Crime
The Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Optometry (FMOF) of the University of Latvia (LU) no longer has an employment relationship with Dmitrijs Bočarovs, the lecturer accused of sexual harassment of young women, and there are no plans to renew it, Sandris Lācis, dean of the faculty, confirmed to LETA.
The Security, Order and Corruption Prevention Committee of Riga City Council has received an unusually high number of reports of acts of vandalism in recent weeks - both vandalism of pro-Ukraine posters and pro-Russian aggression graffiti on the walls of buildings, Latvian Television reported on March 14.
The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) has concluded in its 2023 Annual Report that there is a continuing negative trend in Latvia regarding bribery of public officials in the interests of legal entities.
Jāzeps Vītols' Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA) approached the State Police on Saturday, March 9 regarding information on the harassment of students as reported by the Latvian Television's "Culture Shock" broadcast a day earlier, the Academy reported.
The State Police has completed its investigation and handed over to the Prosecutor's Office a criminal case on the shooting of deer from a moving car in the Jaunlutriņi parish of Saldus municipality, the police said on March 11.
The attempted arson of the Museum of Occupation of Latvia was certainly planned, said Armands Ruks, chief of the State Police, in an interview with Latvian Television's 'Morning Panorama' on March 6.
In mid-April it will be a year since Leons Rusiņš killed his ex-partner in front of children with an axe. The suspect is still at large as police have failed to find and detain him, and have repeatedly asked the public to immediately report sightings.
The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) has handed over its investigation to the prosecutor's office requesting a criminal trial in a case involving representatives of a road construction company being allegedly involved in systematic bribery of officials of the municipality of Ropaži region. The purpose of the alleged bribery was to achieve favorable decisions for the company in the procurements announced by the municipality, according to KNAB.
Overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, a Molotov cocktail was thrown through the window into the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, the museum's director Solvita Vība confirmed.
On Wednesday, February 28, the Latgale District Court in Rēzekne is hearing the criminal case of Ieva Raubiško, a member of the well-known human rights organization "I Want to Help Refugees", concerning events that took place a year ago on the border between Latvia and Belarus, Latvian Radio reports.