Saturday night, police said high-profile lawyer Pāvels Rebenoks had been found murdered in his home. Police now have confirmed an injured person in the case, Rebenoks' business partner Ingus Balandins, Latvian Television reported September 20.
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Re-counting of ballots at three polling stations in Rīga showed no change in mandate seat allocation in the newly elected Rīga City Council, LETA reported September 18.
On Monday, the Administrative District Court ordered the Central Election Commission (CVK) to re-count all ballots in the three precincts where there were problems with seals on envelopes, said Līga Tumova, representative of the Administrative District Court, September 14.
Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (“New Unity”) is skeptical about the idea of reviewing cumulative COVID-19 incidence rate threshold for self-isolation, Latvian Television reported September 11.
If the COVID-19 infection rate in Estonia grows, the residents of bordertown Valka-Valga will not have to comply with self-isolation when crossing the border, Health Ministry said September 8.
The Ministry of Health (VM) plans to make a suggestion to government next week to reduce the self-isolation time associated with COVID-19 from the current 14 days to ten days, Minister for Health Ilze Viņķele told Latvian Television after the government meeting on Tuesday, September 8.
After the Riga City Council's emergency elections, on Monday, talks between political parties on the formation of a coalition will begin, Latvian Radio reported August 31.
In the coming days, Latvian organizations will provide assistance to those who objected to the election results in Belarus and have been affected by Belarusian authorities, Latvian Television said August 26.
As of Wednesday, August 26, it is possible to vote in Riga emergency elections, Latvian Television said August 25.
Visitors to cultural venues will have to follow one-meter distance rule when they are in fixed, designated seats, said representatives of the Ministry of Culture July 28.
Ministry of Welfare has offered an increase of guaranteed minimum income (GMI) at the Constitutional Court, Latvian Radio reported July 15.
The government on Tuesday failed to agree on new border and traveler control measures to limit COVID-19 spread, Latvian Radio reported July 14.
About 80,000 people have downloaded the “Apturi Covid" (Stop COVID) app so far, about half of them in the first week of app activity, reported Latvian Radio on July 3.
Riga Stradins University (RSU) will conclude an international project today with a discussion on the development of media literacy in the Baltic States, Poland, Finland, Sweden and Russia, Latvian Radio reported on June 30.
As of Monday, June 29, the express bus service is resumed in Riga, Latvian Radio reported on June 29.
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.
Latvia is in a relatively good position in the COVID-19 crisis, and there are great opportunities to emerge from this situation stronger than before. It is possible to borrow large sums of money, and use them wisely in the name of the future, said the President of Latvia, Egils Levits, in a speech to the last meeting of the Saeima spring session on June 18.
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.
On Saturday, June 13, one of the largest law enforcement searches in Latvia's history took place in ABLV Bank-related addresses, Latvian Television reported on June 13.
The Saeima in the first reading conceptually supported and acknowledged as urgent a draft law intending to regulate the situation of COVID-19 in Latvia after the end of emergency on June 9, Latvian Radio reported on June 4.
During the pandemic, wider public events and foreign visits did not take place. However, there are questions about representation expenses for public officials during the time, Latvian Radio reported on June 1.
On Thursday, May 21, Saeima confirmed the Supreme Court judge Aigars Strupišs as the next chief justice of the Supreme Court, representatives told Latvian Radio.
The Saeima Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee on October 8 approved amendments to the Packaging Law, which deal with introduction of a deposit return system in Latvia and stipulate that the new system will commence on February 1, 2022; the amendments will now be reviewed by Saeima in the third and final reading.
Starting from the next academic year, the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) will offer a bachelor's degree program for future police employees, as well as a master's program in Law for employees of the judicial authorities.