Taliban in Afghanistan force to close beauty salons
The Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue of the Afghan Taliban government has ordered the closure of all beauty…
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Latvian Farmers Union to request dismissal of the Minister of Agriculture
Following wide discussions and evaluation of the situation in the agriculture sector, the board of Latvian Farmers Union (LZS) decided on Monday, the…
Russia has illegally used facial recognition technology to find a protester
Russia violated a protester’s human rights when it used facial recognition technology to arrest a person after a protest in the Moscow subway,…
Latvian minister: green public procurement can offer opportunities to local producers
On Tuesday, the 4th of July, Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers passed amendments to the Green Public Procurement (ZPI) requirements and their application, as…
Union of Greens and Farmers will request Latvian agriculture minister’s dismissal
The board of the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) has plans to submit to the Saeima the request from the Latvian Union…
Ombudsman: Latvian parents should drop “unhealthy tradition” of thanking teachers
Latvian ombudsman says the mandatory donation collection in schools is unacceptable. The same applies to parents’ voluntary initiatives to collect donations for gifts…
NATO extends Stoltenberg’s term
NATO has decided to extend the mandate of Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the Alliance, for another year, Reuters reports. Thus, the alliance…
Latvian Competition Council permits Estonian Dragad join Latvijas maiznieks parent company
At the end of June, the Competition Council (KP) made the decision to permit Estonian investment company Dragad OÜ to join Estonia-based holding…
LIZDA plans to ask Latvian PM to adopt urgent solutions to implement teachers’ strike agreement
Because Latvian Minister of Education and Science Anda Čakša has rejected the request to step down from the Latvian Trade Union of Education…
