latvia is still a part of the Soviet Union

Recently the world championship in powerlifting took place in Brussels, which is considered the capital city of the European Union. The old established order requires that during the opening ceremony the hymns of participating countries of the world championship should be played.
When it was a turn to play the hymn of Latvia, the melody and the words the participants heard were not those of accustomed "God, bless Latvia..", but "Soviet Latvia, live forever...", which was the hymn of Soviet Latvia when it was a part of Soviet Union.
If the capital city of the European Union, which Latvia joined already 2 years ago still thinks that Latvia's hymn is that of Soviet Union times, then the question is whether a kind of global village exists, or maybe there is possibility that some of us still live in a cave?

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