Misāne could face prosecution in Latvia after all
Latvia - Latvia's Prosecutor General's office performed what amounted to a U-turn February 18 and announced that it had applied to the courts for an arrest warrant and request for the e...
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Latvia's President Levits completes whirlwind Munich visit
Latvia - There was no easing of President Egils Levits' intense schedule over the weekend with the head of state giving his views on a wide range of topics at the annual Munich Security...
Danish court approves Misāne's continued custody
Latvia - A Copenhagen court on February 14 ruled that Latvian citizen Kristīne Misāne should remain in custody pending an extradition request in place from South Africa, where she will ...
Local deputies to pay the price for lack of Latvian skills
Latvia - The municipal deputies the State Language Centre invites to improve their state language skills to the necessary level will have to use their own resources, according to the am...
Latvian Saeima votes to sack Rīga City Council
Latvia - On Thursday, February 13, the Saeima decided on the final draft of the Riga City Council Dismissal Law which provides for the dismissal of the Riga City Council and the appoint...
Latvia and Moldova pledge further action tracking down billion-dollar fraud
Latvia - On 12 February 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova, Aureliu Ciocoi, w...
Trump Lawyer Giuliani makes Latvian money-laundering allegations
Latvia - The personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated public allegations that he has evidence about money laundering between Latvia and Ukraine, with indirect links t...
Opposition parties lead the way in January ratings
Latvia - Opposition political parties Harmony (Saskaņa) and the Greens and Farmers Union (ZZS) were the most popular choices among voters in January, according to the latest poll from L...
Latvian Defense Minister wades into Danish-South African extradition row
Latvia - With the Latvian Foreign Ministry and Justice Ministry already deeply involved in negotiations with Denmark over the controversial extradition of a Latvian citizen to South Afr...
Rīga mayor suspends Construction Board director
Latvia - Rīga Mayor Oļegs Burovs (Honor to Serve Rīga) has suspended Rīga City Construction Board Director Inguss Vircavs for up to three months, Burovs told Latvian Television on Febru...
Danish ambassador summoned to Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Latvia - On 10 February, Danish Ambassador Flemming Stender was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Secretary of State Andris Pelšs where he was presented with a "démarche" -...
Kariņš in Tallinn to talk with Baltic counterparts and EU Commissioner
Latvia - Friday, 7 February sees Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas hosting Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš and Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis in Tallinn within th...
Dissolution of Rīga City Council edges closer
Latvia - A quorum was not met for the third Riga City Council meeting in a row February 6, meaning that Saeima now has a legal basis for the dismissal of the council following legal ame...
Ģirģens offers alternative park location
Latvia - Interior Minister Sandis Ģirģens (KPV LV) accuses the people behind property development business interests and the political unrest in the Rīga City Council (RD) of propagatin...