Kaspars Gorkšs appointed Director of Latvia’s State Chancellery
October 20, 2026
Thinking about people left in Afghanistan, US soldier ties ribbons around trees
A yellow ribbon around neighbourhood trees – that is the way a US war veteran has chosen to commemorate Americans and others left…
Battling money laundering, Latvian police arrest assets worth more than a billion euros this year
This year, Latvian State Police have arrested assets worth EUR 1.4 billion in efforts battling money laundering. Approximately EUR 47 million was declared…
Only valid Covid-19 certificates for prison guards in Latvia
From 11 October onward, only persons with a valid Covid-19 will be allowed to stay within prison territory, as decided by Latvian Prison…
Latvia’s weekly school testing to be organised more seldom
In the second week of the mass Covid-19 testing of pupils in Latvian schools, the government has decided to make the procedure less…
Proposal to ban sanctioned former MPs from entering Saeima gains support
In the Latvian Saeima, the majority of its Legal Commission has conceptually backed the proposal by the New Conservative Party to ban former…
Nobel Peace Prize commends independent journalism as precondition for peace
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday, October 8, that the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 will be awarded to heads of independent media…
On 9/11 anniversary, US declassifies attack investigation document
The US has marked with commemorative events the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The country’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has…
Poland in row with Brussels over primacy of each other’s law
The European Commission has expressed concern over the conclusion by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal that some articles of EU law have no primacy…
Inflation in Latvia +3.7% year on year, as shoe prices soar
Shoes became expensive in Latvia in a year-on-year inflation comparison to August 2021, which showed the general inflation at 3.7%. According to a…
