ECB governor accused of bribery in Latvia corruption trial

JURMALA, Latvia (Reuters) - Latvia's central bank chief, who led the former Soviet republic into the euro, appeared in court on Monday accused of bribery in the first corruption trial of a European Central Bank governor.Latvia's public prosecutor has accused Ilmars Rimsevics, 54, of accepting the offer of a 500,000-euro (£431,779) bribe and taking a paid holiday in Russia.Rimsevics' trila is a landmark case for the 20-year-old euro currency bloc, which spans EU countries from Portugal to the..