Neatkarīgā - Daily News from Latvia

22/03/2024

Interesanti un aizraujoši par svarīgāko 22. martā.

25/08/2022

Krievijas karaspēks atslēdzis spēkstacijas gaisa sakaru līniju ar Ukrainas energosistēmu, kam sekojušas izmaiņas AES darbā - okupantu darbības noveda pie pilnīgas AES atslēgšanas no tīkla, teikts "Enerhoatom" paziņojumā.

Krievijas karaspēks pilnībā atslēdzis Zaporižjas atomelektrostaciju (AES) no tīkla, ceturtdien pavēstīja Ukrainas atomenerģijas uzņēmums "Enerhoatom", norādot, ka nostrādājusi avārijas aizsardzība.

28/07/2022

"It is no coincidence that Russian leaders increasingly use prisoners' language: it is a gangster environment. If we look through this prism, there are no surprises. And I was not surprised for a moment that after the signing of the grain agreements there was a missile strike on the port of Odesa. But it will be a long process before European countries come to the sense that such Russian actions are not surprising," said Jānis Sārts, Director of the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence. Here’s today's interview with him.

"It is no coincidence that Russian leaders increasingly use prisoners' language: it is a gangster environment. If we look through this prism, there are no surprises. And I was not surprised for a moment that after the signing of the grain agreements there was a missile strike on the port of Odesa. B...

28/07/2022

The influential international human rights organization Amnesty International falsely accuses the Republic of Latvia of a lack of kindness towards those migrants who try to enter our country through the mafia and the Belarusian regime, and demands that all those who want to be granted asylum in Latvia be given the right to do so. Given that Belarus is an ally of Russia in its war against Ukraine and in its hatred of the civilized world, this would be an extremely dangerous act.

The influential international human rights organization Amnesty International falsely accuses the Republic of Latvia of a lack of kindness towards those migrants who try to enter our country through the mafia and the Belarusian regime, and demands that all those who want to be granted asylum in Latv...

27/07/2022

Inga Vanaga: We are always open to compromise. We have informed politicians and civil servants of our demands. But it has been quite a long time, and we have not seen any willingness to compromise on their part - nothing at all is being offered. This is also confirmed by the draft information report on workload and pay issues. We had a meeting on July 21 and we saw that the draft MoES document does not provide a timeframe in which all teachers will have their workload rebalanced, but only some - some in five years, some in three years, but not all. The draft document also suggests that salaries will not be competitive, as the calculations are based on the last step of the current timetable. So the minimum pay (before tax) for teachers is €900. In 2023, it will rise to €976 and so on. The same is true for pre-school teachers. We are not being heard.

A conversation with Inga Vanaga, Chairperson of the Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science Employees (LIZDA).

26/07/2022

British citizens Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun, captured in Donbas fighting on the Ukrainian side, cannot be tried for participation in hostilities, as they are prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions

In wartime, it is important to have a basic knowledge of what a "combatant" means, which is a soldier in the regular army as opposed to a volunteer legionnaire or a mercenary.

26/07/2022

Yelena Lukyanova, daughter of Anatoly Lukyanov, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, expresses her dissatisfaction with the Latvian state's support for Russian scientists at Radio Svoboda's studio in Riga

Edvīns Šnore, a member of the Saeima, has sent a petition to the Minister of the Interior calling for the cancellation of the residence permit of Yelena Lukjanova, whose "public activities are contrary to Latvia's national interests".

25/07/2022

The satirist Mikhail Zhvanetsky is said to have said that it is better to deal with troubles in the order in which they occur. But the Ukrainian war, refugees, the looming food crisis, rising car fuel and combustible fuel prices all overlap... It seems like we have enough problems, but it is not enough yet. Lest the people of Latvia think that life is a peach, Covid that has been killing life and ruining the country's economy for the past two years is slowly returning to the top of the list of current disasters.

The satirist Mikhail Zhvanetsky is said to have said that it is better to deal with troubles in the order in which they occur. But the Ukrainian war, refugees, the looming food crisis, rising car fuel and combustible fuel prices all overlap... It seems like we have enough problems, but it is not eno...

