Corruption watchdog commences two inspections on use of state funding by KPV LV
Last week Latvia’s President Egils Levits submitted to the Saeima amendments to Cabinet Structure Law. These provide the head of the government the…
Category: Politics
Week in Lithuania: China downgrades diplomatic ties with Lithuania, stops issuing visas
Last week in Lithuania, the Prime Minister said shutting transport links with Belarus is not being considered, the government endorsed car pollution tax,…
Latvia continues installing fences along its border with Belarus
Construction workers have almost completed the installation of a temporary barbed wire fence along the Latvian-Belarusian border. Latvia’s Ministry of the Interior has…
Swedish PM resigns after in budget fallout
In Sweden, the newly-elected head of government Magdalena Anderson has announced her resignation. On the day the Social Democrat leader was elected, the…
Latvian parliament cuts funding of new train procurement project; money diverted to state budget instead
On Thursday, 25 November, Latvia’s Saeima agreed to divert EUR 15.1 million from grants previously allocated toward the procurement of new trains and…
Kallas in France calls for EU-NATO response to challenges on eastern border of blocs
Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas in Paris has called for a joint EU and NATO response to defuse the tension on the eastern…
Germany to require Covid-19 certificates in public transport
As Germany fights its fourth wave of coronavirus infections, from Wednesday, November 24, passengers in public transport will be required to have one…
Sweden elects its first female Prime Minister
In Stockholm, the leader of the Swedish Social Democrats, Magdalena Andersson, has on Wednesday, November 24, become the first woman to be elected…
Lithuanian athletes reject MPs’ call to boycott Beijing 2022
Legislators in Lithuania, which has very strained relations with China, have called Lithuanian athletes to drop plans to go to the Beijing 2022…
