Latvian Political Monitor

“Enthusiasm alone is not enough” – minister warns of deep salary crisis in the cultural sector 0 1

@KStokmanis @raudseps The fact that there was a picket does not in any way mean that the majority supports SK. It only means that there is a bunch of far-left radicals.

@karlis_serzants @AndrisKivics @AndrisKulbergs No favoritism was found. The husband's company won procurements long before taking the position. The industry is specific, not many competitors. But conflict of interest risks theoretically existed, the council decided to terminate the employment relationship. Even State Audit representatives praised V.K.'s competence.

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@JanisIkstens It was neither clear, nor what you said.

Money and PR: How the aggressor country Russia finds leverage in international sports

In connection with Russia's bloody grains, the Saeima parties have once again looked into the "Austošā Saule Latvijai" program. Just like underachieving students who copy from an excellent student and make only cosmetic corrections, they are now making announcements about "tariffs" and trade restrictions. I am deliberately not counting, but this is at least the seventh or eighth time that the ruling parties have borrowed ideas from ASL. Do not vote for weak imitations - vote for the original! "Austošā Saule Latvijai" - list No. 12. Uncomfortable for the authorities - needed for Latvia!

@KaijaSkujina No, of course. But they have established a party in accordance with all laws and regulations, and freedom of speech has not yet been struck out of the Constitution.

One of the strange ideas of debate organizers is that debates intended for young people should only involve young people, women's issues only women, etc. This is building leftism and division of society into the very rules, into the understanding of politics. So that each social group thinks only about itself, only within its own system, only from its own experience. Politics differs from activism precisely in that in it a person steps out of the personal and strives to grasp the general — the whole field, where the selfish interests and self-identification of various groups must be reconciled for coexistence. In politics, one cannot loudly declare that funding in sector x should be increased to whatever percentage of GDP without saying in which specific sector that funding percentage should be reduced. Increasing funding and devising support programs is not politics. Support programs are mostly feeding grounds and the destruction of civil society. A young person who discusses politics 'from a youth perspective' still does not understand politics. It can divide, but the result is not better politics. The result is the fragmentation of society into prime factors, each of which only shouts about its own cause and ignores everything else. In compiling the program of 'We Change the Rules,' the biggest challenge was to suppress this. Because we are a right-wing party. And if you read our program, you will find no, absolutely no dream jellies.

Jānis Karlsbergs: “The feeling of security can be easily lost. We have seen these waves in Latvia from time to time. We are aware that most often they are targeted operations to influence our balance. [..] I have no reason to doubt our great ally the USA, but it is absolutely clear that especially against such a criminal, terrorist state as Russia, Europe has completely sufficient forces to deal with it ourselves.”

Progressives are a pro-Russian party - more polished than Šlesers, but they are.

September 8 marks Physiotherapy Day. We will report on the planned events in 'Morning Panorama'.

In today's world, there is no reason for the state to own a 'post'.

An inherent trait of propagandists, be it Simonyan, Solovyov or this Unity's cancer and red plague devoured nightingale, - always invoke the Chekists as soon as they hear someone dares to express 'anti-state' thoughts. https://t.co/fSq2o1BAEz

Before howling for the Cheka, one should learn how to spell the word “confession” in Latvian. https://t.co/ZYBBagL87X

Look, voters of @Apvienotais_ who care so much about the country, how @AndrisKulbergs will act today at the government meeting. Something will become clearer.