The military have unveiled an ammo storage facility worth close to €7m in Vaiņode, western Latvia. It will supply both local and national units, reported Latvian Radio on December 27.
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Rumors over the sale of Modern Times Group (MTG) TV channels are worrying as such a deal could allow non-friendly forces make headway in the Latvian media space. Furthermore, a deal like that might influence the availability of quality content, say industry officials and experts.
The Transport Ministry has offered upping the annual vehicle operating tax for 'dirtier' vehicles to incentivize choosing greener cars, Tālivalds Vectirāns of the ministry told Latvian Radio Friday.
It is likely that EU funds available to Latvia following 2020 will not decrease steeply. Sources in Brussels say that possibly most EU cohesion and social policy programs will remain in place following Britain's exit from the EU, reported Latvian Radio Wednesday.
Dogs will have to be microchipped in Latvia starting January 1 next year. The chipping procedure will be carried out by veterinarians and inspectors of Latvia's Food and Veterinary Service (PVD), reported Latvian Radio Monday.
The Museum Night event was attended by about 200,000 people this year. A total of 150 museums threw their doors open in an annual bash that sees Latvia's temples of knowledge work until late at night throughout the country, reported Latvian Radio Sunday.
Several properties of the troubled metallurgical company KVV Liepajas metalurgs are being auctioned starting May 9 to cover the company's debts, reported Latvian Radio Monday.
Latvia's energy regulator, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (SPKR), has issued a warning to gas utility Latvijas Gaze about denying the Latvenergo power supply company access to infrastructure that would allow buying gas from Lithuania, reported Latvian Radio Thursday.
Ukraine is hoping for a closer cooperation in transport and wants help in carrying out massive reforms in the forestry industry, the Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma (Unity) and Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk told Latvian Radio Friday.
The developers of the Rail Baltica high-speed rail line have worked out more than 500 technical solutions for tailoring the railway to the country's roads, power lines and other man-made and natural objects, reported Latvian Radio Wednesday.
In a utility revision, the State Audit Agency (VK) has pointed out that the so-called E-Health (e-veselība) project has been planned and managed incompetently, and has pointed out that the state risks having to return the €11.3m EU funding for the project, announced Controller General Elita Krūmiņa on Tuesday, saying that a total of €14.5m have been invested in the project.
Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor’s ban on Latvian processed fish products is official and in effect as of June 4, announced the state Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) on its own website Thursday.