Financial crisis is hits eastern EU

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Latvia's ruling coalition has collapsed and the president has called for talks to to forge a new government to tackle the deepening economic crisis. Latvia has already had an IMF led rescue loan of $9.5bn last year, and a team from the IMF was back as the government fell. After the end of the eastern bloc all the accession countries were helped by their richer neighbours to the West but now they want their money back amidst fears of a widespread collapse that could impact us all. Alex Ritson reports.