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Urbanovičs confirms Ušakovs ready to
Latvia - Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and longtime Rīga City Mayor Nils Ušakovs (Harmony) is prepared to run in the capital's extraordinar...
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Minister Pūce calls for Rīga City Co
Latvia - Environmental Protection and Regional Development (VARAM) Minister Juris Pūce (Development/For!) called for the dissolution of the Rīga City...
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Latvia votes against EU tax transpar
Latvia - 12 European Union countries, including Latvia and Estonia, voted against a directive, which would force multinational companies to their pro...
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Latvia to make contribution to Globa
Latvia - On 3 December 2019, the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers approved a draft resolution prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that will mean ...
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Latvian Parliament coalition still n
Latvia - On November 28 the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging seven countries that have signed, but not ratified the Istanbul Conventio...
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Latvia still not ready to ratify Ist
Latvia - On November 28 the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging seven countries that have signed, but not ratified the Istanbul Conventio...
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Estonia takes over Baltic Assembly d
Latvia - Estonia has become the presiding country of the Baltic Assembly (BA), taking over for the next year from Latvia at the conclusion of the 38t...
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Rīga mayor Burovs to carry on
Latvia - Despite the formation of a new coalition in Rīga City council, Riga Mayor Olegs Burovs (Honor to Serve Riga) survived a vote of no confidenc...
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Reforms aim to streamline Latvian po
Latvia - State Police Chief Ints Ķuzis presented a plan for State Police reforms to the Saeima Defense, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention Co...
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Reforms aim to streamline Latvian po
Latvia - State Police Chief Ints Ķuzis presented a plan for State Police reforms to the Saeima Defense, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention Co...
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Latvian Saeima committee to explore
Latvia - On November 28 the Saeima Foreign Affairs Committee decided to review areas where Valka and Valga residents could receive common services ba...
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November party ratings show lack of
Latvia - The opposition Harmony party continues to boast of the widest support among Latvian voters, but is also continuing to shed that support, acc...
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Latvian regions threaten legal actio
Latvia - Amid tractor protests in smaller regions and threats of turning to the Constitutional Court from larger cities, the New Conservative Party (...
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Another astonishing Russian Foreign
Latvia - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia said November 23 it felt "astonishment" at a comment made by the Information and Press Department ...
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De Facto: British neo-Nazi visited L
Latvia - A self-confessed British Nazi, whose organization has since been listed as a terrorist group by the United Kingdom, visited the headquarters...
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Latvia tells Russian Foreign Ministr
Latvia - Latvia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement November 22 pointing out that the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman was being l...
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Rīga Mayor Burovs offers to resign p
Latvia - Rīga City Council Mayor Oļegs Burovs (Honor to Serve Riga (GKR)) promised to resign from his position and call an emergency election himself...
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President Levits talks NATO and Russ
Latvia - During a recent visit to France, reported at the time by LSM, Latvian President Egils Levits stopped off at the studios of the France24 tele...
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Unemployment benefit period cut, whi
Latvia - Saeima passed an amendment on November 14 decreasing unemployment benefits from nine months to eight, while on November 13 they passed an am...
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Latvian Saeima passes 2020 budget
Latvia - After two long days of parliamentary debate, the Latvian Saeima finally approved the state budget for 2020 late on November 14....
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Budget debate enters second day at S
Latvia - Debate over the form of Latvia's 2020 spending plans entered a second day November 14 following a marathon sitting November 13 that only man...
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Latvia's President Levits talks medi
Latvia - Latvian President Egils Levits continued a busy week, even by his hyperactive standards, November 12 as he appeared on a panel at the Paris ...
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Budget debate under way at Saeima
Latvia - The final reading of the Latvian government's budget for 2020 got under way at Saeima November 13 with a lengthy day of debate in prospect....
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Senior National Alliance figure apol
Latvia - The secretary general of one of the parties in Latvia's ruling five-party coalition has responded to reveations that he was the user of a fa...
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Latvian Green Party expelled from Eu
Latvia - The Latvian Green Party has been expelled from the European Green Party, the party's chairman Edgars Tavars told the LETA newswire November ...
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