Three large files with documents from the Committee for State Security (KGB) have been found on private property in Vidzeme region, Latvian Radio reported on July 1.
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The government has been developing the "Latvian State Roads" (LVC) plan for 2020-2040, including construction of high-speed roads, Latvian Television reported on June 18.
This week, temporary administration of the Riga municipality will start distributing the COVID-19 compensation fund, including €2.29 million for Rīgas Satiksme (Riga Transport), Latvian Television reported on June 16.
On June 3 the Latvian cabinet ruled that travelers from most European countries will no longer have to observe a mandatory quarantine period of 14 days after arriving.
As harvest season approaches, farmers concerned about lack of workforce asked authorities to allow guest worker employment. Ministers, however, are wary of this request, reported Latvian Television on May 27.
International passenger transport by air and sea could be resumed on May 13, and transport by land on May 18, said Transport Minister Tālis Linkaits (New Conservative Party) on Latvian Radio May 6.
Three years - such is the length of warranty provided by a company that is carrying out repairs on the important Krasta street (Krasta iela), reports LTV. However, doubts have been expressed about the quality of the work with fears that old potholes and bumps may reappear much sooner than that.
Santa Purviņa, head of the Pharmacology Department at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) recently published a Facebook post of a KGB file with the name of Guntis Bahs, code-name Arnolds. That's the name of RSU's Vice-Rector for Health Studies. But Bahs has now turned to the university's ethics committee over the Facebook post.
The Environment Ministry has stopped the Ikšķile municipality from organizing a survey that asks residents whether they want to join another administrative territory.
Just before the new cabinet was installed, LTV's People's Panorama visited the Līvbērze parish, central Latvia, to learn the locals' thoughts about the new government and its make-up.