Childcare benefit increase may help increase birth rates, expert suggests
To promote birth rates in Latvia, it may be a good idea to increase the childcare benefits, according to one of the suggested…
Category: Current news
Economist: inflation continues building up exports, but it will start slowing down soon
The value of exports continues going up thanks to the rapid price growth, but the situation will change rapidly next year. It may…
Public transport fares in Riga to increase considerably
On Monday, 7 November, Riga City Council’s Transport Committee supported the Riga public transport ticket reform, which provides for a significant increase of…
Weather in Latvia expected grey and windy this week
The first half of the week in Latvia will be rainy and windy. Rain is expected every now and then and strong wind…
Meteorologists promise warmer weather in Latvia; weekend to be rainy
Both at the end of the week and next week weather in Latvia is expected to be rainy. A wide precipitation zone will…
Stopify – Latvian made platform that offers subscription to help end the war!
November marked the opening of Spotify – a Latvian made unique donation streaming platform. In an effort to support Ukraine, a group of…
Edvards Smiltēns elected as the 14th Saeima’s speaker
Representative of the Combined List Edvards Smiltēns was elected as the speaker of the 14th Saeima. The other candidate for this post was…
Coalition in Latvia to sign cooperation memorandum soon; next step – distributing ministries
On 2 November partners of the coalition that is being formed in the Latvian government – New Unity (JV), Combined List (AS) and…
Potential coalition partners in Latvia agree on creation of a new ministry
New Unity (JV) reports having reached an agreement with the two other potential coalition partners – Combined List (AS) and National Alliance (NA)…
