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State lacks funds to finance family housing programme in 2017

RIGA - The state will not have substantial funds to finance the family housing programme next year. The government rec...

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Unity opposes Strelcenoks' re-appointment, blames him for classified info missing from KNAB

RIGA - Unity will reject Jaroslavs Strelcenoks re-appointment as head of the Latvian Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB) following the recent in...

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EU defmins to meet in Bratislava over European Defense Action Plan

RIGA - European Union defense ministers will convene for an informal meeting in Bratislava on Sept. 26 and 27 to discuss the establishment of th...

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Documents containing state secrets reportedly missing from KNAB

RIGA - Several classified case files are missing from the Latvian Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB), a source told BNS. ...

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Kolegova questions opposition to her candidacy for Revenue Service chief

RIGA - Possible shortcomings in the asset declaration of the State Environmental Service's head Inga Kolegova, which was uncovered when she ...

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Saeima votes against merging Finance Police with Customs Police

RIGA - Saeima rejected amendments to the Law on the State Revenue Service in the first reading today, which stipulated merging the Revenue Servi...

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Latvia to limit cash transactions

Latvia plans on limiting cash transactions to 7,200 euros for individuals as part of a string of law amendments to Latvia’s 2017 budget, t...

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Latvian medics to go on strike next week

The Health Care Workers Union will go on strike on Sept. 29 protesting low salaries and insufficient state investment into health care, union he...

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Latvia’s borderland Latgale: A state within a state

A recent visit to Latgale to interview local leaders and figures in that region with a local Latvian friend reveals a mixed picture combining fa...

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French Council of State Vice President visits ESIL Conference

The closing event of the 12th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) in Riga has brought Jean-Marc Sauve, vice-pr...

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