Minister requests tangible reasons to limit supermarkets’ operations
Restriction of open hours of supermarkets on weekends without arguments based on tangible data is impossible, said Latvian Minister of Economics Ilze Indriksone…
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Latvian police predict provocations on the 9th of May
Although there is no information about any increased risks of possible celebrations on the 9th of May in Riga, police still say there…
Teachers’ trade union head says LIZDA might “strike again”
The decisions made by the Latvian government on Wednesday, the 26th of April, on allocation of additional funding towards an even greater increase…
Latvian government caves in to teachers’ demands and will divert additional funding
In order to fulfil the demands of the Latvian teachers on strike, the government plans to allocate an additional amount of EUR 4.2…
Riga City Council agrees to relocate Pushkin’s sculpture to somewhere else
The ruling coalition of Riga City Council has agreed to relocate the sculpture to Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin to somewhere else, as confirmed…
Latvian Song Celebration ticket sales expected to bring state budget EUR 7.5 million
Sales of tickets to the XXVII Latvian Song and XVII Dance Celebration are estimated to bring the state budget revenue of EUR 7.5…
Minister claims Latvian government has fulfilled promise given to teachers
The government has fulfilled the promise given to teachers said Latvian Minister of Education and Science Anda Čakša in an interview to TV3…
Latvia’s investment environment worsens; country is in “modest chaos”
This much is concluded by Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Prof. Arnis Sauka in a study conducted by Foreign Investors’ Council in…
National Alliance picks Egils Levits for repeated state president’s term
The National Alliance political party has decided to pick Latvia’s President Egils Levits for a second term in this post. The absolute majority…
