The new government of Krišjānis Kariņš (New Unity) has ruled that there won't be a wage raise for teachers this year, despite the previous government's plan of a hike to €750 instead of the current €710 a month, the PM told the press February 7.
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Late on August 8 a domestic gas explosion took place in Sigulda, with a wall of a house collapsing and two people suffering injuries, reported Latvian Radio.
The right-of-center New Conservative Party (JKP) has named its ministerial candidates and party leaders who appear at the top of the election ballot for the October 6, 2018 parliamentary elections, reported Latvian Radio and LTV July 18.
More than a square kilometer of Latvia is engulfed in flames as a fire is raging at the Valdgale parish in Talsi Municipality, the Fire and Rescue Service told the press July 18.
The Netflix video streaming service is now available in Latvia, as in 130 other countries. Experts say it will reduce piracy and argue that the service changes people's watching habits, at the same time making them more picky about what to watch, reported pieci.lv youth radio Thursday.
There were once countless historical manors in Latvia, built by the German aristocracy that had dominated, culturally, for most of Latvia's written history. However, the 1905 revolution, followed by the two world wars, did a lot to reduce the number.
Though it is not possible to determine exactly how many people are involved in the illicit discovery and removal of historic objects from archaeological sites, their numbers could add up to at least two thousand, reported LSM Tuesday.