Burovs: budget deficit puts us at a “red line”, but we have to consider crossing it in the future
With the budget deficit amount for next year we have managed to stop at a “red line”, but we have to consider crossing…
Category: Social
Basketball coach Steļmahs sentenced to 400 hours of community service for sex crimes
Riga City Court has found basketball coach Andris Steļmahs guilty of four sex crimes committed against his trainee and sentenced him to 400…
Still no clarity as to the possible penalty for Škoda Vagonka
On Wednesday, the 16th of October, Latvian Saeima’s Parliamentary Inquiry Committee viewed an application from opposition party National Alliance addressed to Minister of…
Winter maintenance season commences on roads in Latvia
On Wednesday, the 16th of October, winter maintenance season commenced on the network of state roads in Latvia. This season will continue until…
Drug prices in Europe are soaring and only expected to rise
A new report by the European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP) and the Medicines Evaluation Committee (MEDEV) reveals that the cost of medicines in…
Education institutions obligated to provide free menstrual hygiene packages
From now on, general and vocational educational institutions in Latvia will have to provide medium-absorption menstrual hygiene packages for free, the government decided…
Prague bans pub-crawls
On Monday, the 14th of October, Prague banned night pub crawls, where participants go from bar to bar under the guidance of a…
Latvian generals refrain from commenting claims about running for NBS commander’s post
Latvian brigade generals – National Guard Commander Kaspars Pudāns and Chief of Joint Chiefs of Staff Georga Kerlins – refrain from commenting on…
UN refugee chief urges countries to abandon border controls even if refugee crisis worsens
Addressing more than 100 diplomats and ministers at the UNHCR annual meeting in Geneva on Monday, the 14th of October, UN refugee agency…
