New Unity should be in charge of healthcare; AS party suggests signing another memorandum
Existing problems in the country’s healthcare sector will be resolved only if the Combined List (AS) and New Unity (JV) share responsibility as…
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Every second Latvian resident suffers from depressed mood
According to results of a survey by SKDS, only 3% of interviewed residents in Latvia are happy about days becoming shorter. Every second…
Latvia’s used cars market – «least transparent» in Europe
Latvia ranks last among 23 surveyed EU member states in the second had car market transparency index calculated by carVertical platform. Why is…
Latvian minister: Europe needs to change its paradigm in relationship with Russia
At the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union (EU) Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs stressed the importance…
Heating tariffs to change for fifth time in Riga this year
28 November will mark the coming into force of a new tariff of Rīgas siltums JSC (RS). This new tariff will be 183.86…
National Alliance leader fears humiliating failure in composing Latvia’s new government
Failure of three experienced organisations to compose a new government would be humiliating, said National Alliance’s leader Raivis Dzintars in an interview to…
Gas stores at Latvia’s Inčukalns storage facility reaches 14.34 TWh
For the first time in history Inčukalns underground gas storage facility (PGK) has continued pumping natural gas after the start of the natural…
Electricity transmission tariff in Latvia may increase by average of 75%
Latvian electricity transmission system operator Sadales tīkls JSC submitted to the Public Utilities Commission (SPRK) a new tariff project, which provides for increasing…
BNN ASKS | Saeima speaker: Kariņš has an authoritarian style of leading coalition negotiations
The thing that is slowing the coalition formation process in Latvia is the style employed to organise negotiations. Politicians engaged in the process…
