Social services

08.08.23

Rēzekne to fill budget gap with staff layoffs

August 8, 7:50

03.08.23

Ombudsman: Conditions in Rēzekne's care home unacceptable

August 3, 17:47

26.06.23

One dead in social care center fire in Rīga on Saturday

June 26, 6:41

19.06.23

Health violations found in assisted living in Kandava, Latvia

June 19, 11:46

06.06.23

Latvia ranks low in EU for social protection spending

June 6, 11:21

25.05.23

Hospice care could soon be state-funded in Latvia

May 25, 10:53

14.12.22

Rīga has paid 40% more social benefits than last year

December 14, 2022, 12:55

25.11.22

Social protection spending up sharply in 2021

November 25, 2022, 14:25

02.11.22

Extra food packs handed out to disadvantaged people in Latvia

November 2, 2022, 10:48

15.07.21

Compulsory vaccination will 'add fuel to the fire', industry representatives say

July 15, 2021, 13:00

15.07.21

Mandatory vaccination in some professions confirmed by government

July 15, 2021, 7:37

17.03.21

Most Latvian social center residents and employees have got the jab

March 17, 2021, 11:17

15.02.21

Around 500 social care residents and employees have got the jab

February 15, 2021, 9:16

09.02.21

Crafts workshop for disabled adults opens in Latvia

February 9, 2021, 12:06

07.01.21

Latvia's got personality: Foster mother Dzintra Ābols

January 7, 2021, 12:20

16.12.20

Outbreaks of COVID-19 observed in many social care centers

December 16, 2020, 14:27

26.11.20

Social protection expenditure in Latvia increased by 7.6% last year

November 26, 2020, 15:05

19.11.20

Social workers picket against work conditions and reforms

November 19, 2020, 14:05

10.07.20

Welfare Ministry asks for additional benefit funds

July 10, 2020, 11:21

31.01.20

Children's hotline 116111 offers online consultations

January 31, 2020, 11:31

08.07.19

Children with autism and Down's syndrome taught sign language

July 8, 2019, 11:21

21.09.16

Benefits boost for families planned

September 21, 2016, 9:12

03.02.16

Nearly third of population at risk of poverty, exclusion

February 3, 2016, 14:44

23.12.15

Family escapes British social services with diplomats' help

December 23, 2015, 14:15

03.11.15

Children not always removed from Latvian problem families abroad

November 3, 2015, 14:01

WATCH: 'Latvian public media and society 2023: listen, see, understand'

Average speed cameras catch 2,500 offenses in under a month02:35

Regional hospitals prepare for influx of Covid patients02:29

Latvia to send mine clearance equipment to Ukraine03:25

Latvia has enough natural gas for winter, says minister13:01

14:16

Latvia plans to ban cars with Russian plates

12:34

Latvia's women footballers ready for a new campaign

10:34

Weekend weather will get wetter and cooler

10:00

WATCH: 'Latvian public media and society 2023: listen, see, understand'

09:37

New Saeima Speaker wants to improve parliament–NGO dialogue

09:19

Happy Baltic Unity Day

09:15

Latvian-made retro sports cars on display at Motor Museum

08:57

Record-breaking temperatures expected Friday

09:37

New Saeima Speaker wants to improve parliament–NGO dialogue

14:23

Foreign Ambassadors venture out of Rīga for annual awayday

10:35

President Rinkēvičs gives debut address to UN General Assembly

10:09

New Saeima speaker thought U.S. sanctions on Lembergs were 'strange'

16:55

Russian embassy 'seeking solution' to non-payment of pensions

16:19

Saeima speaker vacancy finally filled

Update 13:24

Saeima sees stormy debate on switching speakers

10:00

Former ministers return to parliament chairs

11:10

Forest fires were rampant this year in Latvia

07:40

3,500 Russians will be asked to leave Latvia

07:32

Regional hospitals prepare for influx of Covid patients

07:22

Latvia to send mine clearance equipment to Ukraine

16:35

Rīga plans to close over 100 gambling rooms

07:51

Audit: cancer screening and treatment insufficient in Latvia

07:29

Doctors expect uptick in Covid illness in Latvia

12:28

Silene border point closed due to migration pressure

12:34

Latvia's women footballers ready for a new campaign

09:19

Happy Baltic Unity Day

07:42

Three for the Weekend: Active Autumn

13:48

Visit virtual Rīga through Latvian literature in English

12:06

Photos: Kuldīga marks its UNESCO achievement

17:21

'Miķeļi' autumn harvest festival events in Rīga

11:33

Baltic Music Video Competition will be part of Rīga film festival

11:50

Venice Biennale exhibit comes to Rīga

14:16

Latvia plans to ban cars with Russian plates

09:15

Latvian-made retro sports cars on display at Motor Museum

08:51

Producer prices down nearly 9% on year

07:28

Average speed cameras catch 2,500 offenses in under a month

17:37

Saeima approves partial power distribution rate compensation

14:03

Storent will return to the markets with EUR 4.5m offering

08:46

Sugar beet industry hopes for revival in Latvia

13:50

Unemployment rate in August unchanged

10:00

WATCH: 'Latvian public media and society 2023: listen, see, understand'

11:21

Conference to discuss future of Latvian public media

08:59

Of banks, supermarkets and the market economy

22:03

INTERVIEW: Luca Banchi, Latvia's Italian basketball mastermind

11:24

WATCH: Magical sunrise organ concert by Iveta Apkalna

14:59

INTERVIEW: John Malkovich on his latest Latvian project

10:56

Latvian law enforcement and economists on the alert for sanctions evaders

10:02

Baltic states' electric charging networks are getting up to speed

10:34

Weekend weather will get wetter and cooler

08:57

Record-breaking temperatures expected Friday

11:20

Warm weather will continue all September

07:09

Summery September to continue in Latvia

09:58

Weekend weather expected to be pleasant

08:28

Summery Monday expected across Latvia

10:39

Temperatures will start dropping end of next week in Latvia

08:09

'Fogbow' observed in eastern Latvia

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