Thursday, May 26 - 2:25pm Saeima moves ahead law on removing Soviet symbols Latvia - Staff Writer After a heated debate, the Saeima supported the adoption of the new draft legislation, which would make mandatory the removal of objects glorifying the Soviet and Nazi regimes, ...
Thursday, May 26 - 10:09am Saeima approves new Interior, Economics ministers Latvia - Staff Writer On Thursday, May 26, the Latvian Saeima held a trust vote on the new candidates for the posts of Interior Minister and Economics Minister, Kristaps Eklons and Ilze Indriksone ( ...
Thursday, May 26 - 8:30am Latvian Saeima to decide on civil partnership law Thursday Latvia - Staff Writer On Thursday, May 26, the Saeima will view the draft law on establishing a legal civil union in the final, third, reading. ...
Thursday, May 26 - 8:30am Rally to support civil union law near Latvian Saeima Thursday Latvia - Staff Writer On Thursday, May 26, the Saeima had planned to view the draft law on establishing a legal civil union in the final, third, reading. Due to problems with gathering the necessary ...
Thursday, May 26 - 7:16am Zelenskyy addresses Latvian Saeima Latvia - Staff Writer On Thursday, May 26, during the sitting of Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to address the chamber. ...
Thursday, May 26 - 7:16am Zelenskyy to address Latvian Saeima Thursday Latvia - Staff Writer On Thursday, May 26, during the sitting of Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to address the chamber. ...
Thursday, May 26 - 7:07am Rinkēvičs: 'Some stagnation' at international level in relation to Ukraine Latvia - Staff Writer Some stagnation has occurred in the international sector in relation to the war in Ukraine, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs (New Unity) said on Latvian Television May ...
Wednesday, May 25 - 3:32pm President Levits talks up 3 Seas Initiative ahead of Rīga summit Latvia - Staff Writer President of Latvia Egils Levits used another of his appearances at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland May 24 to trail the upcoming meeting of the Three Seas Initia ...
Wednesday, May 25 - 7:08am PM expects 'firm grasp' on refugee issues from new Interior Minister Latvia - Staff Writer Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš said in an interview on Latvian Television May 25 that he expects a 'firm grasp' on Ukrainian refugee-related issues from the future Interior Mi ...
Tuesday, May 24 - 11:05am Latvia supports Sweden, Finland joining NATO Latvia - Staff Writer At the meeting on May 24, the government supported the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO. The draft law to approve the protocol on the accession of Finland and Sweden to ...
Tuesday, May 24 - 9:20am PM: Coalition 'fully supports' new minister candidates Latvia - Staff Writer The coalition has full support for Economics Minister candidate Ilze Indriksone (National Alliance) and Interior Minister candidate Kristaps Eklons, Prime Minister Krišjānis Ka ...
Monday, May 23 - 1:44pm Latvia and Turkey discuss Sweden and Finland's NATO membership Latvia - Staff Writer On May 23, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, had a telephone call with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, for a discussion ...
Monday, May 23 - 9:38am Firefighter in line to become Interior Minister Latvia - Staff Writer Following the resignation of Interior Minister Marija Golubeva, the For Development/ For! (A/P!) political alliance has decided to nominate deputy head of the State Fire and Re ...
Monday, May 23 - 6:34am Latvian Russian Union plans counter-walk between monuments Latvia - Staff Writer In protest against the plans to remove the Soviet monuments in Latvia, the Latvian Russian Union plans to organize a protest march in Rīga from Uzvaras park to the Freedom Monu ...
Friday, May 20 - 4:02pm President Levits will head to Davos for World Economic Forum Latvia - Staff Writer President of Latvia Egils Levits will take part in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, May 22-25, it has been confirmed by the presidential chancellery. ...
Thursday, May 19 - 5:48am Ilze Indriksone candidate for Latvian Economics Minister Latvia - Staff Writer The Board of the National Alliance has nominated Ilze Indriksone, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Economics (EM) for the post of Minister of Economics, Raivis Dzinta ...
Wednesday, May 18 - 12:06pm PM signs order on Economics Minister's resignation Latvia - Staff Writer On Wednesday, May 18, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity) signed an order on the resignation of Economics Minister Jānis Vitenbergs (National Alliance), said the Prime ...
Wednesday, May 18 - 8:54am Chairs of Baltic Foreign Affairs Committees visit Spain Latvia - Staff Writer May 18 and 19 the Chairs of the Baltic Foreign Affairs Committees are in Spain to have meetings with Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Congress of Deputies Pau Marí ...
Wednesday, May 18 - 8:02am Latest party ratings see New Unity, National Alliance gathering momentum in Latvia Latvia - Staff Writer With Saeima elections looming ever closer on October 1 and no shortage of action on the international and domestic political scenes, there are some new trends revealed in the l ...
Wednesday, May 18 - 7:45am National Alliance asks PM to reconsider Economics Minister's resignation Latvia - Staff Writer The National Alliance has asked Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš to reconsider the request for the resignation of Minister of Economics Jānis Vitenbergs, said Speaker of the Sae ...
Tuesday, May 17 - 7:20am PM Kariņš comments on possible resignation of Economics Minister Latvia - Staff Writer Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity) has suggested the resignation of Economics Minister Jānis Vitenbergs (National Alliance) in connection with the stepping down of Int ...