What does eliminating the civil servant status mean? What will happen to the ministries? What will happen to state-owned companies? How do we intend to build the most efficient and compact public administration in Europe? You will be able to ask our candidates about this in a Facebook live tonight. https://t.co/u5nDtAaDII
📺 Tune in to our Facebook live tonight at 19:00, where four list candidates will present the “We Change the Rules” proposal for public administration, or talk about the GENERAL CLEANOUT. https://t.co/fDiA5KNZ7Ehttps://t.co/eGfKeQP1SJ
Hoping that the three Baltic states will obtain the funding needed for the first phase of the Rail Baltica project from the European Union's next multiannual budget is simply not realistic, said European Parliament Vice-President Roberts Zīle (NA) on “Rīta Panorāma”. 🖥️ https://t.co/6UV8fI0BQP
🎾 In education we need solutions, not simple populism. The “Latvijas attīstībai” team has such solutions, so on October 3rd vote for list 11 https://t.co/szZKc9RUAv
Nacionālā apvienība "Visu Latvijai!"-"Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK" · Iekšlietu ministrs
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On suspicion of causing serious bodily harm during a public event in Priekule, resulting in the victim's death, a junior inspector of the South Kurzeme precinct of the State Police Kurzeme Regional Administration was detained tonight within the framework of a criminal process. The criminal offense was committed in his free time from official duties while intoxicated with alcohol exceeding 2 per mille. Considering that the criminal offense was committed by a State Police official, the State Police will send the criminal process to the Internal Security Bureau for investigation according to institutional jurisdiction. Given the suspicion that the State Police inspector caused serious bodily harm resulting in the victim's death, it is essential that an investigation independent of the State Police takes place and the guilty person is held accountable. I view the situation especially critically that the crime was committed under heavy alcohol intoxication. I have requested that the management of the South Kurzeme precinct prepare and send me an explanation about what preventive actions are being taken and how risks regarding excessive alcohol use by subordinate police officers, including outside working hours, are being prevented. After receiving the explanation, I will assess whether broader reforms in police work are necessary.
Jāzeps Baško on the NGO business. Try taking away a teenager's pocket money, and you'll face a similar backlash to what is currently seen from NGOs. MMN does not support the idea of the state as an ATM that hands out tax funding for every problem. https://t.co/kkhIBnAyFZ
APVIENOTAIS SARAKSTS - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija · Finanšu ministrs
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The electronic procurement system is being actively improved, as well as communication technology services and solutions in procurement, so that taxpayers do not overpay for various services in this field. https://t.co/NRqQyAvXa8
Ingus Tamanis on the link between voter and MP. In Latvia, there is a clearly observable lack of connection between the voter and the MP. The cause of the problem is the current electoral system. The example of Ireland demonstrates the benefits of an electoral system in which votes are cast for specific candidates. https://t.co/9MaVmWCD08
Until now, adult language learning was fragmented across several institutions. The government has approved our plan to consolidate it into a unified system under the supervision of the Ministry of Education and Science.
Nacionālā apvienība "Visu Latvijai!"-"Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK" · Izglītības un zinātnes ministre
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Until now, adult language learning was fragmented across several institutions. The government has approved our plan to consolidate it into a unified system under the supervision of the Ministry of Education and Science.
@AndrisKulbergs@janisdombrava@ltvzinas is there a plan to also inform residents who support @lsmlv with their taxes? Or are all the news now coming through the Prime Minister's nightly video?
Yesterday's tragic event in Priekule is unacceptable. If a criminal offence has occurred, it will receive the full attention of law enforcement authorities. I have discussed the situation with Interior Minister @janisdombrava, who will act to ensure that the case is investigated objectively and fairly and that the guilty party is held accountable. No tolerance and no concessions — especially if a police officer is involved in the incident.
