From the 18,700 nurses registered in Latvia, less than half - a total 8,750 - work in healthcare. Most often they choose to work as beauticians, said Dita Raiska, head of the Latvian Nurses' Association.
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The US strike against Syrian forces on April 7 was an adequate decision, said Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs appearing on LTV.
Boxer Mairis Briedis plans on opening a boxing school at the Rīga sports center named after Latvia's NBA star Kristaps Porziņģis.
Fewer Latvians go to fight in armed conflicts abroad than nationals of a few other EU countries, said Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis appearing on LTV April 5.
The projected state income from the proposed tax shake-up falls €14m short from being on par with expenses, said Latvia's Finance Minister Dana Reizniece-Ozola appearing on LTV March 28.
Latvia's roads should be brought to order prior to reforming schools, said Andris Jaunsleinis, head of the Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments in an interview with Latvian Television on March 17.
Public support for March 16 has fallen to 33% from 38% within the last five years, according to research by the University of Latvia and SKDS pollster, researcher Mārtiņš Kaprāns told Latvian Television on March 14.
The visit by Latvia's MEP Andrejs Mamikins (Harmony) to Syria's authoritarian ruler Bashar al-Assad was organized by Russia with the goal of supporting their country's foreign policy, Security Police head Normunds Mežviets told Latvian Television on March 14.
The number of public employees could be cut by 7%, making 5,000 to 7,000 people lose their jobs, said State Chancellery chief Mārtiņš Krieviņš in an interview with LTV's Rīta Panorāma
Raising the Value-added tax (VAT) to 23% from the current 21% is among the suggestions by the Health Ministry to fund the industry, and the proposal will be reviewed, said PM Māris Kučinskis appearing on LTV's Rīta panorāma Tuesday.
Russia's soft power attempts to influence Latvian population have been unsuccessful, said Latvia's president Raimonds Vējonis in an interview with Latvian Television Wednesday.
Last year was a record low in road crash deaths in Latvia with 157 people dying on the roads, State Police Traffic Safety Authority chief Normunds Krapsis told LTV's Rīta panorāma on January 10.
The State Police carried out raids on Latvia's roads from December 23 to early December 27. As fewer people have died this year, police say that the holidays have passed peacefully.
More than 430 illegal border crossers have been detained on the Latvian 'green' border this year, a statistic that has not significantly changed for the second consecutive year.
Films from the Visegrad Group countries - Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia - are to be screened from November 21 to November 23 at the Splendid Palace cinema in Rīga.
Latvia has problems with the business environment and might have to invite guest workers to the country should more people choose to move elsewhere, said Latvia's President Raimonds Vējonis in an interview with LTV's Rīta Panorāma Thursday.
On Monday Ilze Cīrule, a former insurance industry executive, assumes office as head of the State Revenue Service. In the short term, the tax authority will focus on monitoring construction, transport, and online retail companies, Cīrule told LTV's Rīta Panorāma Monday.
The Skaņu mežs 2016 (Sound Forest 2016) experimental music festival is taking place from October 13 to October 16. Organizer Rihards Endriksons said it's very popular this year.
In the 2016/2017 academic year the number of children in Latvia's education institutions has decreased by 443, Education Minister Kārlis Šadurskis told LTV Thursday.
Unity, a coalition party, is hindering proposed structural changes in Latvia's State Revenue Service, Finance Minister Dana Reizniece-Ozola (Greens And Farmers Union) told Latvian Television Wednesday.
Refugees leaving Latvia and moving to Germany is not a surprise and was expected as many politicians previously predicted that refugees will be dissatisfied with life in Latvia and leave.
On August 29 the Latvian National Library (LNB) unveils the "Book in Latvia" exhibition on the history of Latvian book trade, placed within a context of the bibliography of the world. It offers visitors a chance to touch, smell and even taste some books, LNB representative Inga Surgunte told LTV.
The minimum monthly wage in Latvia could be raised by €7 to €10 in 2017, said Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis in an interview with Latvian Television Tuesday.
The Latvian Institute has started an initiative "I want you back", inviting Latvia's residents to tell their emigrated relatives and friends they're always welcome to return here, Aiva Rozenberga, head of the institute, told Latvian Radio Thursday.
The number of people paying the so-called solidarity tax for high earners is down by about 20% from the estimates prior to the introduction of the tax, Finance Minister Dana Reizniece-Ozola told Latvian Television Thursday morning.
One of the refugees who've arrived to Latvia under the EU relocation scheme in the last few months, has landed a job in the service sector, while ten more are learning Latvian, Inese Kalvāne, head of the State Employment Agency, told Latvian Television Thursday.
It's important for Latvia to have multinational NATO forces present, and the more different flags there are in our territory, the more it would testify to the unity of the alliance, Latvia’s Chief of Defense Raimonds Graube told Latvian Television in an interview on Monday.
On Monday morning the police found a lost two-year-old who had managed to walk five kilometers through the night. The huge search operation involved 30 police employees, 40 Border Guard, as well as volunteers, helicopters and dogs, reported Latvian Television Monday.
Latvia's President Raimonds Vējonis thinks that the new teachers' wage model – which the teachers' trade union claims needs more work – should be adopted, with any shortcomings corrected later.
The crisis caused by the UK decision to leave the EU is rallying the rest of the 27 member states, Latvia's Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis told Latvian Television Thursday after Wednesday's European Council meeting.
Even though the UK leaving the EU following a referendum will have negative financial consequences, in the short term it won't bring significant losses to the Latvian economy, Uldis Rutkaste, an economist at the Bank of Latvia, told Latvian Radio Monday.
It would be to the detriment of both sides if the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in the June 23 referendum, MEP Artis Pabriks (Unity) told Latvian Television Monday morning.