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Legionnaires receive their marching orders
Legionnaires receive their marching orders
COMMEMORATION DAY: WWII veterans mark their respect for those lost in action....
RIGA - The traditional World War II Latvian Legion memorial procession organized by ‘Daugavas Vanagi Latvija’ (Daugava Hawks in Latvia) was met at the Freedom Monument by the fascist-styled group ‘Latvijas Antifasistiska komiteja’ (Latvian Anti-fascist Committee), who provoked with disrespectful chants and placards, but the two sides did not come to fisticuffs, reports news agency LETA. The Daugava Hawks, in a press release, said that “The [Latvian Anti-fascist Committee] is closely supported by politicians linked to Russia, in particular shadowy groups th...  Full story...
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 Mar 10, 2010 - IMF says property taxes much too low...
IMF says property taxes much too low
RIGA - The International Monetary Fund is advising Latvia to increase its assessed property valuations, after the group’s technical mission determined that the assessed property values in major cities are lower than their market values, reports business daily Biznes&Baltija. The international lender is in addition pushing for an adjustment of assessed valuations for real estate, to co...
 Mar 10, 2010 - Riga Council in civil rights attack...
Riga Council in civil rights attack
RIGA - Riga Mayor Nils Usakovs (Harmony Center - in photo to right) says he will not be ordering any re-review of the decision made last week banning all scheduled assemblies at the Freedom Monument March 16, the traditional WWII Latvian Legion Day commemorating Latvian soldiers’ struggle to rid Latvia of Soviet Red Army forces. The municipality said it had arrived at the decision based o...
 Mar 03, 2010 - Latvia goes dry September 1...
Latvia goes dry September 1
RIGA - Latvia’s parliament banned alcohol sales on Sept. 1, which marks the first day of school in all former Soviet Union countries, often laden with intoxicated youths getting themselves into trouble. MPs say this measure is a part of an anti-alcohol campaign, but  businessmen who say they will suffer losses because of the new law are sure it is nothing but a part of the parliament...
 Feb 24, 2010 - Zatlers stresses good neighborly relations...
Zatlers stresses good neighborly relations
RIGA - President Valdis Zatlers believes that his participation in the May 9 celebrations in Moscow will contribute to social harmony and unity in Latvia, as well as in the furthering of international relations, reports news agency LETA. Zatlers has said that without leaving behind the awareness of Latvian and Baltic history and the Soviet occupation which followed the Second World War, with it...
 Feb 24, 2010 - Court may block further spending cuts...
Court may block further spending cuts
RIGA - Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (New Era), in an interview with the Latvian State Radio ‘Program 4,’ said he believes that further deficit reduction will be achieved through spending cuts rather than tax increases, reports news agency LETA. The prime minister indicated that up to now, Latvia has been on “the road of reductions in budget spending,” and that in th...
 Mar 17, 2010 - Latvija in brief...
“With the Family Day celebration on May 4, we will raise our values to the highest level, drawing attention to the fact that our future is in...
 Mar 17, 2010 - Skele’s demands fall flat...
RIGA - The coalition parties on March 11 rejected the People’s Party (TP) proposal to conclude a separate ‘agreement’ between TP ...
 Mar 10, 2010 - Government agrees on investor ...
RIGA - Latvia’s parliament passed the final version of the controversial immigration bill which gives foreign investors more options to get a...
 Mar 10, 2010 - Latvija in brief...
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 Mar 03, 2010 - Union possible to evade penal...
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 Mar 03, 2010 - Mayor accused of using bad lan...
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 Mar 03, 2010 - Latvija in brief...
Riga Deputy Mayor Ainars Slesers got his way again, against the public’s expressed interest, as the Cabinet of Ministers voted on March 3 to ...
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