AT THE BOOKSHELF or a new politician's video No. 2 — @partijaMMN (Thanks for the critical comments, I've learned from mistakes!) https://t.co/zMIzucdJCn
AT THE BOOKSHELF or a new politician's video No. 2 — @partijaMMN (Thanks for the critical comments, I've learned from mistakes!) https://t.co/zMIzucdJCn
Jāzeps Baško on the NGO business. Try taking away a teenager's pocket money, and you will encounter a similar backlash as is currently seen from NGO side. MMN does not support the idea of the state as an ATM that dispenses tax funding for every problem. https://t.co/kkhIBnAyFZ
The EU has adopted the 21st sanctions package against Russia. It continues to purposefully break the backbone of Russia's war economy - income from energy resources, financial channels, the 'shadow fleet', the military-industrial complex, and sanctions evasion networks. The most important in the 21st sanctions package: 🔹An additional 218 sanctioned entities (170 units and 48 individuals) added to the sanctions lists - the largest increase in four years; 🔹Another 41 Russian 'shadow fleet' ships lose access to EU ports and services; 🔹Transaction ban with 33 Russian credit institutions and financial institutions, as well as with 14 third-country crypto service platforms that serve sanctioned Russian structures or help circumvent EU sanctions; 🔹Oil price cap frozen for 12 months at $44.10 per barrel to prevent a rise in Russian revenues amid market turmoil; 🔹Sanctions target companies that produce Russian long-range drones, supply them with electronics, parts, and materials, as well as Russian oil refining and export infrastructure; 🔹An agreement has been reached that creates a basis for visa restrictions for Russian army soldiers who fought in Ukraine - after the necessary implementation measures and a Council decision. This is the right direction. Russia finances the war not only with oil and gas. It finances it with banks, ships, insurance, intermediaries, technologies, and revenues still earned in international trade. The purpose of sanctions is not to create political comfort in Brussels. The purpose of sanctions is to raise the price of Russia's war to a level where aggression no longer pays off. At the same time, we have no reason for complacency. The exception Greece secured for Russian liquefied natural gas shipments to third countries reminds us of an uncomfortable truth: European unity is not automatic. It can easily dissolve in the face of narrow commercial interests. The political reality is also clear. One blocking government can change, but egoism does not disappear. At one time, Budapest slows down a unified EU position, at another - Athens, Vienna, or another capital with its sectoral interests. That is not an argument to resign. That is an argument to act more consistently and not leave European security hostage to individual business groups. The exception Greece secured is temporary and subject to annual review. It must not be left in a drawer. The European Commission and member states must continue the abandonment of Russian energy resources - without new contracts, without new exceptions, and without 'temporary' solutions that in practice become permanent. What should we fight for next? EU companies must cease commercial activity in Russia. It is unacceptable that companies that showed solidarity with Ukraine, left the Russian market, and took losses while others stayed and continue to profit in the aggressor's market. They exploit the competitive vacuum created by Russia's war. That is not free competition. That is distortion of competition at the expense of Ukraine's and Europe's security. If a complete ban on EU companies' operations in Russia cannot be achieved now, the next level of responsibility must be introduced. Companies, including financial institutions, that continue business in Russia must not have access to EU taxpayers' money. That means - not admitting them to EU fund projects, public procurement, guarantees, support instruments, and European Investment Bank financing. This is not a question of another sanctions package. It is a question of a permanent EU legal norm. Public procurement, EU budget, and financial instrument rules must enshrine a clear principle: a company that deliberately continues to profit in aggressor markets cannot simultaneously claim European taxpayer support. Such a norm should not be subject to regular political reviews and barter – it must be clear, predictable, and uniformly applicable across the European Union. Europe cannot simultaneously demand solidarity from its citizens and subsidize companies that profit in the aggressor's market. Sanctions work if they are sufficiently broad, strictly implemented, carefully monitored, and politically consistent. Russia hopes that Europe will tire, split, and eventually get used to war – and gradually sanctions and other restrictive measures will 'loosen' on their own. Our task is to prove the opposite - that aggression will become more expensive for Russia every month, with every closed financial channel, and with every company that chooses European security over profit in Moscow.
Is the Saeima planning to ban Raimonds Pauls' music? Of course not, but such lies have been spread by populists in recent days. I also voted on Thursday for amendments to the Electronic Mass Media Law, so I consider it my duty to explain how things really are. The situation is different from what can be read from individual headlines in the media or from the disinformation deliberately spread by LPV on social networks. In this case it is particularly unseemly, because the name of the highly respected Maestro Raimonds Pauls is being used completely unjustifiably. In the second reading, the Saeima supported amendments that prohibit radio stations from playing musical works created by persons subject to international (mainly EU) or Latvian national sanctions. Public media already do not play them today, and the vast majority of commercial radio stations also do so on their own initiative, without waiting for legislative changes. The amendments will apply, for example, to the works of Polina Gagarina, Oleg Gazmanov, Nikolai Rastorguyev and Yulia Chicherina. These persons are on the EU sanctions list for openly supporting Russia's aggression against Ukraine, donating to the Russian army, war propaganda and activities that undermine Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty. These amendments will in no way affect Raimonds Pauls' music. There is no author of Raimonds Pauls' song lyrics who is on the EU or Latvian national sanctions list. Most of the authors of his classic Russian-language songs have already passed away, and the living ones are not subject to EU or Latvian sanctions.
Jāzeps Baško on the business of non-governmental organizations.
Try taking away a teenager's pocket money, and you will face a similar backlash to what is currently seen from NGOs. MMN does not support the idea of the state as an ATM that dispenses tax funding for every problem. https://t.co/kkhIBnAyFZ
@JazepsBasko Well damn, I had HOPE. But these guys are even more mentally deficient than the Bordānists, Gobzemiešiem, and Progresīvajiem. The Naked King Party.