Combined List’s indecisiveness risks undermining coalition formation in Latvia
If the Combined List (AS) fails to present an answer to New Unity’s (JV) suggested distribution of seats in the forming government in…
Category: Politics
Republican chance to get House majority remains uncertain
The Republican Party’s hopes to win the majority in midterm elections are dimming, but it’s too early to say it’s a loss. Some…
Harmony party’s leader distances party from rebellious Daugavpils mayor
Latvian political party Harmony leader Jānis Urbanovičs has taken notice of Daugavpils mayor Andrejs Elksniņš’s recent statements and has invited him to consider…
Daugavpils City Council at risk of dissolution
Representatives of the so-called Daugavpils intellectuals hope the recent statements from Daugavpils Mayor Andrejs Elksniņš, that Crimea is now part of the Russian…
Prigozhin: we interfered, we interfere and will interfere with U.S. elections
Using the press-service of this company, Russian oligarch and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trusted associated Yevgeny Prigozhin admitted having interfered with with elections…
Saeima speaker: Latvia’s biggest challenges will come from Russia’s political regime
One lesson to learn from previous parliaments is just how important it is not to lose track of the big goal, to prevent…
Politician previously found having insufficient Latvian language skills enters 14th Saeima
A small group of people who present themselves as protectors of Russian-speakers and poor residents have managed to enter the 14th Saeima from…
Latvia’s president proclaims Law on Municipalities; residents allowed to elect local councils
On Friday, 4 November, Latvia’s President Egils Levits proclaimed in the Latvian Herald the Law on Local Governments passed in the second viewing…
Prohibition for prisoners to vote in municipal elections declared unconstitutional in Latvia
The Constitutional Court of Latvia has declared the regulation that prohibits people serving time in prison from voting in municipal elections as unconstitutional,…
