President of Latvia Egils Levits, said Monday after meeting with Estonian President Alar Karis that both countries were in favor of a faster accession of Ukraine to NATO.
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In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv the Latvian microsurgeons who voluntarily went there to help in the war were visited by Latvian Television on May 14.
The U.S. Department of State has published a transcript of an interview given by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken while he was in Latvia December 1. The interviewer is LTV's own Ina Strazdiņa and the transcript is reproduced below.
The first batch of vaccines that Latvia decided to donate has departed to Tunisia, Latvian Television reported July 28. The delivery is going ahead despite the currently turbulent political situation in the country.
Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid was in Latvia March 2 and took the opportunity to give an English-language interview to LTV.
Latvian Television reported on Thursday, 27 August that the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis will be temporarily entrusted with duties of the EU Trade Commissioner.
After nearly 90 hours of talks in Brussels, the EU's multi-annual budget and economic recovery program of around €1.8 trillion have been agreed in negotiations between EU leaders. More than €10 billion will be available to Latvia's economy over the next seven years, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš said July 21.
One of the priorities of the Foreign Ministry next year is the opening of an embassy in Australia. The ministry has requested funds in next year's budget to make it possible, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs told Latvian Television on July 14.
30 years after the end of the Afghan–Soviet war, some of the veterans shared their memories about the war and its aftermath with Latvian Television's Eyewitness show. A total of 3,640 Latvian soldiers were involved in the war, with 177 wounded, 63 dead (other sources say 51) and one still missing.
The so-called trade war between the EU and the US has slowed down economic growth this side of the Atlantic, said Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvia's former Prime Minister and now European Commission Vice President for the Euro and Social Dialogue.
On April 9 the Baltic presidents, on visit in France, along with French president Emmanuel Macron opened a major exhibition at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris dedicated to the art of the Baltic states.
In solidarity with the United Kingdom and other European Union member states, Latvia will decide on the expulsion of suspected Russian security service operatives working under diplomatic cover, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs (Unity) told Latvian Radio March 23.
Latvia's Embassy in France is exploring the possibility for the reburial of important early Latvian statesman Miķelis Valters, who died in France's Nice in 1968, reports Latvian Radio.
Nawras Riga, whose surname is shared with the Latvian capital, is a gray-haired radiologist in Syria's Aleppo. He wears a ring, almost two centuries old, on his finger. It's amber, and it's a souvenir from Latvia, passed from generation to generation in his family. He is also the owner of Riga Palace, a hotel in Aleppo, the only one currently kept open in the war-torn city.
A new book by one of France's leading publishing houses offers a fresh profile of Latvia and, more particularly, the Latvians.
Latvia's economy will grow 2.8% of GDP this year, according to the winter forecast by the European Commission. The economy will grow even stronger next year, whilst last year's indicators were weak for reasons including a fall in investments, reported Latvian Radio February 13.
There are no direct indications that the United Kingdom's decision to leave the EU would have a long-lasting impact on the economy and financial markets, said Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvia's European Commission Vice-President, reported Latvian Radio Tuesday.
Due to low milk prices and non-availability of EU funds, the state could opt to pay €6m to help dairy farmers weather the crisis, reported Latvian Radio Wednesday.
According to revised European Commission estimates, Latvia's economy will grow 2.8% in 2016, down from the winter forecast of 3.1%, with the pace picking up again in 2017, reported Latvian Radio Tuesday.
Latvia's GDP growth will be stable at 2.4% this year, according to the European Commission (EC), reported Latvian Radio's Ina Strazdiņa Thursday.
"We are witnessing a breakdown of European migration and asylum policies," Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks told in an interview to Latvian Radio Wednesday.
The corps of Latvian-language translators working at the European Union’s headquarters in Brussels have organized an exposition of paintings and knitted mittens to show off to their colleagues and the general public there. “We were amazed at how many colors Latvia has!” the organizers of the exhibit told Latvian Radio’s EU correspondent Ina Strazdiņa at its opening Thursday.
The European Union can and must do more to help Ukraine fight its own corrupt oligarchs, whose money keeps being bled out to safe haven banks in London, Cyprus, Austria and Latvia, British journalist Oliver Bullough, an expert observer on Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus region told Latvian Radio correspondent Ina Strazdiņa in Brussels Friday.
A week has passed since the kickoff (or – handoff) in Afghanistan of the international NATO-led support, training and consultation operation Resolute Support. This means that soldiers no longer take part in fighting operations, rather continue to train local Afghan army forces in their fight against the Taliban.
About a score of representatives from Baltic and Finnish dairy farms held a gathering outside the European Parliament (EP) Wednesday afternoon to urge the EU to provide more active support in the form of financial compensation for losses due to the Russian embargo on almost all European food imports. One of the immediate and most painful outcomes was a milk glut that drove prices into a plunge and now threatens many farmers’ livelihoods in the near future.