Minister of Agriculture Didzis Šmits (United List) considers the creation of a separate regulator for monitoring food prices in the Latvian retail sector, the Minister told Latvian Television on July 20.
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There are signs in the unemployment statistics that labor reserves in Latvia are shrinking, said Evita Simsone, director of the State Employment Agency (NVA) in an interview on Latvian Television July 19.
The Latvian Education and Science Workers Union (LIZDA) is preparing to ask for an assessment of responsibility of individual high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Education and Science (IZM) for possible misleading of the management of the Ministry, LIZDA Chief Executive Inga Vanaga said in an interview on Latvian Television July 18.
Seventy-five days are left until the first-ever World Running Championship, which will start on September 30 in Rīga. Preparations are underway, the organizer Aigars Nords told Latvian Television on July 17,
Rural tourism in Latvia this summer is doing well compared to the situation last year, when some foreigners feared the Russian war in Ukraine, the Chair of the Latvian Rural Tourism Association, Asnāte Ziemele, said in an interview to Latvian Television on July 17.
Canada has committed to investing 2.6 billion Canadian dollars (€1.76 billion) in defense of Latvia in the coming years, and the first results will be this year – 15 Leopard tanks will be brought in autumn, Defence Minister Inara Mūrniece (National Alliance) said in an interview on Latvian Television July 14.
The first voluntary draft of the State Defense Service consists only of males, Major Rihards Rozenbaums told Latvian Television on July 13.
Over 400 million units of packaging have been deposited since the introduction of the bottle and can deposit system, Latvian Television reported on July 12.
Following the decisions taken at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Latvia will be even more secure, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity) said on Latvian Television's Morning Panorama on July 12.
On Friday, border control measures entered into force on Lithuanian borders, which will be in force for six days, as Lithuania reinforces security ahead of the NATO summit next week in Vilnius, Latvian Television reported on July 7.
Although Latvia's economy is quite resilient, the labor market is rather strong and unemployment rates are very low, overall the economy will be very fragile this year, the Latvian central bank (Bank of Latvia) President Mārtiņš Kazāks said in an interview on Latvian Television July 6.
The Latvian population's purchasing power is not improving in the food product sector, and prices are not falling as quickly as they should, said Ingūna Gulbe, head of the Agricultural Market Promotion Center, in an interview with Latvian Television on July 4.
After the end of the song and dance festival week, which starts today, the Ministry of Culture will carry out a thorough analysis of what went well and what didn't go so well, Culture Minister Nauris Puntulis (National Alliance) said in an interview on Latvian Television's "Rīta Panorāma" (Morning Panorama) news show June 30.
An unprecedented increase in energy prices is not expected in the next heating season, but the state is working on aid if households need one, the Minister for Climate and Energy Raimonds Čudars (New Unity) told Latvian Television on June 27.
Compared to the previous year's Jāņi holiday, the traffic situation has improved slightly, but the number of drunk drivers caught is still unforgivably high, Arturs Smilga, deputy chief of the State Police Transport Safety Administration, told Latvian Radio June 26.
Latvia's security situation has not deteriorated following the Wagner rebellion in Russia and there is no direct threat to Latvia, said Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs and National Armed Forces Commander Leonīds Kalniņš in an interview with Latvian Television broadcast “Morning panorama” on June 26.
There is no indication that the flow of refugees from Russia towards Latvia would have intensified following the Wagner rebellion, Interior Minister Māris Kučinskis said in an interview on the “Morning Panorama” program of Latvian Television on June 26.
During the Midsummer festival, the State Police (VP) will carry out mass inspections in order to check for driving under the influence, the head of the VP Traffic Safety Administration Juris Jančevskis said on the “Morning panorama” broadcast of Latvian Television on June 22.
The Saeima deputy, former Rīga mayor Oļegs Burovs (elected from Latvia First, LPV) has announced he will quit the party faction due to its recent rapprochement with For Stability!, Burovs told Latvian Television's Morning Panorama on June 19.
The losses caused by spring frosts are regarded as an emergency for farmers, and the aid will have to be sought both in Latvia and at the European level, Agriculture Minister Didzis Šmits (United List) told Latvian Television on June 8.
As of July 1, visitors and residents of the Latvian capital Rīga will be able to see it from a bird's-eye view, rising high above the city in a hot air balloon, Inga van Havera, a balloon pilot, told Latvian Television on June 7.
The scandalous €220 million army food procurement was “outside” of the traditional defense agency procurement system, it was not well planned and the result was not in line with the needs of the army, according to the State Audit conclusion on June 7.
The second draft of the mandatory State Defense Service (VAD), which will start in January next year, can be applied for voluntarily until July 15. At the moment, the activity is low, head of the VAD recruitment and selection center, Major Rihards Rozenbaums, told Latvian Television on June 6.
If new, ideologically different partners are involved in the coalition, the government's work will no longer be as dynamic as it has been so far with three political forces, Raivis Dzintars, leader of the National Alliance, said in an interview on Latvian Television on June 6.
Although Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity) has initiated negotiations on the extension of the coalition, the best option would be if the coalition stayed the same, President of Latvia Egils Levits said on Latvian Television June 5.
Part of the additional EUR 140 million needed for the health sector could be reallocated from the surplus of the heating aid program, the Minister for Health, Līga Meņģelsone, told Latvian Television on May 30.
The revival of Ukraine's economy will also be an opportunity for Latvian entrepreneurs, who should help Ukrainians to break into the European market, Aigars Rostovskis, president of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said in an interview to Latvian Television on May 26.
Anticipating Mother's Day on Sunday, May 14, a survey conducted by the parent organization Mammamuntetiem.lv conducted a survey which showed that nearly all mothers of Latvia feel overworked and exhausted, Inga Akmentiņa-Smildziņa, the organization's head, told Latvian Television Thursday.
In the near future, the construction of new barracks for soldiers at the Ādaži military base is planned, the commander of the National Armed Forces (NBS), Leonīds Kalniņš, said on Latvian Television's broadcast “Morning Panorama” on May 3.
In terms of attitudes toward domestic violence, the system is "rotten", Justice Minister Inese Lībiņa-Egnere (New Unity) said in an interview on Latvian Television May 2.
Not enough public money is invested in Latvia's health care, said Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity) in an interview with Latvian Television on April 26, stating that one of the solutions would be the introduction of mandatory health insurance in Latvia.
Investors with total potential investments of €1.9 billion are currently interested in Latvia, said Kaspars Rožkalns, Director-General of the Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA), in an interview with Latvian Television on April 25 morning.