To start sorting biodegradable waste, residents or house managers must approach the waste manager with a contract to set up the relevant containers, Valerijs Stankevičs, chairman of the board of the waste operator CleanR, said in an interview with Latvian Television on January 8.
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Currently, the infection rate with Covid-19 is high in Latvia, as evidenced by the number of patients in hospitals, said the director of the Department of Risk Analysis and Prevention of the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC), epidemiologist Jurijs Perevoščikovs, in an interview with Latvian Television December 11.
In the third conscription of the State Defense Service, which will start in the summer of next year, at least 600-700 young people will have to be called in on the basis of random selection, the chief of the recruitment and selection center, Major Rihards Rozenbaums, told Latvian Television November 17.
Direct flights from Rīga to the United States are currently not economically advantageous, but in the future, there should be such connectivity in the Baltic States, said Martins Gauss, President and CEO of Latvian national airline airBaltic, in an interview with Latvian Television's morning newscast Thursday.
Some teachers' salary for October is likely to be lower than promised, and problems are in calculations at both national, local government, and educational institutions level, Inga Vanaga, head of the Latvian Educationa and Science Workers' Association (LIZDA), said in an interview on the Latvian Television morning newscast November 13.
The situation with personnel is much better in the National Armed Forces this year – in addition to the mandatory defense service, more than 500 soldiers have been recruited in the regular forces, said Leonīds Kalniņš, Commander of the National Armed Forces, in an interview with Latvian Television on November 7.
The future package of laws to regulate partnerships does not address all problems. including children's issues, so same-sex couples will continue to turn to courts with those matters, Kaspars Zālītis, head of the “Dzīvesbiedri” (Life Partners) movement, said in an interview on the Latvian Television's morning newscast November 2.
The construction of the A2 building of the Stradiņš hospital is still going slowly, and the amount of European Union (EU) funds needed has increased to 60 million euros, which there is a risk of losing in this process, Normunds Staņevičs, the chairman of the temporary board of the Stradiņš hospital, said in an interview on the LTV program "Rīta Panorāma" (Morning Panorama) October 24.
Next year, medical workers and technical staff of medical treatment institutions can expect a rather substantial increase in salaries, so it is likely that a strike will be avoided, Valdis Keris, chairman of the Latvian Union of Health and Social Care workers (LVSADA), said in an interview on the Latvian Television newscast “Morning panorama” on October 18.
Not only in Daugavpils Regional Hospital which has repeatedly raised bankruptcy alarms but also in other hospitals outside Rīga, there are financial problems, therefore the Ministry of Health plans to assess whether these should in future be partially state-managed, Health Minister Hosams Abu Meri (New Unity) told Latvian Television October 18.
The State Border Guard, as well as the State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) and the State Police (VP) face a serious lack of employees, and in some units of the police in Rīga, where the crime rate is the highest in the country, even 60% of employees are missing, said Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis (New Unity party) in an interview with LTV October 13.
Agriculture Minister Armands Krauze (Union of Greens and Farmers) promises to fight for the reduced value-added tax (VAT) rate not only for fruit and vegetables, which will be reimposed at the full 21% rate next year after five years of a reduced rate, but also for other foods, Krauze told Latvian Television October 9.