Latvia’s national carrier airBaltic will be operating a direct flight link between the Latvian and Scottish capitals, Riga and Edinburgh, from June 4. While weekly direct flights have in the past linked Riga and Glasgow, the new link will run twice weekly, on Mondays and Fridays, using the airline’s Airbus A220-300 planes. While Estonia closed…
The provisional estimate of the cost of the new teachers’ pay model in Latvia for the entire 2022-2023 academic year is at EUR 406 million, the chairperson of Latvian Education and Research Workers’ Trade Union (LIZDA) Inga Vanaga has said after a meeting with the world group of the Ministry of Education and Science. She…
On April 8, Latvian Saeima approved amendments to the Law on the Bank of Latvia. Changes are suggested for the structure of the central bank and responsibilities of its various managing bodies. The Saeima this week declared amendments urgent and had them reviewed in two readings. The proposed changes provide for altering the management model…
April 7 was the day when all shops, except for the ones in shopping malls, were permitted to once again open up for customers. Nevertheless, because of the pandemic they are still expected to adhere to strict epidemiological safety requirements, as noted by the Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia. Experts say that…
In the coming years Latvia’s Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) may encourage allocating state budget funding to regional political parties. The Corruption Prevention and Combating Action Plan 2021-2023 composed by KNAB details that currently state budget funding is provided to political parties that received votes from more than 2% of voters in the last…
The number of lasting unemployed people or residents who are unable to find a job for 12 months or more is on a rise in Latvia, the State Employment Agency’s Customers Services Management and Development Office senior expert Andris Maskalovs has said. “An increase is observed for the total number. This tendency is expected to…
Compared to 2019, price index of agricultural output decreased by 2% in 2020, which was mainly due to a 4.1% drop in prices of livestock products. Price index of crop products has decreased by 0.6%. The average purchase price of meat has decreased by 4.3%. In 2020, the largest decrease in the purchase price was…