Ilona Bērziņa With one month remaining until Latvia’s 15th Saeima election, BNN is launching a series of articles introducing the political forces that,…
The Latvian parliament on Thursday gave its preliminary approval to possible state participation in the financial stabilisation of national airline airBaltic, including the…
The governance model of state-owned companies is in a critical state, and their management structures often serve as “political retirement homes,” Prime Minister…
When it comes to Rail Baltica, Latvia needs to take off its “rose-tinted glasses” – or the “[former transport minister Kaspars] Briškens (P)…
On Tuesday, Riga City Court decided not to alter the preventive measure imposed on former Riga City Council member Aleksejs Rosļikovs, meaning that…
A petition has been launched on Latvia’s public initiative platform ManaBalss.lv calling for the abolition of compensation paid to members of the Saeima…
The latest SKDS party ratings, published in early August, delivered one of the biggest political surprises ahead of Latvia’s parliamentary elections. Alongside the…
New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is taking to social media to discuss the merits of pub snacks and make jokes about himself,…
Latvian Interior Minister Jānis Dombrava (National Alliance) has shown strong determination, but his activism has “gone a little over the top,” political scientist…
