Kaspars Gorkšs appointed Director of Latvia’s State Chancellery
October 20, 2026
Candidate for Latvia’s State Chancellery director earned over 90,000 euros last year
Kaspars Gorkšs, Director General of the Employers’ Confederation of Latvia (LDDK) and the nominee for Director of the State Chancellery, earned 92,696 euros…
J.P. Morgan entitled to 300,000 euros a month for preparing Tet and LMT deal
US investment bank J.P. Morgan is entitled to receive 300,000 euros per month for preparing the acquisition of shares in Latvian telecommunications companies…
Latvian tourists from Impro travel agency in Nepal as new floods strike
Latvian citizens currently in Nepal who have registered with the consular register are safe following the latest floods, according to information available to…
Cyclone will alternate with a high-pressure area, changeable weather expected
Weather conditions will be changeable early in the week: on Monday, the 12th of October, the weather will be influenced by a cyclone…
Former German Chancellor Schroeder visited the Russian dictator
On the 8th of October, the Kremlin reported that former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder participated in Russian dictator Putin’s birthday celebrations at a…
BNN IN FOCUS | Political scientist’s view: “Where will we make the cuts?” – Rajevskis warns of the cost of banning grain transit
Latvia is planning to ban the transit of grain from Russia and Belarus, but it remains unclear how thoroughly the consequences of such…
Migration pressure to rise in coming weeks
Egert Belitšev, head of the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board (PPA), has indicated that migration pressure could rise sharply in the coming…
Candidate for Latvia’s State Chancellery director has only sports-related experience in public institutions
Kaspars Gorkšs, who has been nominated for the position of Director of Latvia’s State Chancellery, has previously gained experience in state or municipal…
From intelligence chief to trafficking secret information: August Hanning
August Hanning, currently in custody, led Germany’s foreign intelligence service (BND) for seven years and had access to the state’s most closely guarded…
