| 1976 | Embassy in Athens, Greece
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| 1981 | 5th European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| 1985 | Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus
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| 1992 | Counsellor, 2nd European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| 1992 | Head of UK/Ireland Division, 2nd European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| 1993 | Deputy Director, 2nd European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| 1995 | Deputy Head, Russian delegation to the OSCE, Vienna, Austria
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| 1996 | Deputy High Representative for Bosnia Peace Implementation, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 1997 | Director, 3rd European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| 1997-2000 | Russian Special Representative for Cyprus
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| 1999 | Director, European Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| 2000-2002 | Russian Special Representative for the Balkans
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| 2002 | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
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| 2005 | Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Communities, Brussels
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| | Conducted analytical research work on European security, OSCE, Russia-EU and Russia-NATO relations, Mediterranean, Balkans, problems of Cyprus and Northern Ireland, UN peace-keeping operations. |
| since 2010 | Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union, Brussels
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| since 1994 | Charman, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia
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| 2004-2006 | Executive Director, International Commission on the Balkans (chair: former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato)
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| 2005-2011 | Editor-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Edition of Foreign Policy
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| 2005-2011 | Member, Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London
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| since 2010 | Permanent Fellow, IWM - Institute of Human Sciences, Vienna |
| | Master in Political Science, University of Latvia, Riga
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| | Master in National Resource Strategy, U.S. National Defence University, Washington D.C.
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| 1993-1994 | Journalist, Latvijas Radio, Riga
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| | 1995-1996 Senior Desk Officer, Policy Department
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| | 1996 Director, Policy Department
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| | 1996-1997 Under Secretary of State for Defence Policy Matters
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| | 1997 Acting Secretary of State
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| | 1997-2008 Secretary of State
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| 1995-2008 | Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia, Riga:
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| 2002-2003 | Deputy Head, Latvian Delegation for accession negotiations with NATO
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| 2005-2007 | Office Manager, Office for organising the NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government
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| 2008-2011 | Head of the Chancery, Chancery of the President of Latvia, Riga
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| since 2011 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Riga |
| 1989-1993 | Studium Publizistik, Politik, Geschichte
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| 1996 | Promotion
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| ab 1990 | Der Standard, zuerst Mitarbeit in Linz und Wien
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| 1993-1998 | Deutschland-Korrespondentin
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| 1998-1999 | Mitglied in der außenpolitischen Redaktion
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| 1999-2005 | Deutschland-Korrespondentin
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| 2005 | EU-Korrespondentin in Brüssel
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| 2006 | Ressortleiterin Wirtschaft
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| seit 2007 | Chefredakteurin, Der Standard
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| seit 2012 | Co-Herausgeberin, Der Standard und derStandard.at
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| seit 2013 | Chefredakteurin, derStandard.at |
