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Schulz promises better budget deal
Schulz promises better budget deal
Valdis Dombrovskis (left) greets Martin Schulz....
RIGA - Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (Unity) on Jan. 31 met with the newly elected European Parliament President Martin Schulz and agreed to cooperate closely when drafting the European Union’s multi-annual budget for 2014-2020 so that it would be based on the principles of balance and fairness, reports LETA. Dombrovskis emphasized that it is important for Latvia to ensure that the bloc’s next financial perspective maintains sufficient support for its cohesion policy aimed at smoothening Europe’s regional differences. “The current proposal from the European ...  Full story...
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 Jan 25, 2012 - Pessimism continues on emigration data...
Pessimism continues on emigration data
RIGA - Nearly one year has passed since the population census in 2011, and during this period an additional 30,000 to 40,000 residents have left Latvia, last year’s ‘Spidola Award’ winner, University of Latvia Professor Mihails Hazans, said, reports Nozare.lv. Hazans said that the Central Statistical Bureau’s data on the 2011 population census seemed to be accurate, addi...
 Jan 18, 2012 - Petition accepted to halt referendum...
Petition accepted to halt referendum
RIGA - The Constitutional Court could decide on the status of the state language referendum this week and, possibly, suspend it, said the court’s chairman Gunars Kutris in an interview with the TV3 broadcast ‘Neka personiga’ (Nothing Personal) on Jan. 15, reports LETA. The Constitutional Court promises to act as swiftly as possible to make sure that its verdict does not come o...
 Jan 11, 2012 - Kilis to reduce headcount...
Kilis to reduce headcount
RIGA - The planned reorganization of the Education and Science Ministry will involve reducing the Ministry’s staff, said Education and Science Minister Roberts Kilis to the heads of regional education boards on Jan. 4, reports LETA. On the previous day, the minister announced that reorganization of the Education and Science Ministry would begin later this month: the Ministry’s str...
 Jan 04, 2012 - Declarations’ law in force...
Declarations’ law in force
RIGA - Even though the law on private individuals’ declarations of financial circumstances stipulates that the declarations will have to be submitted from March 1 this year, the State Revenue Service reiterated that residents were to write down what they own on New Year’s Eve: at 12 midnight on Dec. 31, reports LETA. Most people, however, paid little attention and celebrated the inc...
 Jan 04, 2012 - LNO finances in the spotlight...
LNO finances in the spotlight
RIGA - Culture Minister Zaneta Jaunzeme-Grende’s (All for Latvia!-For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK) decision not to appoint former Latvian National Opera (LNO) Managing Director Andrejs Zagars for a new term was “rash and contained several legal inaccuracies,” said the former director, reports LETA. Zagars told Latvian State Radio on Dec. 29 that he understands the minister&rsq...
 Dec 22, 2011 - Jurmala strategy agreed...
Jurmala strategy agreed
RIGA - Jurmala City Council on Dec. 15 approved the city’s territorial development strategy for the next twelve-year period, reports LETA. The initial version of the document had caused an uproar: Jurmala residents complained that it was not environmentally-friendly, and strongly disapproved of several provisions in the strategy. Now the strategy has been amended significantly in line wit...
 Dec 22, 2011 - Antonov’s tricks continue...
Antonov’s tricks continue
RIGA - The former Latvijas Krajbanka owner, Vladimir Antonov, has admitted that Andrey Rudeshko was the front man for his interests in airBaltic, reports LETA. The TV3 show ‘Neka personiga’ (Nothing Personal) reports that there are now concerns that Antonov could try and claim 50 million euros from the Latvian government in connection with the airline, as this was the amount previou...
 Dec 14, 2011 - Jaundzeikars hospitalized...
Jaundzeikars hospitalized
RIGA - The former head of the Saeima National Security Committee and ex-Interior Minister Dzintars Jaundzeikars (Latvia’s First Party/Latvia’s Way) was taken to Riga Stradins Hospital due to serious health issues, reports LETA. Jaundzeikars’ lawyer, Pavels Rebenoks, said that on Dec. 9, when he arrived at Riga Central Prison to meet with his client, he was told that the meetin...

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