Latvian Political Monitor

EU leaders discuss in Brussels the next multi-annual budget: Latvia asks for an additional €7 billion (3)

The Prime Minister has gone to get European money: What are Latvia's priorities?

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Kulbergs is not afraid of the Russian threat to his life.

Services will have expanded opportunities to act against threats on the border, Kulbergs says.

Kulbergs: there will be expanded possibilities to use force against threats near the border

US senators from both parties urge Trump to end the diesel fuel agreement with Russia

Are all means fair? In Riga, a victim of possible violence has become a tool in political struggle.

Will Kulbergs and the “United List” control all ministries? Latvia’s future under a minority government

Interior ministry employees' trade union does not want Dombrava in the minister's post.

VIDEO. Raimonds Bergmanis reveals why he quarrelled with his brother.

New wing to be built in Cēsis for 92 female prisoners

Budget “bloody” cuts and government priorities

Ļubova Švecova (Sovereign Power/Union of Young Latvians) does not rule out that the United List would currently like to freeze the question of the future of the Istanbul Convention.

There is not a single argument to rush the decision on the fate of the Istanbul Convention, said Rinkēvičs. Kulbergs proposes a consultative referendum on this issue.

Let's wait: the United List's (AS) position on the Istanbul Convention has changed after the elections

EC considers new conditions for future EU member states

The issue of withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention should be put on pause, said a politician from the United List.

Rinkēvičs: The new government must be formed by Kulbergs