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President to attend Paris Olympics

  • 2024-07-25
  • LETA/TBT Staff

RIGA - President Edgars Rinkevics will visit Paris from today until July 28, according to his agenda. Today, the president will participate in the Sport for Sustainable Development Summit. On Friday, Rinkevics will attend a reception hoste...

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Ministries and other government institutions seek EUR 1.3 billion worth of extra funding in 2025 budget

RIGA - Latvia's ministries, other central government institutions, as well as independent institutions have submitted funding requests for prioritized needs in 2025 worth EUR 1.292 billion, LETA was told at the Finance Ministry.  The extra amount sought by independent ...

Re-election of von der Leyen shows pro-European majority in the EP - Dombrovskis

RIGA - The re-election of Ursula von der Leyen as the President of the European Commission (EC) shows that the European Parliament (EP) still has a majority of pro-European, centrist forces, and it will be possible to work with this majority for the next five years, Valdis Dombrovskis (New Unity)...

Ministries and other government institutions seek EUR 1.3 billion worth of extra funding in 2025 budget

RIGA - Latvia's ministries, other central government institutions, as well as independent ins...

Re-election of von der Leyen shows pro-European majority in the EP - Dombrovskis

RIGA - The re-election of Ursula von der Leyen as the President of the European Commission (EC) s...

Zile re-elected European Parliament vice president

RIGA - Roberts Zile (National Alliance) was re-elected European Parliament vice president on Tues...

Vaidere to pick up Dombrovskis' mandate in EP

RIGA - Inese Vaidere (New Unity), a member of the previous European Parliament (EP), will take a ...

Latvia has significant hydrogen energy potential, charts the way

Latvia has significant potential in the hydrogen economy and should therefore exploit the opportu...

Hungarian PM Orban's meeting with Putin is completely unacceptable - Silina

RIGA - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's meeting with Vladimir Putin is completely unac...

What will the geopolitical scene look like in 2050? In any case, it is time to tighten our seatbelts!

Predicting the future is notoriously difficult. Therefore, it is no surprise that most prediction...

Baltic security experts showcase the regional importance of EU and NATO

For five years the Baltic Security Foundation (BSF) has been bringing together security experts t...

Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Latvia, Tang Songgen: 'Let the person who tied the bell on the tiger untie it'

Labelling China as a partner, competitor and systemic rival at the same time is neither consisten...

New culture minister ready to review current ministry's budget

RIGA - The new Culture Minister Agnese Lace (Progressives) is ready to review the current budget ...

The reconstruction of the 330kv overhead line connecting Latvia to Estonia and the Baltics to Europe has been completed

One of the key projects for the synchronisation of the Baltic States grid with European network i...

Latvian PM Silina’s government makes some noise but is running in place

Although the discussions about and around the current government of Latvia and its work are exten...

Government is united and able to avoid dividing society further - Silina

RIGA - The current government is united and able to talk about complex issues without further div...

Latvian government decides to repeatedly nominate Dombrovskis for European Commissioner

RIGA - The Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday decided to nominate Valdis Dombrovskis (New Unity), th...

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