Ex-Latvian diplomat involved in recent EU-Qatar corruption scandal
Latvian TV3 programme Nekā personīga offers an in-depth look at the recent corruption scandal that took place in the European Parliament (EP) last…
Category: Politics
Pavel wins Czech presidential election
Czechs will continue to look westward – it became known over the weekend that retired NATO general Petr Pavel won the presidential election,…
Week in Lithuania: Vilnius receives loan for new trolleybuses, Ukrainian citizen robbed
Linas Jegelevičius Last week, President stripped the ex-US House speaker of a state award, Lithuania lost an ECHR case over a fairy tale…
Mayor of Daugavpils decides to found regional party; abandons Harmony
Chairman of Daugavpilc City Council Andrejs Elksniņš reports he has decided to leave political party Harmony and found a new regional political party….
Second round of presidential elections is underway in Czech Republic
Czech voters are preparing to go to the polls to vote for the country’s next president, who will take office in March, writes…
Riga City Council expects EUR 140 million more in budget revenue than last year
On Wednesday, the 25th of January, Riga City Council passed the municipality’s budget, the revenue in which is planned to be EUR 140…
Minister promises Latvian businesses access to new markets
Latvia’s Foreign Affairs Service will especially support Latvian businesses in exploring new markets – mainly in Australia, New Zealand, Africa and Latin America,…
Riga City Council decides to increase wages for the mayor, vice-mayors and all deputies
During the meeting on Wednesday, the 25th of January, Riga City Council passed amendments to wages paid in the city council, increasing the…
EU wants more immigrants to return to their countries of origin
European Commission has presented a plan aimed at returning immigrants to their countries of origin outside the European Union, Politico reports. In 2021,…
