From@IRungule@EdvardsRatnieks Thank you for your work! Even 5 years ago I felt safe in Riga both day and night, now I no longer do, not so much for myself as for my daughter! Such an attitude and active action from @EdvardsRatnieks and @janisdombrava give hope that in time we will not be where Paris, Sweden, etc. are.
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From@2zvansHow a warehouse was burned; Is volunteering to help the Ukrainian army dangerous; How to distinguish an NGO from an NGO and who is entitled to state support; Cars of drunk drivers, Kulbergs, FB comments and other topics in conversation with @UNoviks @poznaks @JurisGarjans. Listen to everything here: https://t.co/D1Uiw1fciz https://t.co/rNR8R711KS
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@SlesersAinars To discover a tunnel or a hole, a special operation is needed?! Lies, because Unity boasted that we have video surveillance, motion sensors, drones, quad bikes, dogs, where is all that?!
@MasterYodaMB @maijaroze_ @VL_TBLNNK @Apvienotais_ The respective party chooses its representative in accordance with the coalition agreement.
From@MasterYodaMB@maijaroze_ @VL_TBLNNK @Apvienotais_ @EdvardsRatnieks will you answer? You put that fool Kotello there.
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From@Le_Crapaud47Leftist travels through time to save George Floyd https://t.co/sha7lS55we
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From@maija_armanevaAbout the tunnels that 'no one knew anything about' and the porous border, but... what do I, a young blonde woman, understand about border guards... 📺 @tv24_lv [link]
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About the tunnels that 'no one knew anything about' and the porous border, but... what do I, a young blonde woman, understand about border guards... 📺 @tv24_lv [link]
From@gatis_auzinsI think airBaltic should be kept. If there is no money, let them raise ticket prices for public transport, which is also subsidized with hundreds of millions every year, that is, saving Air Baltic at the expense of public transport subsidies. Because if airBaltic is destroyed, this will be a catastrophe. The airport will also go downhill afterwards, and not only that. Of course, Kulberg and the nationalist shouters will clap their hands and rejoice for a while, but this will be a great, great catastrophe. Someone will buy it all at bankruptcy price. But Kulberg will go down in history forever. In general, I am starting to think that Kulberg's premiership looks like yet another statement of the facts of problems (we all know those facts), reporting them, but there is no action to solve them, none at all! There is no point in harboring illusions, with the airBaltic bankruptcy that comfortable air travel will end. It will no longer be as usual, like school holidays, and not only that, that's how we all fly. I, for example, don't travel by train and bus, I don't need them, but I subsidize them. That is also an argument if someone in turn doesn't fly with airBaltic but is forced to subsidize it.
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From@atis_svinkaYesterday the Prime Minister informed that 7 of the 61 government priority tasks have been fully completed. Some tasks have not yet reached their deadline, but at least 3 are already delayed. Meanwhile, the initially planned list of 215 measures had already been reduced to 150. A month ago, the government gave itself a score of 7 out of 10 for what had been done. All that's still missing is a traffic light system and coloring books to hand out to coalition partners. However, the quality of the government's work cannot be measured by the number of checked-off tasks or self-awarded marks. What matters to people is the real result: whether healthcare is accessible and services don't require years of waiting, whether there is clarity on the education system, whether public transport is available, whether investments come to Latvia, whether energy becomes cheaper and safer, whether government services become simpler. Each government priority task must have a clear deadline and a publicly verifiable result. Processes must not replace results. Many governments tend to fall into such a routine of self-assessments and reports over time, but this one has fallen into it surprisingly quickly.
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From@atis_svinkaNothing new. Yesterday, in a closed meeting, the government reviewed the Rail Baltica project, but afterwards the public heard neither new decisions nor a clear plan for further action. Once again, what we already knew was reiterated: the project costs must be significantly reduced and Latvia must set clear public funding ceilings. The first phase of the project in Latvia is currently estimated at around six billion euros, but there is still no clarity on funding, timelines, and specific next steps. New possibilities mentioned included revising the planned train speed and using existing railway corridors. At the same time, it is claimed that the location of the main track will not be changed. The government should explain how these plans can be combined and what real savings they would bring. Other savings solutions, such as lower embankments, less noise barriers, and other technical simplifications, were evaluated and decided during the previous government. Nothing new was said about the Riga connection either. Started works continue so that by 2029 existing Vivi trains could run from Riga Airport station to Riga Central Station, Salaspils, and further on other routes. We all agree with the goal of building a connection with Europe that Latvia can afford and that people can use. However, the current government is so far repeating what is already known, even though it now has a comprehensive project evaluation that the previous government did not yet have. We expect from the government not another evaluation, but concrete decisions on what we will build, how much it will cost, how we will change contracts, from what sources we will finance it, and within what deadlines we will accomplish it.
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@AtlasDynam1cs It won't be that bad, representatives from PRO and JV were also present. 😇
From@AtlasDynam1cs@EdvardsRatnieks Soon there will be howling from the pro swamps as NA will soon take over the judiciary 😂
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@Vinkele But Rosļikov shouldn't have to withdraw from Belarus. A TikTok about Judins's lunacies in Latvian legislation. But there are more differences. https://t.co/R9w1qyvYsa
From@Vinkele@E_Stendzenieks Ērik, forgive me, the only thing that distinguishes the Indian from you is “had to leave the country”. You had to withdraw from the race for the Saeima. How exactly do these brutes differ?
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Rail Baltica main line in the first phase in Latvia is planned with significant optimization.
