Nacionālā apvienība "Visu Latvijai!"-"Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK" · Iekšlietu ministrs
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Valuable discussion with J. Liepnieks about border security, migration issues, and inherited problems in the internal affairs sector. https://t.co/dH7fPQ4XD6
What is the real situation on Latvia's eastern border. The enemy is damaging border infrastructure. Cooperation between border guards and the army. How many illegal border crossers may Latvia have to take back from Poland and Lithuania? Where to put them? How to shape immigration policy? How many immigrants can we accept? These and other questions in a conversation with @janisdombravahttps://t.co/dg3nH9mpIJ
The strength of the Latvian army has always been its people – their professionalism, courage and loyalty to their country. We are proud of our soldiers and national guardsmen. Thank you for your service and for strengthening Latvia's security every day! Happy Latvian Army Founding Day! May Latvia's army be strong and Latvia safe! 🇱🇻
APVIENOTAIS SARAKSTS - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija · Tieslietu ministrs
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🇱🇻🤝🇩🇪 Germany is one of Latvia's most significant partners in Europe, and our cooperation is based on shared values – rule of law, democracy, and security. Common priorities of Germany and Latvia in the justice sector: ✔️ strengthening a predictable and investor-trusted business environment; ✔️ protection of children's rights and exchange of experience; ✔️ strengthening security, including in Latvia's eastern border region – Vidzeme and Latgale; ✔️ unwavering support for Ukraine and holding Russia accountable for crimes of aggression. A strong rule of law system is the foundation for both a secure country and a competitive economy. That is why we continue to work on solutions that strengthen investor trust, protect people, and enhance Latvia's security.
This morning on @ltvzinas Rīta Panorāma on the significance of the #NATO Summit: 🔹Canada🇨🇦 increases its presence in 🇱🇻 🔹Iron will for Article 5 🔹Baltic air policing becomes an airspace defence mission 🔹Support for Ukraine €140 billion 🔹Russia is a long-term threat to NATO. https://t.co/V0zr4vrWE2
@BensLatkovskis@RaivisZeltits You read a pro-Kremlin demonstration. That is your responsibility and damaged perception. You know very well that we are in iron opposition to both of these parties. But the lack of arguments is obvious. Weak. Very weak for a journalist who has 100% read our program.
When some party leader demonstrates a clearly pro-Kremlin position, I cannot pretend that nothing has happened. The specific post shows that in a situation where coalition formation will require deciding who to go with - either LPV or PRO (the two largest current opposition parties), you, saying a firm no to PRO, give preference to the pro-Russian LPV. What more can be said?
❗❗❗ Exclusive! ✅ Yesterday, on July 8, during a break in the Riga City Council meeting at 17:38, I noticed that in the lobby together with the Sovereign Power deputy Jūlija Sohina there was a familiar face. Not seen at the Riga City Council, but at some Russian event. I sat down at home with my archive, and of course – it is sociologist, former assistant to MEP Tatjana Ždanoka, former Baltnews editor Andrejs Solopenko, whom the court sentenced last year to 280 hours of community service for serving the Russian sanctioned propagandist Kiseļov, thus violating sanctions. 🇷🇺 In 2014, Solopenko together with Estonian “Night Watch” activist Maksim Revu went to observe the Moscow-organized referendum in Crimea. I managed to film this same face in 2017 at the Baltic Forum event. There Solopenko, together with Aleksandrs Gapoņenko and Sandris Točs, diligently listened to what the curators of local Putinists who had come from Moscow were saying. But let's return to yesterday's council meeting break, when Sohina and Solopenko, noticing that I was filming them, went together to the elevator. Solopenko has not run in the last municipal elections, and his name is also not found on the candidate list for the next Saeima. What services the former Baltnews editor provided to Sovereign Power's Riga City Council deputy Sohina, who, by the way, is also a former assistant to MEP Ždanoka, we can only guess. What are your versions? #Contest
Money must be saved! I am recalling the previous government's project to increase the daily allowance paid to asylum seekers from ~90 to ~150 euros per month. Potential budget savings of approximately 500 thousand. Thanks to the Interior Ministry staff who noticed this! The state must take care of its own citizens, so the possibility of further reducing support available to foreigners should be assessed.
