The runner-up in the election was Harmony Centre, a centre-left party backed by most of the country's ethnic Russians, and also by ethnic Latvians fed up with the established parties.

ECONOMIST: Latvia's election

To avert that, Mr Dombrovskis could offer Harmony Centre a deal, perhaps in place of the smallest coalition party, a new ultra-nationalist alliance which has eight seats and an unpleasant fringe.

ECONOMIST: Latvia's election

For Muslims the confusion is how to restore the centre to their civilization that collapsed a long time ago, and to reconstruct it in harmony with the modern world.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy