State budget will be composed without «deputy quotas», Saeima speaker hopes
When putting together the state budget for 2023, so-called deputy quotas should not be included in it, said 14th Saeima speaker Edvards Smiltēns…
Growing concern in Serbia about the Wagner Group
A Russian news video showing Serbian volunteers in Ukraine taking part in exercises with Russian soldiers has caused widespread outrage in Serbia, the…
Rezekne mayor accuses Harmony of lying, betrayal and want for power
In his video address, Chairman of Rezekne City Council Aleksandrs Bartaševičs, responding to the statement released by Harmony political party’s Riga office this…
Riga City Council committee supports increasing wages for deputies
Riga City Council (RD) Finances and Administrative Affairs Committee supported on Thursday, the 19th of January, amendments in regards to wages in the…
Athlete Višķers accused of attempted bribery of deputy of Ādaži municipal council
The prosecution office reports having submitted to Riga City Court the criminal case regarding the EUR 30 000 bribe offer to a deputy…
Competition Council’s uncovered passenger carriers’ actions must be punished severely, minister says
The cartel agreement in regional passenger transport services uncovered by the Competition Council (KP) is unacceptable and the actions of involved passenger carriers…
Residents in Latvia take fewer but larger mortgage loans and for longer terms
While in 2021 the number of issued mortgage loans had returned to the pre-pandemic level, the number of such loans issued last year…
Estonia plans to significantly increase the number of safe shelters
Interior Minister of Estonia, Lauri Läänemets, will encourage the government to build new shelters where up to 730 thousand people can stay in…
BNN ANALYSES: Vilnius says that Beijing is softening its stance
Linas Jegelevičius Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda after his meeting with World Trade Organization’s Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said that China is «softening its stance»….
