Latvian Ministry of Welfare estimates priority activities require funding of EUR 108.7 million
According to the Ministry of Welfare, priority activities in the welfare sector of Latvia require funding of EUR 108.7 million, as confirmed by…
Category: Politics
Latvian parties scramble for new coalition talks for Riga City Council
Coalition partners in Riga City Council – New Unity (JV), National Alliance/Latvian Association of Regions (NA/LRA) and Kods Rīgai (KR – have decided…
Trade union requests Latvian education minister’s immediate dismissal
Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science Workers (LIZDA) demands dismissal for Latvian Minister of Education and Science Anda Čakša. The trade union…
Ombudsman says Saeima’s indecisiveness puts residents’ quality of life at risk
Latvian Ombudsman asks Saeima speaker Edvards Smiltēns to take active action in order to avoid delays and the legislative draft Amendments to the…
Minister: speeding up eastern border infrastructure installation requires a lot of negotiating
We need to talk with construction companies some more if we want to speed up the installation and reinforcement of Latvia’s eastern border,…
Riga’s Mayor interrupts meeting; no decision on investigative committee is made
With Mayor of Riga interrupting the meeting on Wednesday, the 28th of June, Riga City Council was unable to make the decision on…
Latvian PM confident Russia is experiencing internal turmoil
It is clear Russia is experiencing internal turmoil, and we, democracies, have to remember such things can happen in autocracies and the situation…
Lithuania continues attempts to convince colleagues to connect Baltic and European networks faster
Lithuania still continues attempts to convince colleagues in Latvia and Estonia to speed up the synchronisation of their power networks with continental Europe,…
VIDEO | Levits: my political motto has always been working for Latvia’s benefit
On Tuesday, the 27th of June, Latvia’s President Egils Levits met with public representatives in his final speech as president. In it, he…
