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Only Kleinbergs nominated for Riga mayor post
Baltic News Network
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June 27, 2025
At today’s Riga City Council meeting, only one candidate was nominated for the position of mayor – Viesturs Kleinbergs, a politician from the “Progressives” and the candidate put forward by the new council coalition. The opposition did not...
Retail figures down 2% on year in Latvia
LSM
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June 27, 2025
The largest year-on-year increases were recorded in the retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores (10.6 %), retail sale of information and communication equipment in specialised stores (7.5 %), as well as retail sale of...
BNN Interview | Hosams Abu Meri: Why waiting times remain long and how to treat Latvia smarter
Baltic News Network
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June 26, 2025
Healthcare ranks at the top of the priority list for every Latvian resident. Yet, the sector is also riddled with “tough questions” more than perhaps any other. What are the real benefits of the pharmaceutical reform? How long will patients...
Repeated gender issues raise questions about coalition stability
LSM
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June 26, 2025
The proposal to enshrine in the country's constitution that there are only two genders – male and female – was submitted to the Saeima by the opposition party Latvia First. The proposal was also supported by the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS),...
Everything you need to know about Roller Skiing
I News Cayman
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July 20, 2025
Jul 18, 2025 – The 2025/26 FIS Roller Ski World Cup season started in Madona (LAT) on July 17. Originally a recreational activity established in Italy in the 1930s, Roller Skiing became a summer training tool for Cross-Country skiers in the second...
Enhanced Latvia-Belarus border guarding to continue
LSM
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June 25, 2025
The order was issued to ensure the integrity of the state border and to prevent threats to national security, as there continues to be a high number of attempts to illegally cross the Latvian-Belarusian border. In total, from 1 January to 25 June...
Artistry, Culture Unite At European Film Fest
Botswana Gazette
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June 25, 2025
With a lineup spanning historical thrillers, animated adventures and local voices, the festival proved once again that cinema is not just entertainment but a mirror, a bridge and a call to imagine better futures GOSEGO MOTSUMI From the opening...
NATO countries’ budgets compared: Defence vs healthcare and education
Al Jazeera
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June 25, 2025
NATO leaders signed a deal to increase defence spending as the annual alliance summit in The Hague drew to a close after two days of meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday. At the top of the agenda was a big new defence spending target demanded by US...
Several amendments adopted to the regulations on teachers’ remuneration in Latvia
Baltic News Network
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June 25, 2025
The government adopted amendments to the regulations governing teachers’ remuneration, which, among other changes, introduce timely notification of teachers about their salaries for the upcoming academic year, ensure payment for all actually...
Europe’s Gender Rights Divide Remains EU’s Moral and Political Fault Line
EUToday
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June 24, 2025
31For all its lofty rhetoric about equality and fundamental rights, the European Union remains a house divided when it comes to gender, and the rights of women. From unequal pay and workplace discrimination to shrinking access to reproductive...
How far has Latvia come with mental health in past three years?
LSM
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June 25, 2025
Mental health – one of the priorities of the Ministry of Health Since 2018, the Ministry of Health has made mental health one of its priorities. The ministry developed a two-year ‘Plan for Improving Access to Mental Health Care’, but its...
Recommendations left in the drawer: State Audit Office warns – Latvia is losing millions
Baltic News Network
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June 25, 2025
The recommendations issued by the State Audit Office (SAO) during audits—many of which remain unimplemented—as well as other audit findings and insights could have a positive impact on the national budget amounting to several million euros,...
International collaborations and exciting prizes – RIGA IFF Baltic Music Video Competition call for entries still open
The Film New Europe
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this edition’s changes are described by BMV curator, director Žanete Skarule. This year, the BMV main prize is presented by the festival partners BBrental – a full-service filming equipment rental house –, and the manufacturer of electronic...
Revealed: Brit who 'married nine-year-old at Disneyland Paris' is convicted paedophile who paid for children to worship him at fake West End premiere, masterminded scam funeral with young actors and detonated explosion while naked opposite the O2
Daily Mail
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June 24, 2025
The man who pretended to marry a nine-year-old girl at Disneyland Paris is a convicted British paedophile behind a string of bizarre social media stunts, MailOnline can reveal. Londoner Jaskarn or 'Jacky' Jhaj, 39, was arrested after paying...
Revealed: Brit who 'married nine-year-old at Disneyland Paris' is convicted paedophile who paid for children to worship him at fake West End premiere, masterminded scam funeral with young actors and detonated explosion while naked opposite the O2
Daily Mail
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June 24, 2025
The man who pretended to marry a nine-year-old girl at Disneyland Paris is a convicted British paedophile behind a string of bizarre social media stunts, MailOnline can reveal. Londoner Jaskarn or 'Jacky' Jhaj, 39, was arrested after paying...
Preparing for Zero Hour: Values and Geopolitics in Latvia and Lithuania
Green European Journal
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June 24, 2025
Are values a luxury to be cast aside when your country is under threat of invasion, or is values-based politics part of building resilience? Two Baltic Green politicians whose parties have recently joined national governments discuss the...
NATPE Budapest: BBC Studios, AMC Networks Int’l Buy Cineflix Rights Lifestyle, Travel Content
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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June 23, 2025
Cineflix Rights has unveiled a raft of lifestyle and travel content sales to broadcasters, including BBC Studios and AMC Networks International, across the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region on the eve of NATPE Budapest 2025. Financial...
Elderly Latvian Drug Smuggler Intercepted at Bangkok Airport
Khaosod English
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June 23, 2025
SUVARNABHUMI — Thai authorities arrested a 71-year-old Latvian man attempting to smuggle approximately 3 kilograms of heroin through Suvarnabhumi Airport while in transit from Laos to Malaysia. The Investigation and Suppression Division at...
How steady global fertility decline poses threat to humanity — IMF
Tribune Online
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July 20, 2025
•Policymakers may deploy family-friendly policies to boost fertility A decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may lead to better lives. By: David E. Bloom, Michael Kuhn and Klaus Prettner/International...
Russian Speakers in Latvia Face Hate Speech
MENAFN
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June 23, 2025
(MENAFN) The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has highlighted a growing trend of hostile rhetoric aimed at Russian-speaking individuals in Latvia. The commission suggested that the naturalization policies applied to...