Olga Dragiļeva / Author

25.11.19

De Facto: British neo-Nazi visited Latvian political party office

A self-confessed British Nazi, whose organization has since been listed as a terrorist group by the United Kingdom, visited the headquarters of the National Alliance political party in Latvia in 2015, LTV's De Facto investigative journalism show reported November 24.

November 25, 2019, 14:54

18.03.19

Questions over municipal post Rīga mayor's wife held for eight years

Iveta Strautiņa-Ušakova, the wife of Rīga mayor Nils Ušakovs (Harmony) and the long-standing head of his office, has for eight years held a consulting post at the Rīgas ūdens municipal water company, reported LTV's De facto March 17.

March 18, 2019, 15:53

04.03.19

"Consulting" sinecures for council employees discovered at Rīgas satiksme

For almost three years, Rīga City Council employees including Laila Ivāna, the former head of the Rīga City Council PR department and current press secretary of Rīga mayor Nils Ušakovs (Harmony), received pay from the municipal transport company, reported LTV's De Facto March 3.

March 4, 2019, 13:00

18.02.19

Administrative reform could take up 1% of GDP

The proposed administrative territorial reform could cost up to 1% of GDP, said Environment Minister Juris Pūce appearing on LTV's De Facto February 17.

February 18, 2019, 14:11

28.01.19

Latvia lifts citizenship from fugitive after Russian court goes soft on him

Latvian institutions have given up on trying to obtain a prison sentence for Germans Milušs, a man accused of bribery, as a Russian court has convicted him, albeit with a very mild sentence. He has nevertheless recently been stripped of his Latvian citizenship.

January 28, 2019, 13:54

03.12.18

Man with ties to Russian military buys building near Rīga Airport

In late 2017, a man with ties to the Russian military bought a building on Mūkpurva Street near the Rīga International Airport, reported LTV's De Facto December 2.

December 3, 2018, 12:12

19.03.18

Security Police warn of cyber attack risks before elections

Latvia's interior police force, the Security Police, warn there are risks of cyber attacks prior to the parliamentary elections in the fall. Ints Ulmanis, deputy head of the Security Police, told LTV's De Facto March 19 that IT systems have to be well-prepared before the election, and that there may be website hacks and leaks of sensitive information as Latvia gears up for the October 6 election.

March 19, 2018, 11:26

09.12.16

Evgeny Lukyanov to become next Russian ambassador

Russian diplomats have confirmed that Evgeny Lukyanov, deputy secretary at the Russian Security Council, will succeed Alexander Veshnyakov as the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Latvia, reported LTV7 on December 8.

December 9, 2016, 14:13

10.11.16

Viewpoint: Russia and Trump – a love story?

"If Trump recognizes Crimea as ours, lifts sanctions, makes an agreement with us on Syria and frees Assange, I will retire. Because the world will be wonderful." This is how Rossiya Segodnya editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan commented the election of Donald Trump as the President of the United States.

November 10, 2016, 13:30

07.04.15

Former Ukraine president calls for new Marshall Plan

Viktor Yushchenko, former president of Ukraine said in an interview Sunday that the western nations were completely unprepared for Vladimir Putin’s aggressive actions against his country and called for them to supply it with lethal weapons of defense against the Russia’s offensive invasion.

April 7, 2015, 9:58

23.02.15

Sputnik propaganda wire preparing Latvian bureau

Sputnik, the Russian state-backed propaganda wire that poses as a newswire, is preparing to launch in Latvia, LTV's De Facto investigative show reported Sunday.

February 23, 2015, 9:26