Latvia opposes EC proposal to severely limit Baltic herring and sprat fishing
Latvia will oppose the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to significantly reduce herring and sprat fishing in the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of…
Category: Politics
Latvian Employers’ Confederation sharply criticises government’s tax policy
Latvian Employers’ Confederation (LDDK) reports having invited Minister of Economy Viktors Valainis to a meeting to request from him explanations about the publicly…
Latvian government blasted for plan to drop 5% VAT rate for fruits and vegetables
The refusal of the 5% value added tax rate for fruits and vegetables is a “slap in the faces” of local farmer, consumers…
Russian Wagner PMC troops are back in Ukraine
A senior Ukrainian military official, Colonel Serhiy Cherevaty on Wednesday, the 27th of September, told that several hundred Russian Wagner PMC mercenaries have…
Latvian Saeima discusses collective application on Latvia’s “non-accession to the Istanbul Convention”
“There have been wide, in-depth discussions about the collective application submitted to the Saeima on Latvia’s non-accession to the Istanbul Convention. We have…
Regional court sentences infamous ex-Mayor of Ventspils to four years in prison
On Wednesday, the 27th of September, Riga Regional Court announced its verdict in the so-called Lembergs criminal case – sentencing the chairman of…
ZZS will not “heat up” and will wait for the final ruling in Lembergs’ case to come into force
Even after the announcement of a second guilty verdict, this time from a court of second instance, in the criminal case involving Ventspils…
Baltic States will need to look for additional funds for Rail Baltica together, says minister
Baltic colleagues will need to look for solutions and additional funding to continue Rail Baltica railway projects together, because the costs are up…
Russia puts ICC top leadership on wanted list
The Russian Interior Ministry placed the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Piotr Hofmański, on a wanted list, citing information on the…
