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Half of Rheinmetall factory's products should remain in Lithuania - CEO - BNS SPECIAL
VILNIUS - Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger expects that half of the production output from the German defense industry giant's planned factory in Baisogala will remain in Lithuania, while the rest will ...
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Agreement with airBaltic strategic investor could be signed soon - PM
RIGA - The agreement with airBaltic national carrier's strategic investor could be signed very soon, Prime Minister Evika ...
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The Belarusian people are oppressed and remain disaffected with the Lukashenko regime - expert
RIGA - The Belarusian people are oppressed and remain disaffected with the regime of dictator Alexander Lukashenko, Beate ...
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Rubio, Kallas agree to exert maximum pressure on Russia
BRUSSELS - In a phone call on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas ...
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Proposal to charge a fee for driving into city center is simple populism - Riga mayor
RIGA - The idea to charge a fee for driving motor vehicles into the city center is a simple populism, Riga Mayor Vilnis Kirsis (New Unity) said at a news conference, commenting on the proposal made by ...
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Re-election of Kazaks as Bank of Latvia governor will be a good result, but the nomination process did not go smoothly - Silina
As reported, at least 61 Saeima members are likely to support Martins Kazaks' reappointment as Bank of Latvia governor, according to LETA's estimates. The ruling New Unity and the Progressives, as ...
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Ex-head of Early Music Department at Latvian Academy of Music faces prosecution for sexual abuse of female students
RIGA - The State Police has asked the prosecution office to charge Maris Kupcs, the former head of the Early Music Department at the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA) with sexual abuse of ...
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Demand for minister's resignation is opposition's tool - PM Silina
Demand for a minister's resignation is the opposition's tool, Prime Minister Evika Silina (New Unity) said on Latvian Television on Wednesday, commenting on the National Alliance's decision to call ...
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Exceptions are expected in the continuation of US aid programs - Braze
RIGA - The US has drafted a new interpretative regulation that will provide for quite broad exceptions to allow a number of existing US aid programs to continue, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze ...
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Estonian defense minister proposes a tax on ships in the Baltic Sea
RIGA - Shipping firms may need to pay a fee to use the Baltic Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, in order to cover the high costs of protecting undersea cables, Estonia's defense ...
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Latvian composer Monta Tupčijenko will be recording original music with NDR Big Band in Germany this week
Latvian jazz and contemporary music composer and singer Monta Tupčijenko will be spending the rest of the week in the NDR recording studio in Hamburg to record her original compositions and ...
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Rail Baltica submits new funding application for the Connecting Europe Facility call
The Rail Baltica global project coordinator has submitted a funding application for the latest Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) call in this budget period, outlining plans for further infrastructure ...