Latvian Swedbank to pay 3.4 million dollars over Crimean sanction violation
US Department of Finance Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has announced a settlement deal with Latvian Swedbank in relation to a violation…
Category: Politics
Latvian PM pins the blame for failed Covid-19 vaccine procurement on ex-minister of health
The viewing of the criminal case involving the now ex-Minister of Health Ilze Viņķele will be continued by Riga City Vidzeme Suburb Court…
Still no clarity about the future of potential coalition expansion negotiations in Latvia
Political parties Combined List (AS) and National Alliance (NA) are not in a hurry to announce whether or not they have plans to…
President of Ireland urged “not to be like Lithuania and Latvia”
Irish President Michael Higgins, emphasizing the neutrality of his country, compared Ireland with the Baltic states, and indicated that dangerous political turns should…
Moldova bans pro-Russian party
Moldova’s Constitutional Court has banned a pro-Kremlin party a few weeks after the party’s leader was placed on the European Union (EU) sanctions…
Latvian doctors generally satisfied with government’s decision to provide additional funding
Latvian Trade Union of Health and Social Care Workers (LVSADA) and Latvian Hospital Society (LSB) are satisfied with the decision from the government…
Edgars Rinkēvičs to give his solemn oath as President of Latvia on the 8th of July
Latvia’s newly-elected President Edgars Rinkēvičs will give his solemn vow in the Saeima during an extraordinary meeting on the 8th of July, as…
National Alliance suggests denouncing legal aid treaty with Russia
Political party National Alliance (NA) has submitted a suggestion to the Saeima to denounce the legal aid treaty between Latvia and Russia in…
Saeima speaker sees no reason to negotiate with ZZS and Progressive Party on a government level
Because of the participation of the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) and Progressive Party in destabilisation of the situation with their vote…
