Latvian municipalities may be required to co-finance replacement of school textbooks
Municipalities in Latvia may have to look for ways to finance the replacement of school textbooks with new ones, says Latvian Minister of…
Latvijas Radio: ZZS “forgets” about its own proposal to reduce VAT for food products
“Last year the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) submitted to the Saeima the proposal to reduce VAT for multiple food products twice….
Azerbaijan officially abolishes Nagorno-Karabakh
A decree issued on Thursday, the 28th of September, announces that the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist, and ethnic Armenians…
Kremlin: US tanks and missiles will not help Ukraine change the situation on the battlefield
On Tuesday, the 26th of September, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on the delivery of long-range ATACMS missiles and Abrams tanks to Ukraine,…
Latvia’s Minister of Finance says next year’s budget expenditures will reach EUR 16.1 billion
Latvia’s next year’s budget expenditures may reach EUR 16.1 billion, said Minister of Finance Arvils Ašeradens at a press-conference held on Tuesday, the…
Regional court sentences infamous ex-Mayor of Ventspils to four years in prison
On Wednesday, the 27th of September, Riga Regional Court announced its verdict in the so-called Lembergs criminal case – sentencing the chairman of…
Minister on regional buses: cancelling is more economical than trying to provide
During his meeting with the management of the Road Transport Administration (ATD), Latvian Minister of Transport Kaspars Briškens was informed of the situation…
VIDEO | More than 100 killed and 150 injured in a wedding fire in Iraq
Hundreds of people were celebrating a wedding in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province of Qaraqosh when a fire broke out at the venue late…
ZZS will not “heat up” and will wait for the final ruling in Lembergs’ case to come into force
Even after the announcement of a second guilty verdict, this time from a court of second instance, in the criminal case involving Ventspils…
