Latvian Swedbank to pay 3.4 million dollars over Crimean sanction violation
US Department of Finance Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has announced a settlement deal with Latvian Swedbank in relation to a violation…
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Latvian representative suggests maintaining political pressure on Lukashenko regime
Pressure on the regime of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko should be maintained, sanctions included, because Lukashenko supports Russia in its war against Ukraine,…
Macron plans to become the first Western leader at the BRICS summit
French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to take his “one-man diplomacy” strategy to a new level and become the first Western leader to…
Latvian PM pins the blame for failed Covid-19 vaccine procurement on ex-minister of health
The viewing of the criminal case involving the now ex-Minister of Health Ilze Viņķele will be continued by Riga City Vidzeme Suburb Court…
Internet survey reveals nearly 40% of respondents will be celebrating Ligo in the countryside
Gemius research and technologies company’s annual internet users survey result shows that 39.6% of respondents have plans to celebrate Ligo in their or…
Still no clarity about the future of potential coalition expansion negotiations in Latvia
Political parties Combined List (AS) and National Alliance (NA) are not in a hurry to announce whether or not they have plans to…
Russia shells Ukrainian cities, including Lviv
Russia has heavily shelled Ukrainian cities, hitting Kyiv particularly hard, and air raid sirens blared throughout the country for several hours, writes Reuters….
VIDEO | Latvia’s president requests “political decision” for the merge of public media
On Tuesday, the 20th of June, during his meeting with the Public Electronic Mass Media Council (SEPLP), President of Latvia Egils Levits stressed…
President of Ireland urged “not to be like Lithuania and Latvia”
Irish President Michael Higgins, emphasizing the neutrality of his country, compared Ireland with the Baltic states, and indicated that dangerous political turns should…
