Latvia’s disability system must be reformed – minister speaks of a 50 million euro investment
Latvia needs a comprehensive overhaul of its disability system, Welfare Minister Reinis Uzulnieks (Union of Greens and Farmers) said in an interview on…
Category: Politics
BNN IN FOCUS | Pre-election fairy tales and post-election taxes? A political scientist’s view
As Latvia enters a Saeima election year, voters can expect months of efforts by political parties to convince the public that they are…
Starmer: Britain must build closer ties with EU single market
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that his country should engage more closely with the European Union’s single market when it is…
Right action or unwanted precedent: what will the US action in Venezuela bring for the world?
By taking Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro captive, US President Donald Trump has shown more than ever his faith in the power of the…
Managed conflict, not collapse: What’s happening inside Latvia’s governmen
The governing coalition is likely to do everything possible to continue operating until the elections, and it is credible that internal confrontation will…
Trump talks about Greenland again; Danes are seething with anger
US President Donald Trump has appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to be Washington’s special envoy to Greenland, stressing that Landry understands how much…
Excessive bureaucracy in Latvia creates fertile ground for corruption, says Endziņš
A heavy bureaucratic burden is the real cause of at least part of corruption, said Jānis Endziņš, head of the bureaucracy reduction task…
Brandavs admits promising a bribe to Ušakovs — former Riga mayor denies allegations, TV report says
Aleksandrs Brandavs, the former indirect owner of passenger transport company Rīgas mikroautobusu satiksme (RMS), paid a 73,000 euros fine this autumn after admitting…
BNN IN FOCUS | Tried to win favour, but failed: what went wrong with the Latvian Government’s “reset”?
One of the most prominent issues of the outgoing year was the fight against bureaucracy. Residents hoped that bureaucrats would finally be knocked…
