RNP predicts the doubling of public utility bills in Latvia in the next heating season
Public utility bills in Latvia may double in the next heating season, said LLC Rīgas Namu pārvaldnieks (RNP) chairman Ronalds Neimanis in an…
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Ombudsman: it’s wrong to make decisions without asking children
When making decisions, we have to listen to what children want, stressed Latvian Ombudsman Juris Jansons in an interview to TV3 programme 900…
Latvia may receive up to EUR 200 million of support to enhance energy independence
To enhance energy independence in Latvia, the country may receive 100 – 200 million euros from European Union’s new RePowerEU fund. The option…
With Indriksone picked to become Minister of Economics, Dzintars to replace her in the Saeima
On Tuesday, 31 May, Latvia’s Saeima Mandates, Ethics and Submissions Committee supported the decision to approve 13th Saeima deputy’s status for Normunds Dzintars,…
OPINION | Economist: wage rise in Latvia is so slow because minimal wages weren’t increased
Opinion of Luminor Bank chief economist Pēteris Strautiņš. Wage rise in Latvia slowed down considerably at the start of 2022. While in Q4…
Scandic Line opens a new ferry line connecting Riga and Sweden
On Wednesday, 1 June, Scandic Line will open a new ro-ro ferry line connecting Riga and Sweden, as confirmed by representatives of the…
Corruption and illegalities – the most common whistle-blower reports in Latvia of 2021
In the third year since the Law on Whistle-blowing was adopted in Latvia, state and municipal institutions in the country have received 557…
Latvian authorities to look into procurement of nearly a million of faulty respirators
Following a request from former Saeima deputy Ivars Zariņš a criminal procedure has commenced over the procurement of nearly one million faulty respirators…
Association invites Riga residents to join picket procession Restarting the restart
Since the changes promised by the new Riga City Council have yet to come to pass one and a half years after elections,…
