Survey: 80% of Latvian residents regularly use beverage packaging deposit system
80% of Latvian residents regularly use the beverage packaging deposit system, which is nine percentage points more than last year, according to a…
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Ministry of Transport in favour of more severe penalties for exceeding road speed limits
Latvian Ministry of Transport supports the proposal initiated by the Ministry of the Interior to introduce the revocation of driver’s licence if the…
Snowing continues in Latvia; heavy snowfall observed in some areas
In the morning on Tuesday, the 28th of November, it continued snowing in most of Latvia: mostly snow. In western and central regions…
Ministry suggests revoking driver’s license if speed limit is exceeded by more than 30 km/h
Latvian Ministry of Transport has plans to adopt a prohibition on the use of driver’s licence if the driver exceeds speed limits by…
Weather will remain frosty and snow layer will continue growing in Latvia this week
In the coming days there will be precipitation at times. A wider precipitation area will reach Latvia at the very end of November,…
More cost-effective options were not considered – Latvia’s president about ex-PM’s flights
According to Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, the private flights used by then the Prime Minister and now Minister of Foreign Affairs Krišjānis Kariņš…
Latvia experiences difficulties with providing children with out-of-family care
Latvia has major problems with finding children with appropriate foster families, and the possibility of finding appropriate out-of-family care is getting worse and…
Sweden and Latvia officially enter competition to host 2030 Winter Olympic Games
Latvian Olympic Committee (LOK) reports that it and the Swedish Olympic Committee took part in a remote meeting organised by the International Olympic…
Latvian president submits legislative initiative on access to official secrets for heads of municipalities
Latvian president’s advisor for communication affairs Mārtiņš Drēģeris reports that on Wednesday, the 22nd of November, Edgars Rinkēvičs signed and sent to the…
