Attempts to streamline public administration in the city of Rēzekne following a lengthy period of political and budgetary turmoil will likely lead to job losses, reports Latvian Radio November 4.
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It has been well over 2 and a half years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the European Union (EU) has already introduced 14 different sanctions packages against the aggressor country.
After a five-year break, in April, with the involvement of the National Armed Forces (NBS), the construction of a fence between Latvia and Russia has resumed. Priority stages are expected to be completed this year, Latvian Radio reported on April 26.
The Latgale District Court is continuing trial on a case where a young man was beaten up last year in Daugavpils. The prosecution has now established that the crime was motivated by homophobia, and this is the first such trial in Latvia that has gone this far, Latvian Radio's Latgale studio reported on April 23.
As of January 1, 2024, all municipalities in Latvia are obliged to establish and finance a local, municipal police. State money is not intended for this purpose and local governments have to finance their autonomous functions, such as ensuring public order and security, themselves.
Due to a three-million hole in the city budget, Rēzekne City plans to dismiss or reduce loads for around 60 employees as part of an 'optimization' of the system, Latvian Television reported August 7.
On the morning of Wednesday, November 9 at around 5:00, the demolition of the Soviet monument in Rēzekne, which is known as the Alyosha, was launched, Latvian Television reported.
This year the former head of the Culture Hall at Rēzekne, Ruta Laizāne, is trying to revive the art of making puzuri - octahedrons that for Latvians are a symbol of the universe, - reported Latvian Radio Tuesday.
In the last few years illegal fishing rates have gone down in Latgale, and locals are more readily reporting lawbreakers to the authorities, say fishing inspectors. Latvian Radio's Renāte Lazdiņa looked into the tendencies of illegal fishing in Latgale - the region sometimes referred to as the land of blue lakes (zilo ezeru zeme) - on a story published Monday.
As Latvia’s public media stewards mull the creation of a new Russian-language television channel to involve the non-Latvian speaking population in civic affairs, many of these residents living near the borders of Russia and Belarus in the mostly rural south and east of Latgale province welcome the move, but say it’s coming about two decades too late.
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