Snow returns to Latvia at the start of the week: slippery roads and subzero temperatures expected
On Monday, the skies will be cloudy, but in the western and central regions the sun will occasionally shine. During the night, a…
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More than 65,000 unemployed people in Latvia
At the end of October this year, Latvia’s actual unemployment rate was 6.8%, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than in the corresponding…
BNN IN FOCUS | Is Latvia’s government “hanging by a thread,” and which parties are actually in conflict?
The Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) is currently a highly restless member of the ruling coalition. This has been evident from their…
Why are Riga’s heating tariffs rising? Kulbergs points to systemic problems and governance chaos
One of the initiators behind the creation of the parliamentary investigative commission on the rising costs of Riga’s district heating, MP Andris Kulbergs…
Latvia’s transport minister keeps his post: Saeima rejects dismissal with a narrow majority
A majority of MPs today voted down the opposition’s draft decision to express no confidence in Minister of Transport Atis Švinka (Progressives) during…
“Paranoid psychosis”: why Russian society believes a Western attack is imminent
Russian society is firmly convinced that sooner or later a Western invasion is coming, and this belief is consciously reinforced daily by state…
A new Prosecutor General in Latvia – Armīns Meisters
On Thursday, the Saeima appointed Armīns Meisters, Chief Prosecutor of the Riga Judicial Region Prosecutor’s Office, as Latvia’s new Prosecutor General. Eighty-eight Members…
Major criminal cases “get stuck” in the system in Latvia – Prosecutor General candidate calls for changes to the Criminal Procedure Law
Under the current regulations, it is in fact impossible to adjudicate any large-scale criminal case within a reasonable time frame, Prosecutor General candidate…
Antibiotic use must be reduced as much as possible, says infectious disease specialist
Antibiotic use must be reduced as much as possible, said Uga Dumpis, Chief Infectious Disease Specialist at Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital, in…
