Riga’s new budget to focus on three priorities
On 26 January Riga City Council adopted the municipality’s new budget, outlining three priorities – social aid, wages and transport infrastructure. At the…
Category: Politics
Netherlands to change strict Covid-19 rules at 60 000 daily infections
The Netherlands have lifted on Wednesday, January 26, a part of its strict rules that were imposed in December to avoid a surge…
Austria to lift movement restrictions on unvaccinated from February
The Austria plans to lift the lockdown on the part of its population, which has not been vaccinated against Covid-19, from February as…
Increased threats cause climb of military expenditures in Latvia
With increased threats to state security, it will be necessary to allocate an additional EUR 350 million towards defence, said Latvian Minister of…
German military loses chief of navy, who called for respect for Putin
In Germany, head of the NATO country’s navy has resigned after saying that Russia was not planning to attack Ukraine, but rather Russian…
Estonia glad about Spain’s contribution to Black Sea security
Following Spain’s announcement of sending fighter jets to Bulgaria and three ships to the Black Sea to add to NATO naval forces there,…
Finnish ex-minister tried for incitement against homosexual people, citing Bible
In Finland, a member of the parliament and former Minister of the Interior Päivi Räsänen has appeared before trial over three charges of…
NATO members ready to send troops and equipment to Eastern Europe over Russia tension
A number of NATO member states have announced readiness to send military personnel to its Eastern European members from Lithuania to Bulgaria over…
IDB: corruption will remain in Latvia as long as officials abuse their power
Prevention of corruption is the combined task of many state institutions and although the results of the Corruption Perception Index published on 25…