Since 2021, NBS soldiers and National Guards have daily provided support in deterrence measures against illegal migration, carrying out border surveillance and patrolling, providing logistical and engineering support, and participating in the detention of illegal border crossers and their transporters. In five years: 📌 more than 4 million euros allocated to support the State Border Guard; 📌 presence of up to 200 soldiers and National Guards on the border in each shift; 📌 planned support of up to 40 million euros over four years for strengthening State Border Guard capabilities within the Baltic defence line; 📌 4.5 million euros invested to provide State Border Guard officials with NBS combat uniform components and equipment; 📌 a nearly 20 km fence section built on the Latvia–Russia border and work continued on placing anti-mobility obstacles.
About the Ankara summit. The Ankara summit concluded with the fixation of Russian threats in a joint leaders' statement, with the re-affirmation of Article 5 and solidarity with Ukraine. Trump and Erdogan's meeting created a positive backdrop, but Ukraine received something much more real – support for strikes on Russian territory and a license for Patriot missile production. The Baltics also won a concrete security gain: air policing becomes air defense. Now NATO pilots have the right to destroy objects posing threats, not just escort them out of our airspace. What is really happening? Europe is becoming stronger, but the alliance is currently 'stalling'. The US military presence in Europe currently depends on an internal Pentagon assessment, and allies still lack a clear timeline. European countries are increasing defense budgets. That is right and necessary. However, money does not negate the need for a clear and coordinated plan – how and when any risks to our common security will be eliminated. Why does this matter? Any uncertainty about allied force deployment works in Russia's interests. It creates space for Moscow's hybrid operations – drone incidents, propaganda, and provocations at the border. Latvia and the Baltics are harmed by slow bureaucracy and weak coordination between allied decision-makers and common capability development. Practical gains? For Latvia – quite concretely. The expansion of the air defense mission's mandate means allied pilots will be able to actually react to threats, not just observe them. After this year's drone incidents in Latvia and Estonia, this is a necessary step. Conclusion? This is not a victory summit but rather a survival summit. As one senior official put it harshly but precisely – 'we seem to have gotten through unscathed'. That is good, but it should not be accepted as a standard by which NATO measures its successes.
@martinsstals Isn't this analogy similar to the Latgale municipalities, where they spend the equalization fund not on regional development but on fountains and swimming pools? What's wrong with old buses? The new ones have the same wooden benches as the old ones.
Nacionālā apvienība "Visu Latvijai!"-"Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK" · Iekšlietu ministrs
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Money must be saved! I am recalling the previous government's project to increase the daily allowance paid to asylum seekers from ~90 to ~150 euros per month. Potential budget savings of approximately 500 thousand. Thanks to the Interior Ministry staff who noticed this! The state must take care of its own citizens, so the possibility of further reducing support available to foreigners should be assessed.
APVIENOTAIS SARAKSTS - Latvijas Zaļā partija, Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība, Liepājas partija · Finanšu ministrs
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It is important to put the procurement system in order, making it transparent, reducing expenses in the long term. I met with @RTU_LV prorector @Arturs_Zeps and professor @AgrisNikitenko, who have done a great job to effectively use artificial intelligence solutions in procurement evaluation https://t.co/0JBDynEvP3
Latvia needs a strong national airline that ensures our country's international connectivity and develops on sustainable, economically sound principles.
Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība · Publisko izdevumu komisijas priekšsēdētājs
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We can, of course, stop the development of agriculture or production because it does not seem convenient to us. But that would mean a halt to development. Dialogue is needed, projects that create added value, promoting a prosperous environment - important for us and our children.
Deliberately crafted policy that leads to a bilingual and dual-language society is dangerous. Ainārs Šlesers at his Russian language defense rally, speaking both Latvian and Russian, and Agnese Lāce, under whose leadership both social cohesion and media policy, in my opinion, were quietly pushed toward bilingualism, are slowly building a bilingual society. However, this is contrary to the Constitution, because in Latvia there is and always will be only one state language — Latvian. And all attempts to change it will fail.