BNN IN FOCUS | Will Latvia force Russians to love Latvian language?
Ilona Bērziņa, BNN On Wednesday, the 5th of April, the Saeima will decide on amendments to the Immigration Law that have caused a…
Category: Politics
Latvian political party gangs up on the head of VID; suggests institution’s reformation
The Saeima faction of the Combined List (AS) met with Minister of Finance Arvils Ašeradens and the chief of the State Revenue Service…
Ballots submitted for European Parliament election to be counted manually
At the European Parliament elections, which are expected in a year, all ballots will be counted manually without scanning, said the chairperson of…
Rezekne City Council’s chairman founds new political party behind closed doors
On the 2nd of April, a new party was founded in Rezekne – Kopā Latvijai [Together for Latvia]. The core of the party…
BNN IN FOCUS | Saeima holds heated debates about Russia citizens: «to deport or not to deport?»
On Thursday, the 30th March, Latvia’s Saeima passed in the first reading amendments to the Immigration Law that provide certain minor reliefs for…
Latvian VID commences 150 criminal procedures over circumvention of sanctions
The State Revenue Service (VID) has commenced about 150 criminal procedures over attempts to circumvent sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus, as VID…
Immigration Law amendment opponents could win in Constitutional Court
The Constitutional Court of Latvia has commenced multiple cases over the regulations that require Russian citizens to present a certificate proving their knowledge…
BNN ANALYSES | Major General: Not Lukashenko, but Putin will make the call
Linas Jegelevičius Belarus, Lithuania’s next-door neighbor, has confirmed it will host Russian tactical nuclear weapons, saying the decision was a response to Western…
Opposition member says there have been oddities with military procurements for a long time
All kinds of oddities have been going on with procurement projects organised for the defence sector for years. Even the Competition Council frequently…
