Latvian Saeima: two adult people will be able to establish partnership
Two adults will have the opportunity to legally register their relationship by turning to a notary and entering into a partnership. This is…
Category: Politics
Isamaa party starts in Estonian parliamentary elections rockets to the top in popularity poll
Estonian public media ERR reports that this week – with support from 26% of interviewed residents – Isamaa political party has become the…
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…
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…