25/07/2022

The Minister of Finance and the Director General of the State Revenue Service, in their answers to Neatkarīgā’s questions on tax evasion in the bus passenger transport sector, confirm everything said in Neatkarīgā’s publications of July 11 and 12 "Bus oligarchs do not transport passengers" and "Tax evaders found for state contracts".

The Minister of Finance and the Director General of the State Revenue Service, in their answers to Neatkarīgā’s questions on tax evasion in the bus passenger transport sector, confirm everything said in Neatkarīgā’s publications of July 11 and 12 "Bus oligarchs do not transport passengers" a...

24/07/2022

"We need to be strong and confident in our country, our language and our culture. Only in this way can we help others. Yes, we have to help Ukrainians today, but we must not forget where we come from, who we are, where our strength lies," says choreographer Agris Daņiļevičs.

24/07/2022

Russia is also trying to use prisoners to save its half-baked front in Ukraine, including self-styled astrologer Alexander Zaraev, who is reprieving his release from prison by babbling about guarantees of Russian victory written in the stars.

22/07/2022

A London judge has eased a freezing order on some accounts linked to Petr Aven used to pay bills and security, according to a ruling made public on Monday - the court dispute is part of an investigation into the billionaire's charges of evading sanctions imposed on him after Russia invaded Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

A London judge has eased a freezing order on some accounts linked to Petr Aven used to pay bills and security, according to a ruling made public on Monday - the court dispute is part of an investigation into the billionaire's charges of evading sanctions imposed on him after Russia invaded Ukraine,....

20/07/2022

The nation's beloved actor and director, Intars Rešetins, has had to feel on his own skin the new "liberal" reality these days after he dared to write next to this picture: "Where are we going?"

19/07/2022

Vladimir Putin and his closest associate, Nikolai Patrushev, formulate the Russian national idea: since the price of human life in the West is incomparably higher than in Russia, we will force the West to conform to the world order we have established

Now that the war in Ukraine has been going on for five months and there is no sign of an end in the near future, one must try to understand how Putin plans to win this war, because objectively Russia's stand against the rest of the world, which supports Ukraine, is rather hopeless.

18/07/2022

There is a common understanding among Latvia's political leadership that we should stop buying natural gas from Russia. The aim of this policy is to not be a part of the financing of the Russian military machine. Every euro paid for natural gas supplied by Russia allows Russia to continue financing its aggression against Ukraine. This is why the Public Utilities Commission also put forward a proposal to the Saeima that would have the force of law to ban the supply of natural gas from Russia from January 1, 2023.

There is a common understanding among Latvia's political leadership that we should stop buying natural gas from Russia. The aim of this policy is to not be a part of the financing of the Russian military machine. Every euro paid for natural gas supplied by Russia allows Russia to continue financing....

18/07/2022

The Saeima and the government amended the Law on Assistance to Ukrainian Civilians in a mad rush, which - the amendments - will have to be amended immediately, not applied in practice.

17/07/2022

In the Second World War, no woman conscripted into the British army was awarded a medal for bravery on the battlefield. Was this discrimination?

16/07/2022

Even as the weekend approached, the buzz and talk around and about Positivus emigrating to Lucavsala was still rampant: some didn't like the new venue, some didn't like the artist list, some thought it was too expensive, etc. "What a worthless program, where is Žoržs Siksna, where is Viktors Lapčenoks, why no Eolika or at least the Beatles and the Rolling Stones!" those who had never stepped foot or poked their noses into Positivus before were joking and laughing on Twitter and Facebook. "Relax, it's going to rain anyway", grumbled those who had both poked their nose and stuck their foot in.

Even as the weekend approached, the buzz and talk around and about Positivus emigrating to Lucavsala was still rampant: some didn't like the new venue, some didn't like the artist list, some thought it was too expensive, etc. "What a worthless program, where is Žoržs Siksna, where is Viktors Lapč...