New Unity will not vote for Gunārs Kūtris as Saeima’s new speaker
Latvian political party New Unity (JV) will not support Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) member Gunārs Kūtris as a candidate for the…
ZZS member Daiga Mieriņa elected as the new Saeima speaker
On Wednesday, the 20th of September, the Latvian parliament with 55 votes in favour and 34 votes against elected Union of Greens and…
Crew of cargo ship evacuated after explosion near Romanian port of Danube
An explosion on board the Togo-flagged general cargo ship Seama near the Romanian port of Sulina on Wednesday, the 20th of September, led…
Latvian State Security Service to look into ex-MEP Mamikin’s public activities
The State Security Service (VDD) of Latvia has commenced an investigation of the public activities of former Latvian MEP Andrejs Mamikins. The service…
King Charles III pays a three-day visit to France
Britain’s King Charles III begins a long-awaited state visit to Paris on Wednesday, the 20th of September, aimed at commemorating the long-standing relationship…
If Kūtris drops out, ZZS may propose Daiga Mieriņa for Saeima speaker’s post
If Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) candidate Gunārs Kūtris is not elected as the new new Saeima speaker in the second vote,…
Nine dead in Russian attacks in Ukraine, warehouses set on fire in Lviv
On Tuesday, the 19th of September, nine people were killed in Russian attacks in Ukraine. A drone strike set fire to industrial warehouses…
OPINION | A vote for Kūtris is a vote for his “good master”
Ilona Bērziņa, BNN It is possible the Saeima speaker candidate Gunārs Kūtris never learned to speak, as he put it, “in a politically…
Zelensky at UN: Russia’s “evil cannot be trusted”
On Tuesday, the 19th of September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a speech to the UN General Assembly in which he stressed the…
