The evacuation of patients during the weekend from Jēkabpils Regional Hospital due to flood hazards was a very important lesson, the Minister for Health, Līga Meņģelsone, stated in the Latvian Television broadcast “Rīta panorāma” on Januart 16.
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Since Saturday morning, when the water level in Jēkabpils reached the highest mark in recent decades, it has fallen by 68 centimeters, according to data from the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center (LVĢMC).
The minimum income level reform is expected to start on July 1, Welfare Minister Evika Siliņa (New Unity) said in an interview on the “Morning panorama” program of Latvian Television on January 12.
Latvia is witnessing the second wave of Covid-19 morbidity this winter, and a third is likely to be expected, which may be higher than the first two if Latvia shows a variant of the virus that dominates the United States and the United Kingdom, infectologist Uga Dumpis told Latvian Television on January 9.
For stabilizing the health and welfare sectors, funding could be found in the second half of this year through tax reviews, the Minister of Finance Arvils Ašeradens (New Unity) said on Latvian Television's Morning Panorama program January 6.
32 drunk drivers were caught in Latvia on both holidays of the New Year, 25 of whom were heavily intoxicated, exceeding 1.5 permilles, the chief of the State Police Transport Safety Board Juris Jančevskis said in an interview with Latvian Television on January 1.
The charity “Ziedot.lv” has received €20 million in donations this year from residents and businesses, the chief executive of Ziedot.lv, Rūta Dimanta, told Latvian Television on December 30.
There are 250 vacancies in the Emergency Medical Service (NMPD) that have long been free. After the load of the Covid-19 pandemic, employees who have reached retirement pensions do not want to continue, Liene Cipule, head of the NMPD, told the Latvian Television broadcast “Morning Panorama” on December 30.
Prices for food products could fall in the second quarter of next year, said Ingūna Gulbe, head of the Agricultural Market Promotion Center at the Institute of Agroresources and Economics, in an interview with Latvian Television broadcast “Morning Panorama” on December 28.
A higher emphasis should be placed on strengthening Latvia's internal security services, the President of Latvia, Egils Levits, said in an interview on Latvian Television on December 22.
Economic growth could not be expected next year and the economic slowdown is expected to last at least half a year, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity) said in an interview with Latvian Radio on December 20.
Inflation is currently high in the euro area, with a negative impact on the economy. In Latvia, this is partly due to structural economic problems – lack of competition and inability to absorb global price increases through productivity, said Mārtiņš Kazāks, president of the Latvian central bank (Bank of Latvia), in an interview on Latvian Television December 19.
On Thursday, December 15 morning, a picket is held at the Saeima, expressing support for all Latvian families and for the adoption of the Civil Union Law.
At Rīga Stradiņš university hospital, liver transplantations will be temporarily suspended while an investigation is ongoing on recent failures, hospital manager Rinalds Muciņš told Latvian Television on December 12.
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at least 11,000 Ukrainian people have found jobs in Latvia, Evita Simsone, director of the State Employment Agency (NVA), said in an interview to Latvian Television on December 8.
There is reason to hope that in the near future, Latvia will not encounter new, more dangerous types of Covid-19 than Omicron, the Head of the Department of Public Health and Epidemiology of Rīga Stradiņš University, Professor Ģirts Briģis, said on Latvian Television December 6.
In the holiday season, the State Blood Donor Center (VADC) will go on more trips asking donors to give a life-saving gift, the VADC director Egita Pole told Latvian Television on December 5.
In the coming years, an additional 500 to 600 police officers should be attracted to the State Police (VP), chief of the VP Armands Ruks said on the Latvian Television morning broadcast December 5.
The new coalition forming the next government has agreed not to change the tax system in times of crisis, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity) said in an interview on Latvian Television November 30.
When entering the dark season of the year, drivers must be especially careful. Foxes, deer and other forest animals can run out at any time and cause a collision. Even if there are no human or animal victims in the incident, it is still worth reporting to the State Forest Service mobile application Mednis, authority representatives told Latvian Television on November 29.
The planned increase in tariffs for electricity distribution and transmission operators is an "ill-considered step" that will negatively affect the competitiveness of the Latvian economy, the Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development Artūrs Toms Plešs told Latvian Television November 22.
The United List (AS) political force has proposed that the new coalition partners – New Unity (JV) and the National Alliance (NA) – sign another memorandum of cooperation, despite the fact that they have already signed one two weeks ago, as previously reported by LSM.
Student enterprises, 'shadowing' professionals, conferences and hackathons are popular means in Latvia to involve young people into creating their own business. The Junior Achievement Latvia organization has now involved Ukrainian young people and children in all these activities, Latvian Television reported on November 15.
An informative campaign has been launched asking for money to be donated so that military goods produced in Latvia can be purchased and sent to Ukraine, said Rūta Dimanta, head of the charity platform Ziedot.lv, in an interview on Latvian Television November 15.
On Monday, November 14, the State Police are launching another safety campaign against drunk driving "Don't drive like an oaf! Your reaction lags when you're tipsy", the police said.
The political association United List (AS) is skeptical of the negotiating style of the future government-building leader, Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity), United List's representative and Speaker of the Saeima Edvards Smiltēns told Latvian Television on November 10.
There will be no 'easy' minister's portfolio in the next government and there will be challenges in all areas, current and likely future Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity) told Latvian Television on November 1.
"Several weeks ago, a spring-born beaver, Bobby, came to the nature trails of Līgatne," Valters Kinna, nature education and information specialist of the Nature Protection Board (DAP), told the Latvian Television program Rīta Panorāma October 26.
Russia's interests have won the parliamentary elections, and 'four parties could have been funded with Russian money', said Justice Minister, leader of the Conservatives party Jānis Bordāns on Latvian Television October 21.
The decision that the LNG vessel will be located at the terminal in Inkoo, Finland, rather than Paldiski, Estonia, does not significantly alter Latvia's situation, said Economics Minister Ilze Indriksone (National Alliance) on Latvian Television October 20.
The first draft of the mandatory defense service could take place in July next year, not in January as expected, the State Secretary of Defense Ministry (AM) Jānis Garisons told Latvian Television October 20.
State-provided support for children with behavioral issues is fragmented and insufficient, said Maija Āboliņa, member of the State Audit Council, on Latvian Television October 19.