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The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) has fined a few parties for violations during the European Parliament (EP) pre-election campaigning period, LETA news agency reported June 12.
On Tuesday, June 11, the government approved Latvia's candidate for the next European Commission (EC), reappointing the current Executive Director of the EC, Valdis Dombrovskis (New Unity).
After the European Parliament (EP) elections, its course will remain unchanged, as stated by the President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs in an interview on the Latvian Television morning newscast on June 11.
In the 2024 European Parliament elections, 21% or 200 of the 945 polling stations in Latvia were inaccessible to people with mobility problems. Such polling stations not only make it difficult to cast a vote in elections but also prevent people with disabilities from working at the polling station, Latvian Television reported June 10.
On Monday, June 10, the coalition agreed conceptually to nominate Valdis Dombrovskis (New Unity) for the post of European Commissioner, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (New Unity) announced after the coalition meeting. The government could decide on this on Tuesday.
According to the State Security Service (VDD), the European Parliament (EP) elections in Latvia were held peacefully. The VDD has not detected any attempts to illegally influence the election results in Latvia, the service said in a statement June 10.
The Central Election Commission (CVK) has instructed to count the ballot papers in ten unsealed envelopes at the 81st polling station in Riga, according to information available on the Commission's website.
On the day of the European Parliament elections, Saturday, 8 June, the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) received 19 signals on possible violations of pre-election campaigning, but no violations were detected after checking them.
In the European Parliament (EP) elections, the leader of "New Unity" (JV) Valdis Dombrovskis received the most plus markings on ballots, while his party member Krišjānis Kariņš (JV) had his name crossed out the most, according to the preliminary results of the EP elections published by the Central Election Commission (CVK), LETA reports June 10.
Representatives of several parties in the Central Election Commission (CVK) are in disagreement with the decision of its head Kristīne Saulīte to entrust the collection of votes cast in the European Parliament (EP) elections to only two IT specialists, thus making the process opaque for the commission members, CVK member Ringolds Balodis told Latvian Television June 9.