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A case of poor-quality, hazardous uniform fabric delivered to the Latvian National Armed Forces in 2016 is one of the most vivid examples of what can happen when there are no proper checks carried out on the delivered army equipment. Despite unfortunate occurrences, complete testing of goods delivered to the army is still not ongoing, the De Facto broadcast of Latvian Television reported on November 27.
In the meadows of the Skanste neighborhood of Rīga, in place of former community gardens, some playgrounds and a skateboarding park have been erected. All this could sink into mud between half-closed streets and sewer wells. This project was accepted by the previous city council and should have been completed some time ago, Latvian Television's De Facto reported on November 6.
In the middle of the summer, the government supported the Ministry of Defense (AM) 's proposal to form a joint venture with the telecoms company LMT owned partially by the Latvian State and partly by Sweden, Latvian Television's broadcast De Facto reported on October 9. The first attempt to address the Swedish side, however, was unsuccessful.
If all citizens were to be notified quickly in Latvia in the event of a crisis, it would take nearly two days, as proved recently by the alert exercise carried out by the Ministry of Defense. A quicker way has been worked on for eight years but not much has been achieved, Latvian Television's broadcast De Facto reported on September 18.
The Latvian healthcare digital database e-Veselība (e-Health) has notoriously been problem-plagued over the years. Now it has been decided that it is going to be rebuilt completely from scratch, which could add millions more to the already hefty bill for its development, Latvian Television's broadcast De Facto reported March 14.
Stopping the development of the existing pathology labs to create a new one with the help of a pharmacy giant - such a scenario may play out if Roche, the third-largest pharma company in the world, will gift Latvia with medical equipment worth millions of euros. This has been made possible by Health Minister Guntis Belēvičs' visit to Roche's headquarters in Switzerland, Latvian Television's De Facto reported Sunday.