Mario Draghi’s reluctance to speak out on Latvia will be tested on Monday, the tenth day of a far-off crisis that has struck at the heart of his institution in Frankfurt. European Parliament lawmakers will quiz the European Central Bank president in Brussels, against a Baltic backdrop of swirling allegations that touch on bribery, money laundering, Russian interference and North Korea. Latvia’s third-biggest lender is to be shuttered, and -- in an apparently unconnected development -- the Baltic nation’s central-bank chief was detained and released on bail by anti-graft authorities. (full story)