🇫🇮 I really don't understand how the Russians and Finns couldn't peacefully agree in 1939 to give up part of the territory, and why they had to resist Stalin's Red Army. Everything can be resolved through negotiations, and war is bad. Period. @SlesersAinars #Cieti https://t.co/qdMAVDKe0k
From@MareksGeistartsOh really, he still doesn't understand how it happened that Russians and Ukrainians started killing each other, and it turns out that the ones blamed for causing the war are Solovyov and Skabeeva, who deceived Putin. Really strange that those Ukrainians decided to kill Russia's Russians. https://t.co/5l9VVa3M38
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Yesterday the Prime Minister informed that 7 of the 61 government priority tasks have been fully completed. Some tasks have not yet reached their deadline, but at least 3 are already delayed. Meanwhile, the initially planned list of 215 measures had already been reduced to 150. A month ago, the government gave itself a score of 7 out of 10 for what had been done. All that's still missing is a traffic light system and coloring books to hand out to coalition partners. However, the quality of the government's work cannot be measured by the number of checked-off tasks or self-awarded marks. What matters to people is the real result: whether healthcare is accessible and services don't require years of waiting, whether there is clarity on the education system, whether public transport is available, whether investments come to Latvia, whether energy becomes cheaper and safer, whether government services become simpler. Each government priority task must have a clear deadline and a publicly verifiable result. Processes must not replace results. Many governments tend to fall into such a routine of self-assessments and reports over time, but this one has fallen into it surprisingly quickly.
Yesterday in the program “What is happening in Latvia” the construction of the imaginary voter image and serving his limited perception continued. The low start of empty talk was always stopped mid-word by the ready barrel organs — “In one sentence!” “In a language the voter understands!” the host pleaded. Well, I can understand. Not everyone speaks to my taste either. But I didn't even have the chance to remember who is not to my taste. Ašeradens had just played the first notes of the score, that's it, the instrument must be closed, the conductor instructs. But why not let the people enjoy the sound of water running, if the water is brought and the microphones are set up? Why leave the impression that a symphony is stopped there? And please admit, who is that stupid listener to whom the whole program was dedicated? I don't know anyone like that. And that is not because of my circle of acquaintances. I know many with many educations and a couple of phones in each hand, who say about my texts “word salad”, because they have six things at once and need to run. But did they also get fed yesterday from these word crumbs? Oh, well, I fight with windmills, I know. That is why this morning I am writing to the same voter to whom an entire LTV program was dedicated yesterday (at the expense of the rest of society) — and I am writing in simple language. About what we will do in health care. “We will end the endless queues for health services.” P.S. For the next elections, what needs to be said will not be in one sentence, but in one emoji. A smiley! An upward arrow! A gallows picture! Without good evening, please and thank you — in one emoji, dear candidates, tell us!
Nothing new. Yesterday, in a closed meeting, the government reviewed the Rail Baltica project, but afterwards the public heard neither new decisions nor a clear plan for further action. Once again, what we already knew was reiterated: the project costs must be significantly reduced and Latvia must set clear public funding ceilings. The first phase of the project in Latvia is currently estimated at around six billion euros, but there is still no clarity on funding, timelines, and specific next steps. New possibilities mentioned included revising the planned train speed and using existing railway corridors. At the same time, it is claimed that the location of the main track will not be changed. The government should explain how these plans can be combined and what real savings they would bring. Other savings solutions, such as lower embankments, less noise barriers, and other technical simplifications, were evaluated and decided during the previous government. Nothing new was said about the Riga connection either. Started works continue so that by 2029 existing Vivi trains could run from Riga Airport station to Riga Central Station, Salaspils, and further on other routes. We all agree with the goal of building a connection with Europe that Latvia can afford and that people can use. However, the current government is so far repeating what is already known, even though it now has a comprehensive project evaluation that the previous government did not yet have. We expect from the government not another evaluation, but concrete decisions on what we will build, how much it will cost, how we will change contracts, from what sources we will finance it, and within what deadlines we will accomplish it.
From@atis_svinkaAdding to what has been said earlier about today's expected closed thematic committee meeting of the government, where the Rail Baltica project will be discussed. Many have gained the impression that @AndrisKulbergs and the government talk a lot, but the necessary decisions are not being made. One would nevertheless hope that today's discussions will be followed by concrete decisions: 1. On the next steps for the A&M assessment. It is essential to understand whether all three proposed scenarios have clearly identified legal risks and full cost calculations have been made. 2. When considering @AndrisKulbergs' proposal to change the route alignment and direct it through Riga, the public must be shown the calculated significant cost increase, as well as the risks of losing future European Union funding. The current government considers that the Cabinet of Ministers' decision of December 2024 on the progress of the Rail Baltica main line construction is not binding on it. It is also unclear on what legal basis @AndrisKulbergs could deviate from the European Commission's Implementing Decision, which clearly defines the purpose and procedure for the use of EU funding. 3. It is positive that the meeting will also assess the progress of the main line's section D construction and the savings achieved so far. Today, the government needs not only reports and discussions but also clear, legally substantiated, and financially responsible decisions.
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From@KNL_LTV1Doubling the state family benefit and improving housing affordability in the regions are conditions that will help families lean toward having children, believes Artūrs Butāns (NA).
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🇷🇺 Inspired by Šlesers’s picket of the Russian theatre, the liberal historian Gustavs Strenga keeps playing the same old record: the occupiers must be integrated by speaking Russian with them and placing information in the public space in the occupiers’ language. He might at least have taken an interest and found out that about 70% of the Chekhov Theatre’s visitors are Latvians, and a large part are foreigners. This theatre has nothing to do with Russian integration. True inclusion of occupiers is offered only by @VL_TBLNNK, because we force Russians to speak Latvian. And those who do not want to integrate can always head to the bus station. Without de-Russifying the public space, no integration will happen. #TeIrValstsVaiKas