Lithuania: No immediate flight ban due to Omicron variant planned
Lithuanian Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys has stated that the government has no immediate plans to impose a ban on international flights over the…
Category: Politics
Mayor of Jurmala fined EUR 5 000 in the «mission criminal case»
On Monday, 29 November, Riga Regional Court fined Jurmala Mayor Gatis Truksnis and head of the mayor’s bureau Ingrīda Vilkārse EUR 5 000…
Swedish prime minister elected in déjà vu to implement opposition budget
The Swedish parliament has elected current Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson as the next prime minister, who will head a minority government to implement…
Czech President appoints new prime minister – Fiala
In the Czech Republic, a month-long wait for the naming of the next head of government because of President Miloš Zeman’s poor health…
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…
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…
