Survey: every sixth Latvian resident to receive a raise thanks to price rise compensation
As a result of efforts to compensate the rapidly growing everyday expenses, 16% of Latvian residents have received a raise. Most of those…
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Two ex-ministers to clash in second stage of UK Tory leadership elections
In the second stage of British Conservative party leadership elections on Wednesday, 20 July, two potential candidates remained: ex-Chief Secretary to the Treasury…
European Union imposes embargo on Russian gold
At a meeting held in Brussels on Wednesday, 20 July, EU envoys expanded the sanctions imposed on Moscow for invading Ukraine. Among the…
OPINION | Lembergs as prime minister candidate. How many times is enough?
Despite the court of first instance declaring ex-Mayor of Ventspils Aivars Lembergs guilty of severe crimes against the state and the US, his…
Ukraine: more than ten thousand Mariupol residents are in Russian filtration camps
More than ten thousand residents of Mariupol, which is captured by Russian forces, are in filtration camps, claims the city’s mayor Vadym Boichenko….
Politologist: there is a risk of dangerously low activity during 14th Saeima elections
In preparation for 14th Saeima elections, which are scheduled for 1 October this year, political parties in Latvia have started submitting their candidate…
Minimal unemployment drop observed in Latvia in June
In June 2022 actual unemployment rate in Latvia constituted 6.3 % and compared to May it has reduced by 0.2 percentage points. Unemployment…
Lithuania to consider terminating business ties with Russia
Lithuania’s Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK) plans to review the initiative on banning business relations with Russia, as confirmed by…
EUobserver: Europe to impose sanctions against Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin
The European Union prepares to impose sanctions on the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, as well as actors Vladimir Mashkov and Sergei Bezrukov,…
