The Saeima on April 8, at the proposal of opposition lawmakers, made a decision to set up parliamentary ad hoc commission to investigate mistakes made by the Latvian government ...

Spain's Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain, Arancha González Laya, was in Latvia on 8 April to meet with Latvian Foreign Minister, Edgars Rin ...

Opposition deputy Aldis Gobzems (Law and Order) has collected the necessary signatures to request the resignation of Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity), according to G ...

State Secretary of the Ministry of Health Daina Mūrmane-Umbraško has been reprimanded and demoted for actions related to the purchase of BioNTech/Pfizer vaccines, Health Minist ...

Nationwide local government elections to be held across Latvia on June 5 have passed the list submission deadline, with over 300 applications, Central Election Commission (CVK) ...

Latvia's eastern neighbor, Belarus, will be the subject of a live online discussion taking place April 8 at 15:00 Rīga time (GMT +3). ...

RIGA, Mar 31 (LETA) - In the given situation, the government has no plans to ease restrictions and open everything up. Instead, solutions are being sought to rearrange the Covi ...

Independent Saeima Deputy Jūlija Stepaņenko cruised to victory in the undeclared but keenly-contested race to be the most frequent Saeima speaker during the winter parliamentar ...

Saeima deputy Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis plans to launch a new political party later this year, the LETA newswire reported March 29. ...

Medics should be involved more when deciding about Covid-19 restrictions, doctor and former Health Minister Ingrīda Circene told Latvian Radio March 26. ...

European Union leaders agreed to respect the principle of solidarity in the redistribution of additional doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine - more vaccines will be received by co ...

On Thursday, March 25 after a long debate, the Saeima rejected the “For Good Death” initiative, which called for the legalization of euthanasia in the event of terminal disease ...

On Thursday, March 25 after a long debate, the Saeima rejected the “For Good Death” initiative, which called for the legalization of euthanasia in the event of terminal disease ...

Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs has decided to ban 118 citizens of the Republic of Belarus from entering Latvia indefinitely. The decision was coordinated with the Foreign Mi ...

Foreign ministers of the three Baltic states had their first chance to get up close and personal -- while remaining suitably distanced -- with new United states Secretary of St ...

On Wednesday, March 24, the Cabinet postponed the decision on the four-step plan proposed by the Crisis Management Council for the gradual reduction of Covid-19 restrictive mea ...

On 24 March 2021, the International Accountability Platform for Belarus (IAPB), established with the aim of systematically documenting human rights abuses in Belarus and preser ...

The state of emergency set to expire April 6 might not be extended, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš told Latvian Television March 24.  ...

The Prosecutor General will launch an investigation of the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines and assess the decision of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) not ...

The Saeima Mandate, Ethics and Submissions Committee proposed to expel deputy Didzis Šmits on repeated absence from parliamentary remote meetings, LETA reported March 17. ...

The territorial reform in Latvia will eliminate the possibility of voter associations to run for local government elections, which was so far allowed in small districts, Latvia ...