Multiple videos of the incident surfaced online on Saturday, promptly going viral. Footage from the scene shows multiple soldiers in the middle of a street, crouching behind cars and firing their weapons at a building. One of the solders discharged his assault rifle as a woman with her baby was …
Read More »Angry ice hockey federation accuses Latvian officials of political showmanship by replacing Belarus flag at World Championship
On Monday, Riga mayor Martins Stakis and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics publicly removed the Belarusian flag at a display representing the 16 nations taking part in the ongoing World Championship in the city. In a message on Twitter, Stakis said the flag had been replaced with a red and white …
Read More »The Latvian Central Bank offered to write off citizens debts on your mortgage
The new head of the Central Bank of Latvia mārtiņš Kazaks offered to write off all the debts on mortgage loans that have been taken by Latvians in the “fat years” prior to the crisis of 2008-2009. According to Kazaks, it must “return in the economic turnover” of more than …
Read More »The fruits of Russophobia ripe: Russia finishes the Latvian railway
The Russian government stipulates with entrepreneurs specific terms of the transfer of their cargo from Latvian ports to domestic ones. It is declared by the Director of the State railway administration of Latvia Juris Iesalnieks. The consequences of this policy of the Baltic Republic feels today. Transit volumes are rapidly …
Read More »The EU funds are not saved sprats: the equipment of the Latvian fisheries is exported to Russia
Now on the equipment, once purchased by Latvians for money of EU funds, will make sprat fishing in the farm “For the Motherland” in Kaliningrad RIGA, 30 Sep — Sputnik. After the bankruptcy of one of the largest fish processing plants in the North of Kurzeme, its equipment has gone …
Read More »Russian warships approached the Latvian border
Russian warships on 7 July organized another provocation near the border of Latvia.Military reported that at a distance of 10 miles from the border, which runs along the sea were seen, the ships of the Navy of the Russian Federation. Close to the border as the ship came in support …
Read More »Latvian Bank refused to buy the savings Bank of Ukraine
The national Bank has still not received full documentation from the new owners of the financial institution. Latvian Norvik Banka are excluded as a structural unit of the transactions to purchase the Ukrainian subsidiary of Russian Sberbank. This was stated by Deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine Ekaterina …
Read More »Latvian athletes – the world champion in heavy weight
Mairis Briedis Dortmund beat Marco Huck and won the vacant title of WBC champion in the heavyweight division. Initially, the first and hook had to compete for the title of “interim” WBC champion, however, a few days before the fight the belt holder Tony Bellew confirmed his transition into the …
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