Ventspils ex-mayor’s income on a rise, but his income declaration shows more debts as well
Last year, the income of Ventspils City Council deputy, ex-mayor of Ventspils Aivars Lembergs, who is accused of severe crimes of corruption and…
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All children of Ukrainian refugees will need to study in Latvian schools
Latvian Ministry of Education and Science plans to make it mandatory for all children of Ukrainian refugees to start going to Latvian education…
Latvia’s economy is short of 2-3 billion euros in investments, says minister
Latvian Minister of Economics Viktors Valainis said in an interview to LTV programme Rīta panorāma on Friday, the 26th of April, that the…
OECD: Latvia needs rapid economic reforms to avoid a crisis
Latvia needs to improve its fiscal policy, reform its tax system, improve the public sector’s capabilities and attract investments in order to promote…
Apinis: Global trends in use of medication by pregnant women and breastfeeding women
Author: Pēteris Apinis, physician. Opinion piece Currently, the world, including Latvia, is rethinking attitudes towards gender equality, often with exaggerations. Many participants in…
BNN ANALYSES | A boring Lithuanian presidential campaign finally gets some traction – live TV debates
Linas Jegelevičius For the first time, Lithuania’s all eight presidential candidates met in a live, national broadcaster LRT-televised debates, trading jabs while weighing…
Election scandal in Latvia: Kampars responds to accusations of political interference
The claims from IT-technologies company “SOAAR” manager Renārs Kadžulis that Unity politicians had attempted to influence the vote-counting results in the Saeima elections…
Orleāns: envelope wages were probably being paid in Unity’s prime minister’s office as well
It’s possible envelope wages were paid to not only Unity’s office workers but to the people close to the party as well, such…
Bank of Latvia reports losses of EUR 54 million in 2023
Last year, the Bank of Latvia operated with losses of EUR 54 million. 2022 was concluded by the central bank without losses or…
