Riga City Council has terminated the agreement with the company “Ceļu pārvalde” that is involved in the so-called road construction cartel and sanctioned by the Competition Council, Latvian Television reported August 10.
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State aid for households could be extended due to increases in electricity prices, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš said after meeting with the Chairman of the public utilities commission (SPRK). In the meantime, SPRK will review the tariffs in December to decide whether adjustments are needed, Latvian Radio and Latvian Television reported on August 9.
This summer, work is continuing on three important reforms for the country - reoganization of the school and hospital networks, as well as a review of the existing tax system.
Following a conflict between the former Saeima deputy, the parliamentary secretary of the Ministry of Education and Science, and the former Conservative party member Reinis Znotiņš and his neighbors, the State Police has launched a case on petty hooliganism and also assessing a possible case of incitement to national, ethnic or racial hate, Latvian Television reported on August 3.
The tax policy working group has met for the first time after the summer break, and it has agreed that there will be changes in taxes. However, specific solutions have not yet come up, Latvian Television reported August 2.
In response to the events in Belarus, the procedures by which citizens of Belarus may receive a visa for entry to Latvia have been greatly relaxed, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs August 24.
The Ministry of Health has developed a new remuneration model for medical practitioners, to be introduced over seven years. On average, doctors' remuneration is expected to rise to the average salary of 2.74 of the Latvian economy. A gradual increase in wages is also intended for nurses, Latvian Radio said July 29.
The rise in the unemployment rate, which was particularly rapid in the first months of the COVID-19 crisis, has nearly stalled. State Employment Agency (NVA) said July 17 it was likely that the trend could deteriorate again in autumn, with the end of seasonal jobs.
The former Press House on the left bank of River Daugava is to be turned into a modern business center, Latvian Television said July 16.
Ministry of Welfare has offered an increase of guaranteed minimum income (GMI) at the Constitutional Court, Latvian Radio reported July 15.
On Wednesday, July 1, the new Administrative Liability Law entered into force, taking the place of the Code of Administrative Violations, issued in 1985, Latvian Television reported on July 1.
The government at a meeting of the Cabinet on Tuesday, June 16, supported a €8.2 million grant to raise the minimum salary rate for educators from €750 to €790, reported Latvian Television on June 16.
On Monday, June 15, coalition parties agreed conceptually to develop an acoustic concert hall construction project in Riga on Elizabetes Street 2 at Kronvalda Park, dismantling the former LPSR Communist Party Central Committee building, where the 'World Trade Center' is now located, Latvian Radio reported on June 15.
Mikrotīkls (known abroad as MikroTik) IT company says 2018 fire in warehouse was linked to a massive robbery, Latvian Television reported on May 29.
The number of medics infected with the novel coronavirus is on the increase, with 26 ambulance employees at the State Emergency Medical Service testing positive for the disease. Twice this number are self-isolating after being in contact with an infected patient. Latvia is ramping up tests for emergency medical workers, with more than 700 tested in the past two weeks, reported LTV April 7.
The faction of National Alliance at the Rīga City Council has offered its long-time rival, the Honor to Serve Rīga (GKR) party, to form a joint coalition.
The revival in fortunes of the New Unity party under Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš appeared to continue in June according to the monthly poll from the SKDS pollster produced for LTV.
Justice Minister Jānis Bordāns (New Conservative Party) has expressed no-confidence in Prosecutor General Ēriks Kalnmeiers and wants him probed over his track record against money laundering, Bordāns told the press May 17.
In 2018 the Latvian state covered the child support expenses of 45,000 children from divorced families. Even though more funds are being recovered from child support debtors, the total debt has reached €300m including interest. Officials say this is due to the fact that it's become easier to apply for child support.
The Saeima social and labor affairs committee has backed the initiative of postponing the introduction of the new healthcare system, said committee leader Andris Skride (Development/For!) January 9.
On October 17 a protest was held by the Rīga City Council, with about 100 people asking to improve cycling infrastructure in the Latvian capital, reported LTV.
Latvia's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that it would follow the EU in not stopping trade with Iran, despite US calls for the contrary. Nevertheless, Latvia's trade with the country is very limited and has kept on falling for the past few years, reported LTV August 12.
The Vidzeme Regional Court in Madona gave Jurijs Stilve, a farmer in Alūksne Municipality, a three-year suspended sentence for espionage, reported LTV.
Hearings started April 24 in a court case related to the collapse of the bank Latvijas Krājbanka (Latvian Savings Bank) in 2011 in murky circumstances, reports LTV's Anete Bērtule.
The state has lost a case against the landowners who receive rent from people who own apartments on their land, LTV reported April 12.
The Latvian Saeima on February 8 sent language reform amendments for review in the Saeima Education, culture and science committee.
A renovated annex to the Asylum Seekers' Center at Mucenieki was opened on Friday. It cost €1.8m to build and offers housing to asylum seekers and facilities for locals.
Over 100,000 people living in apartment buildings, mostly in Riga, have to pay rent for the land under the house, owned by someone else, in addition to regular expenses. Law amendments that would help solve this problem have been adopted by the Saeima in the first, non-final reading. However the Justice Ministry, which authored the new law, has come under fierce criticism for its work, reported LTV on March 8.
The US will continue to stand by NATO's Article 5 following the inauguration of Donald Trump, said US Senators John McCain, Lindsay Graham, and Amy Klobuchar on December 28.
Since April, more than half of the people who've been legally recognized as refugees have left Latvia, the Red Cross told Latvian Television Wednesday.
Latvia's High Court has satisfied a claim by a former fireman to be paid for the hours he had to spend at his workplace during breaks, even though nominally he wasn't 'at work'. As the sentence applies to everyone who worked under the model, the state will have to pay compensations of several dozen million euros, reported Latvian Television Saturday.
The SIA Tineo company has claimed €4.4m in damages for the Zolitūde supermarket building that crashed in November 2013 taking 54 lives, reported Latvian Television and Latvian Radio. Tineo is the owner of the supermarket building.