Latvian PM evaluates ministers: will Briškens, Sprūds and Ašeradens prove their worth?
Minister of Transport Kaspars Briškens is in charge of a very challenging sector, and “he definitely needs to show results before the budget…
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Thursday – cloudy sky and local showers
With anticyclone activity remaining, weather in the second half of the week will be similar to the first half of the week. On…
Ministry: Utopian plans for high-speed motorways connecting large cities will not be realised
The Utopian plans to establish high-speed motorways to large cities will not be realised in Latvia, but the improvement of the TEN-T road…
Years go by – still no railway track: What is slowing Rail Baltica’s military readiness?
Author: Ilona Bērziņa The railway track is the most important part of Rail Baltica project from a military standpoint, said former Commander of…
The poor up for tough times: Ombudsman points to big problems in social support
The ombudsman invites the Latvian Saeima to reassess if it is truly socially responsible and rational to lower social aid for the poorest…
Israeli PM Netanyahu sacks defence minister, says mutual trust “cracked”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday evening, the 5th of November, dismissed the country’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, citing a “crisis of…
Dangerous and dilapidated: Altonavas Bridge to be closed soon
According to Latvian Ministry of Transport, the sole and safest replacement to Altonavas Street Bridge over the railway track would be building a…
Boeing seven-week strike ends as workers accept new pay raise
Workers at Boeing’s US West Coast Seattle plant on Monday, the 4th of November, ended a seven-week strike that halted most jet production…
Covid-19 vaccine use is so low now, Latvia is forced to pay millions for storage and disposal
On the 5th of November, the Latvian government approved the allocation of EUR 2.9 million from the budget of the Ministry of Health…
