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LSM
Staff Writer Friday, December 6, 2019 - 2:09pm

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Friday, December 6, 2019 - 12:47pm

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 5:07pm

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 10:09am

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 ...

LSM
Staff Writer Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 1:27pm

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 1:27pm

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Monday, December 2, 2019 - 8:15am

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Monday, December 2, 2019 - 6:51am

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Thursday, November 28, 2019 - 2:50pm

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Thursday, November 28, 2019 - 2:50pm

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Thursday, November 28, 2019 - 8:59am

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - 8:16am

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - 2:00pm

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 (...

LSM
Staff Writer Monday, November 25, 2019 - 12:48pm

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 ...

LSM
Staff Writer Monday, November 25, 2019 - 11:54am

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Friday, November 22, 2019 - 7:54pm

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 2:07pm

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 7:45am

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 7:19pm

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 4:55pm

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....

LSM
Staff Writer Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 6:15am

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 1:39pm

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 ...

LSM
Staff Writer Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 6:41am

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....

LSM
Staff Writer Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 6:14am

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...

LSM
Staff Writer Monday, November 11, 2019 - 6:13am

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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