BNN Focus | Latvia’s party ratings: Anger or turnout?
The political party popularity ratings published in June by the research centre SKDS, commissioned by Latvian Television, have given some political forces reason…
Category: Politics
“I’m not satisfied”: Latvia’s new prime minister assesses his first month in office
“I’m not satisfied”: Latvia’s new prime minister assesses his first month in office
Lower taxes, bigger benefits: Latvia’s election promises
Political parties contesting Latvia’s 15th Saeima election have unveiled election platforms packed with costly promises, many of which lack clear funding plans or…
“We definitely won’t get everything done”: Latvia’s new prime minister reflects on his first month in office
The Latvian government is unlikely to accomplish everything set out in its government declaration, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs (United List) acknowledged in an…
15th Saeima candidates reveal million-euro debts and massive property portfolios
Several candidates registered for Latvia’s 15th Saeima elections stand out significantly from the rest based on the information they submitted to the Central…
Rosļikovs, wanted by authorities, to run in Latvia’s 15th Saeima elections
The leaders of the For Stability! party’s candidate lists for Latvia’s 15th Saeima elections will be Svetlana Čulkova, Pāvels Kuzmins, Natālija Marčenko-Jodko, Ludmila…
Latvia’s Culture inmister orders Russian language removed from the public sphere
Latvia’s Minister of Culture Nauris Puntulis (National Alliance) has issued an order requiring institutions under the Ministry of Culture to remove the use…
BNN IN FOCUS | What can we expect from the IT procurement moratorium, the LSM logo controversy and will taxes really be raised?
Among this week’s most widely discussed developments are Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’ announcement of a 30-day moratorium on major information and communication technology…
Minister admits Latvia’s public IT sector has been in “disarray” for six years
Latvia’s public-sector information and communication technology (ICT) governance requires fundamental reform, with plans now underway to audit ICT procurement practices, expand the supervisory…
